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This insect doesn't play with its food. It just wears it.
Tardigrades just got cooler.
Scientists reexamine a forgotten structure near the ovary and discover surprising functions
A remarkable find for ant history was made, not in the field but in a drawer.
Researchers explore the curious relationship between sound and gene expression in cell cultures.
Researchers unveil a man-made “Power Bar” that could replace pollen for stressed honey bee colonies.
A century after its discovery, the elusive giant finally reveals itself on camera.
Microbes can brew food in space — a game-changer for astronauts.
Viruses had enough fun in our mouths, it's time to wipe them out.
A lab in Tokyo just grew a piece of chicken that not only looks like the real thing — it tastes like it too.
Black rhinos are dangling from helicopters—because it's what’s best for them.
Some people claim same-sex attraction is "unnatural." Biology says otherwise
Elite women in ancient Nubia carried babies using head straps, don't you dare to try this at home.
Instead of masking off flavors with sugar, salt, or artificial additives, companies can let bacteria do the work.
The culprit is a very familiar one. It's us.
It wouldn't be very much, but it's exciting anyway.
Mommy has been living at the Philadelphia Zoo for 90 years, and waited until old age to experience motherhood.
Birds in cities are getting flashier — literally.
This one gene mutation helped horses evolve unmatched endurance.
A mouse was born using prehistoric genes and the results could transform regenerative medicine.
Velvet worm slime could offer a solution to our plastic waste problem.
Scientists have revived 7,000-year-old algae from Baltic Sea sediments, pushing the limits of resurrection ecology.
This towering mystery fossil baffled scientists for 180 Years and it just got weirder.
One gram of chewing gum can release up to 600 microplastic particles into your body.
A giant octopus rode a mako shark. No one knows why.
Some cells reorganize into living 'bots' long after the organism perished.
New research reveals an extraordinary journey across the Pacific that defies what we thought was possible.
Before bees, there were beetles
In the perilous world of cephalopod romance, male blue-lined octopuses have evolved a shocking strategy to survive mating.
The bison at the Yellowstone National Park are gearing up for a more genetically diverse population.
Hidden in the abyss of the Atacama Trench, Dulcibella camanchaca reveals itself as a unique predator adapted to the darkness.
Bitter taste receptors on the skin were found to fight and expel toxins.
Looks like the movies got it wrong; who would have guessed?
Stretching is key to spider silk's remarkable properties.
Now joining the list of microbes are these strange structures called obelisks.
A quick 45-minute blood test could be a game-changer for pancreatic cancer detection.
This adorable "woolly" mouse is a first step to bringing back mammoths.
The discovery could lead to new methods for cryopreserving human cells and organs.
Skunks' stripes fade in safer environments, showing how less danger leads to evolutionary changes in warning coloration.
This protein from tardigrades may hold the key to protecting healthy tissues during cancer radiation treatment.
The newly discovered plant genus in a Texas National Park is in a class of its own.
Scientists turn Peto's paradox on its head.
The mechanisms of evolution may change according to the challenges of the environment.
Unlike most plants that work together with fungi, these orchids have evolved to steal nutrients from them.
What mice with a human mutation reveals about the evolution of speech.
Ever wondered why you won't find kangaroos outside Australia? It all started with massive climate change millions of years ago.
A groundbreaking study explores how bacterial transfer during intercourse — the "sexome" — could help confirm sexual contact when traditional forensics fails.
DNA study shows the deadly potato blight came from South America.
For decades, Culex pipiens f. molestus was called the “London Underground Mosquito”. Most people, including scientists, believed molestus rapidly evolved from an existing species in northern European cities, particularly in London’s subway system during the 19th and 20th centuries. This idea, popularized during World War II when people took shelter in the subways and suffered […]
A female swell shark gives birth to a pup without coming in contact with a male, and now scientists are wondering how this is even possible.
