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Silly trees, can't they set the thermostat lower, like the rest of us?
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Humpback whales may be altruistic or hateful - either way, it's a puzzling behavior.
Named black silicon, the material literally stabs bacteria to death.
The Vikings then spread the new breed to mainland Europe.
Researchers from Portugal believe they finally have the answer.
Bones to stones.
Frigatebirds spend weeks at a time flying over oceans in search for food -- here's how they sleep during this time.
Loud screamers compensate for small testicles... but it works.
Corpse flowers are blooming much faster than usual.
A new study compares the effects of secondhand marijuana smoke to that of tobacco.
Not a modern-day disease after all.
The single-celled organism thrived on hydrogen gas in extremely hot deep-sea vents.
The more the merrier.
Just like space, the human brain has plenty of uncharted territory.
Blacking out from alcohol is a bit more complicated than you might think.
Human trials for the vaccine formulation will begin after the current pre-clinical studies are completed.
After leaving its exoskeleton behind, the insect narrowly avoided amber entombment.
Less species, more problems.
Healing wounds might become a whole lot easier.
The blue-eyed babies give scientists hope for the mountain lion population at large.
The end result is a perfect example of what can happen when art meets science.
It has M&Ms, peanut butter, flying drones, and fluffy critters. It's perfect.
Dinosaurs might not have been as terrifying as we thought.
This could allow us to restore vision, mobility or fight diseases like Alzheimer's.
This biomaterial is not only better, but more humane than traditional leather.
In between rising temperatures and human hunters, mammoths and sabretooth tigers stood no chance.
Why build some tech from scratch when nature did all the dirty work for you over millions of years of evolution?
Despite having a single visual pigment in their retinas, cephalopods can blend with their multi-coloured surroundings easily fooling both prey and predators.
I'm gonna need a smaller controller.
A team of researchers is revolutionising dental practice.
Antartica's penguins are in trouble.
Who you calling a peabrain?
Just as green, but with 1000% more "ew."
Humans -- tyrants of creators? Two researchers explored this duality by studying both extinct species and those who had evolved as a direct influence of man.
A tiny algae could spiral out of control with huge consequences.
Insects are among the best disguise artists in the world, and new findings suggest they always have been.
The island rule is not a myth, but an evolutionary reality.
The secret lies in an ultra-sticky saliva that's 400 times more adhesive than human spit, a new study reveals.
After studying prairie dogs for 25 years, one researcher believes he figured out what prairie dogs are communicating about. He believes that the animals are not only very efficient communicators, but they also have an eye for details. Gunnison’s prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) is one of five species of the prairie dog. Their name is […]
There's only one fossil of this dinosaur that we ever found -- and you're looking at it.
Many animals and plants are trapped in the face of mounting climate change. Their only hope are corridors that free access to cooler areas of the country.
Make your data evolve!
There are scores of marine species that have evolved light emitting abilities -- as many as four in five ocean fish are bioluminescent
A Yellow Meranti tree that towers at about 89.5m tall was discovered by Cambridge researchers in Malaysia.
The bullet packs the most painful punch in the animal kingdom.
One of the most famous biology myths was just confirmed. It was rather shocking.
A conversation is a two-way street where cooperation is paramount, and humans aren't the only great apes that put it to good use.
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden and the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona have identified four sequences of genetic code that can reprogram mice skin cells to produce red blood cells. If this method can be used on human tissues, it would provide a reliable source of blood for transfusions and people with anemia.
The transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is so intense and radical that it's really hard to believe we're talking about the same individual.
