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A toxicologist explains the impacts of antidepressants on fish — and no, they're not getting any happier.

"Ghost gear" leads to hundreds of thousands of animal deaths.

Disease kills off 40% of farmed catfish. This gene protects them.

If cocaine affects sharks at all, it does so as an anesthetic, not as a stimulant.

Sweet, bitter, salty, sour. These are the four basic tastes we were taught in grade school. But there is a fifth: umami. And it's everywhere.

Tracing the origin and development of jaws — and other anatomical features that humans share — sheds some light on how we came to be.  

The spikes in their mouths would have helped them catch squid or fish.

Local researchers identify a striking rainbow-colored fairy wrasse found off the coast of the Maldives as a fish species all its own.

Deep underwater, temperatures are close to freezing and the pressure is 1,000 times higher than at sea level.

Could it be culture?

Fish are surprisingly good in numbers tests — a skill that sometimes makes the difference between life and death.

If dogs are out in coats and boots, how are the squirrels feeling?

Venerated astrophysicist Carl Sagan entertained the possibility.

Human beings are descendants of these early tetrapods – at least those who made a new life on land.

Now they're pointing the way to future battery technologies.

From crocodiles to birds, certain animals managed to survive some of the worst extinction events in world history.

Oxytocin can boost heart cells' ability to regenerate.

The intensely white coloration of the shrimp is a remarkable feat of bioengineering.

Letting nature's expert engineers lead the way.

New research suggests they may be in the connections between your brain cells.

The world’s great whales aren’t just vulnerable where they congregate, but everywhere they roam.

He lived with a tribe of hunter-gatherers to witness how an ancient culture survives one of the most brutal climates on Earth. His learnings may surprise you.

A new tuna robot leads the way to more agile underwater robots and drones.

At least one of Earth's creatures is able to survive the vacuum of space.

Metaphors like the Great Chain of Being can lead people to misunderstand evolution and humanity’s place in the web of life.

Quelle horreur! Paris isn't just a 15-minute city; it's a five-minute city.

Adopting a healthy scepticism towards inherited ideas means “emptying the container of the Self.”

The dating pool is small — no pun intended.

There is strong evidence that invertebrates are sentient beings.

Delay the instant gratification of online knowledge and first seek out the wisdom within yourself.