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Overwintering is profoundly stressful for trees. So why do they bother?
Organic molecules can be produced by living or non-living systems. But the recent findings are very intriguing.
Inspired by the shape of a New Caledonian crow’s beak, researchers created a new 3D-printed prototype of tweezers.
Many suspicious deaths of both humans and pets have been solved with the help of insects.
Unfortunately, the Lunar Ark project is an idea more at home in science fiction than science fact.
Many animals engage in “zoopharmacognosy” or self-medication.
Forensic researchers call such places “limited access environments.”
This pup puts us one step closer to resurrecting extinct species.
Pando is a stand of aspen in Utah that is 14,000 years old and weighs 12 million pounds. Humans threaten to end its long reign.
Imagine Flipper trained in the art of espionage.
Are there any advantages to looking so cumbersome?
When Cameroon's Lakes Monoun and Nyos exploded, they released clouds of carbon dioxide that suffocated everything in its wake.
People who rate themselves as highly knowledgeable about cats are more likely to interact with cats in ways they don't like.
Spicy foods are enjoyed the world over, but scientists don't know why people partake in culinary masochism.
A common weed uses uncommon types of photosynthesis.
Horses pranced around the western hemisphere until they went extinct in the late Holocene. They were reintroduced by European colonists — though where, when, and how has remained unclear.
Let's hope that squid don't evolve lungs and legs, or humanity might be in real trouble.
The zebras were originally part of a newspaper tycoon's private zoo. Now they roam the San Simeon grasslands, growing in numbers.
Turning off a gene called “Myc” has a surprising effect in male fruit flies: They start courting other males.
Livestock now outweighs wild mammals and birds ten-fold.
Mammals have a history stretching back 325 million years. To study that ancient history is to know our own origins.
Flies are in no way smart, but they experience time in an almost Matrix-like fashion.
Scuba divers often appear to be swimming through a calm and muffled universe. This couldn't be farther from the truth.
There's a fatal prion infection killing deer and elk across North America.
More than 90% of human faces are home to mites that live in our skin pores. These friendly guests might be merging with us.