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Broken axons are like a broken router -- no connection.
An artist and naturalist, a woman who braved a wild continent and tropical diseases for her passion and left behind remarkable works.
It's all about the tail.
They were cuter and silkier... but less adapted to a harsh environment.
Squishy animals like the octopus or squid used to have hard internal shells up until 100 million years ago.
Four billion years. Let that sink in for a moment.
It's basically a huge fridge for seeds -- and it just got bigger.
Researchers have trained bumblebees to score goals using a mini-ball.
The stories of three animals embarking on incredible journeys.
Geologists have made a shocking discovery in a crystal-rich cave in Mexico.
We all have our preferred hand -- but why?
Locals often kill these snakes, although they're not dangerous for humans.
Sorry, no good news.
A remarkable 'terrible-headed lizard' fossil found in China shows an embryo inside the mother -- a clear evidence that some dinosaurs were giving birth to live babies.
Scientists have built cells that are not living but are so life-like that other cells can communicate with them.
When a predator such as a snake strikes the gecko, it's not dinner he's getting but a mouthful of scales.
This means being carnivores must have been an excellent solution for these plants.
If everything goes smoothly, we might see it available in 2018.
Finding fossilized remains of dinosaurs is one thing, but now, paleontologists have discovered proteins dating back to 195 million years ago.
The meager frog employs a very complex mechanism.
It's also probably related to you.
Researchers have found a very old and "alien like" insect and they've decided it doesn't fit anywhere in the current tree of life.
It was adorable, but also terrifying.
Worry and excitement, all in one paper.
Utilizing rigorous, state-of-the-art methods researchers have confirmed the presence of collagen in the fossil of an 80-million-year-old Brachylophosaurus.
A tiny moth species has been named Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, becoming the first species to bear the name of the US president elect.
There's no proof. But the conditions were right for it to happen.
Shark males might become redundant. Just kidding - but this is really groundbreaking.
Sex is good for more than just procreation.
It's not just the predator - the prey plays a big role too.
To this day, menopause remains a puzzling concept.
It was a brachiopode after all - who would have guessed?
Geoscientists working in South America have uncovered an ancient berry.
"Ants are smarter than we give them credit for" is something we seem to write a lot - and yet it happened again.
It's the 79th organ in the human body.
Even without a brain, this cell blob can not only learn, but also pass on its experiences.
Scientists are trying to de-extinct ancient cows called aurochs.
Cell() { Turn_Younger('happier_rodents'; null); }
Turns out they argue. A lot.
It's a call unlike any other we've heard before.
Scientists working in the southwest Indian Ocean have described six new bizarre deep-sea creatures - unfortunately, in an area slated for mining operations.
These larvae are basically just swimming heads.
This beautiful, eerie creature has been captured on film for the first time.
One foot in front of the other.
It's like a pacemaker for your insulin.
A monkey could speak just as well as you or me, were it to have the dedicated neural machinery.
Strike two.
The buzz of the ocean.
Hardy little things too.
Real-time evolution, what more proof do you need?
