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There will likely be no Nemo to find in the future.
The findings may lead to new treatments for eye problems in both humans and animals.
Researchers have found a creative way to monitor elephants, by using miniature computers to capture the steps of elephants through vibrations.
Humans aren't always the bad guys.
Cat owners, rejoice: your body can deal with this parasite just fine.
The primate voice box seems to be exceptional in the animal kingdom.
The local Wildlife Trust called the decision "the most ground-breaking government decision for England's wildlife for a generation".
Whenever distinct groups of humans and their ancestors overlapped in space and time, interbreeding was just around the corner.
This pristinely preserved scene in fossilized amber is an extremely rare example of ancient predation in action.
Popular wisdom was that predators are most at risk -- turns out it's actually their food that's struggling.
Even the mighty fall sick.
Isotopes in the food we eat builds up in our hair, revealing intimate details about diet and income.
Pigs are intelligent and seem to exhibit behavior both similar, and different to dogs.
Biologists get a helping (non-biological) hand.
Dry climate and urbanization prompted the first mosquitoes to increasingly bite humans -- and things aren't looking too well for the future.
The hatched hybrids are sterile so they shouldn't be a threat. None will be released into the wild to be sure.
Among other things, these genomes may help find new approaches against COVID-19.
Man's best friend is even more awesome than we knew.
Sea turtles have an internal compass -- but it's not perfect. They can go the wrong way for hundreds of miles before reaching their foraging grounds.
Bacteria that use manganese for energy have been suspected to exist for over a century -- but they've only recently been confirmed.
Researchers hope to completely sequence the other 23 chromosomes by the end of the year.
As far as mosquitoes go, fewer ladies is ideal.
An art historian and a biologist form an uncanny pair in order to reveal the timeline of evolution for your favorite fruits ande vegetables.
These tiny dinos started evolving many of the traits of today's birds.
The Arctic ocean acidification is much worse than we thought.
The lineage is relatively distinct from other modern dogs'.
That's not something you see every day.
They look pretty, too.
Invasive species are one of the most dangerous (and overlooked) environmental threats.
Life, as they say, finds a way.
It helps disperse heat and reflect sunlight.
A fourth color cone type in the hummingbird's eyes allows the birds to see in extra colors tinted in ultraviolet.
Many patients are at risk of dying from bacterial infections acquired in the hospital rather than of the virus itself.
Whether or not this makes the virus more transmissible in society isn't yet clear.
Now, that's something you don't see every day.
The research suggests that someday it may be possible to induce a suspended animation state in humans.
The pinker the naughtier for flamingos.
A novel simulation mimicked the conditions of early Earth, finding that meteorites could have seeded the essential building blocks for life.
A preventive treatment could prevent a lot of deaths.
They seem to like city life.
Patients with type 1 diabetes currently need daily injections of insulin to manage the disease.
Sorry -- no invisible humans any time soon, but the applications can be intriguing.
It's the deepest confirmed sighting of any cephalopod.
Our mental state does have an effect on the hair, it seems.
From cheap genetical sequencing to quick medical tests and synthetic meat, a biotech revolution is just waiting to happen
Its a bad time to be a tree.
The fossil is around 75 million years older than the oldest millipede we've found before.
At least 50 billion years worth of unique evolutionary history is at risk, a new study found.
Understanding how genetics influences problem drinking can help us help those at risk.
