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They did, however, have an excellent sense of smell.
The elusive creature lives deep beneath the ocean's surface.
This tiny bug tells a story much bigger than itself.
A story that has some 'ew' -- but definitely a lot of 'wow', too.
Scientists have identified an inherent trade-off in avian sexual selection.
Crows are much smarter than we thought -- and one, in particular, seemed like a moody genius.
We're nowhere near close to 'discovering everything' yet.
Although this mammalian forerunner still reproduced like a reptile, the fossils shed much light on our own evolution.
The findings suggest that the mechanism would probably work on humans too.
Who's a good boy? All dogs, that's who. But some have more problems than others.
Other cells can likely do it too, the researchers believe.
We have a lot to learn from the humble dandelion.
The Jurassic had flesh-eating fish... of course it did.
Saving biodiversity makes more sense than waiting millions of years for it to re-evolve.
Ancient sponges were among the first animals that scientists have been able to identify.
Print me a new me, please. Make me taller, too.
Things start to change when you've been living in the dark for millions of years.
Who doesn't want replacement organs?
The chain of seamounts is brimming with underwater life.
You've heard of Iron Man, now get ready for Iron Wheat.
Feed me corn!
They used CRISPR gene editing to take a shortcut around traditional plant domestication that can take up to thousands of years.
I like trees.
Well, this is an unusual problem to have.
PCBs have been banned almost two decades ago but their effects are still widely felt by the iconic orcas.
A remarkable finding, already highly vulnerable.
No other animal has the same ability.
Turns out "I'm hangry" is a legitimate excuse after all.
When in doubt, hibernate.
This is an observational study and, as such, the findings cannot be used to establish a cause-effect relationship -- but it does raise some important questions.
Thanks, plants!
The work has only been tested in the lab but, so far, the results are encouraging.
Hey, grandpa!
Talk about a bold strategy.
There are not many people I dislike as intensely as ivory poachers.
The cane toad is an old species, but this is the first time its genome was sequenced.
Ultimately, what the mosquito eats, we eat as well.
It's not only about what you eat -- it's also about how you use that food.
Intelligent behavior emerging from a group of relatively unintelligent organisms.
Not ony are they very precise, but they're also very decisive.
Very Not Good™.
Dragonflies have been around for 200 million years, long before humans stepped in. They also feature intricate wing patterns, which humans are now studying using an algorithm.
Sometimes it pays to be the smallest fish in the pond.
The miner who found it thought it was a dog.
I could watch these videos all day.
The story of the elephant bird's extinction just got a lot more interesting.
Researchers at one of the UK’s leading genetics centres tell us about their serendipitous findings.
We're all Stonebenders in our kidneys!
This master of deception adapts its pheromones to the local bee species, and it's deadly effective!
The infamous three F's.
