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Using TurtleSense, you can know when a turtle egg will hatch and even find out if an egg is ever going to hatch or not.
This is important both for our search for life, and for potential contamination of the Red Planet.
Every 5-10 years, a colorful bloom takes over the Atacama desert. We're getting closer to understanding why.
Disease is shaping how wolves look in North America.
Biology and physics are much more intertwined than meets the eye, and this new study proves it.
Such findings pave the way towards older people being eligible to donate their livers and saving more lives.
Although controversial, GMOs definitely have their advantages.
Your eyes may hold the key to detecting heart disease.
Bio-engineering at its finest.
New research found spores can count environmental signals without expending metabolic energy, constantly monitoring for the right time to awaken.
A new study explores how the most basic ingredients of life could form in water when they shouldn't have.
It's hard to keep track of Svante Pääbo's many groundbreaking contributions to science.
Medicine is getting more and more sci-fi.
The fossils reveal a critical period in the evolution of all vertebrates, including humans.
Research on Chernobyl frogs has shown that the ionising radiation caused by the accident triggered a process of natural selection among these animals.
It might provide relief to millions of people suffering from spinal cord injuries.
Researchers reconstructed the genome of a mammalian ancestor using the genomes of 32 living mammals.
A cornea from one donor can now illuminate the life of three patients.
The injured ant communicates the problem, and then the "doctors" come in. Some of these techniques have only been seen in humans before.
Invertebrates are “the little things that run the world”. So researchers decided to count all the ants on Earth, to help monitor how they’re coping with environmental challenges.
In bird love, it pays to be bold.
Reproduction is at the very heart of evolution. So why has celibacy persisted for so long?
The powerful new AI could be used to find new cures and high-tech biomaterials.
This approach could be a complete game changer for cancer treatments.
Medical science is making some incredible strides.
Ant feet are equipped with an array of tools – from retractable sticky pads to claws to special spines and hairs – enabling them to defy gravity and grip virtually any surface.
Body plumbing sounds sci-fi, but we're slowly making it real.
These animals played a very important part in our history.
This 'shrew-like' animal is surprisingly old.
Just scan and you'll know if it's the real deal or not.
While not obviously dangerous, we should still monitor for this mutation.
The story of Lucas the penguin and his almost magical shoes that gave him the power to walk again.
"It's about being a better alternative to factory farming."
If it's good enough for brain researchers, it's good enough for my plate.
The plot of this interaction is more complex than some movies I've seen.
Knowing it can be done and how to go about it is still a great step.
This may one day make it possible to grow organs for transplant using synthetic embryo models.
There is strong evidence the dinosaurs endured a double-asteroid whammy.
The megalodon was the ultimate apex predator.
It could also allow doctors to perform surgeries remotely in rural and underprivileged areas.
Tardigrades are super tough, but they can't withstand *everything*.
Want to reduce pests in your field? You'd probably do well to get some ants.
The Arctic creatures have some stunning adaptations.
It's supposed to sound like its ancestors from the Jurassic.
It might not look like much today, but in its time, this animal was the height of dangerous!
Mesmerizing, if a bit gross.
It's been an enduring mystery, but now we have the most likely answer
The brain has its own defensive mechanisms to prevent burnout -- and glutamate accumulation in the prefrontal cortex seems like one.
A compound found in bee venom destroyed 100% of the hardest-to-kill breast cancer cells in under 60 minutes.
Baby Weddell seals inherit diving skills from their mothers.
