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Two aspects of memory – fast updating and long lasting – are typically considered incompatible, yet the insects combined them.
The human brain is only the latest chapter in the ancient story of thinking on Earth.
A gigantic bacterium evolved differently than fundamental models of biology would have predicted. Simply put, these bacteria shouldn’t exist.
Scientists captured it on footage 1.5 miles below the surface.
About 150 million years ago, a long-necked sauropod came down with a respiratory infection. The rest is history…or is it?
Many animals practice what looks like self-medication. A new report suggests that chimps tend wounds with insects, often treating each other.
The story of dog domestication is one of converting the wild wolf into man’s nicer, smarter, best friend. It might be all wrong.
Elephants mourn the dead, dolphins give names to each other, and insects can recognize faces. The animal world is much smarter than we think.
Admit it: you have no idea why a group of crows is called a murder. Here’s why.
With around 5,000 summertime residents, increased tourism, and a warming planet, it is becoming difficult to protect Antarctica from invasion.
From 1974 to 1978, the chimps of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania were at war with each other, the first time conservationists saw chimps engage in calculated, cold-blooded killing.
∆G = ∆H – T∆S is one of the most abstract formulas in science, but it is also one of the most important. Without it, life cannot exist.
Tusks suddenly became a liability, even though in natural circumstances, tusks are very useful.
Life largely owes its existence to this equation. Be sure to hug your house plant today.
Pando, which is Latin for “I spread,” is a single organism spanning some 106 acres.
A new snake becomes Instagram famous after its accidental discovery by a graduate student going on a nature walk in northern India.
Forget little green men: These scientists say we should be more worried about little green germs.
Purely physical and chemical processes can deceive us into thinking that life is present, when it actually is not.
When we try to recreate simpler versions of natural ecosystems, we invariably make mistakes, argues author and biologist Rob Dunn.
Using DNA from samples of extinct flowers, synthetic biologists managed to approximate long-lost floral scents.
Parasites aren’t limited to just worms and ticks. Even some plants like to feed off others — and they perhaps could help fight invasive species.
Despite the wide diversity of spider species, most orb-weavers seem to follow the same playbook when building their webs.
Social conflicts can leave molecular marks on animals, according to recent research on the ant species Harpegnathos saltator.
Virgin birth – which involves the development of an unfertilised egg – has preoccupied humans for aeons. And although it can’t happen in mammals, it does seem to be possible in […]
A 12-year study shows that these large lemurs have a sophisticated sense of rhythm.
The list includes eleven species of birds, eight species of freshwater mussels, two fish, a bat, and a plant from the mint family.
Linguistic laws are remarkably versatile and have applications in ecology, microbiology, epidemiology, demographics, and geography.
A new study suggests that hunting dogs’ barks convey emotional information about the animals they see.
These animals to grow scalpel-sharp and precisely shaped tools that are resistant to breaking.