Read More Scince News Nature 3 days ago Horses Whistle Inside Their Voice Box to Make Whinnies Researchers discovered that a horse's whinny combines traditional vocal fold vibration with a laryngeal whistle. Endoscopy, scans and airflow tests reveal how two mechanisms produce a dual-toned call used in social signaling.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 days ago World’s Oldest Fossilized Cloaca Discovered in Germany A Permian-era resting trace from Germany preserves the earliest known fossilized cloaca and keratinous scales, revealing soft-tissue anatomy and evolutionary links between early reptiles and their modern descendants.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 days ago Life May Have Begun in Sticky Gel, Not Cells — Early Earth Researchers propose that life could have begun inside semi-solid gels — biofilm-like matrices that concentrate and protect molecules, favor polymerization, and create niches for early metabolism on early Earth and beyond.
Read More Scince News Nature 6 days ago Why Earth's Biodiversity Engine Is Losing Momentum Now New research shows species turnover in local ecosystems has slowed by about a third since the 1970s. Declining regional species pools and habitat degradation blunt the natural dynamism that once kept ecosystems resilient.
Read More Scince News Nature 7 days ago Greenland's Ice May Be Convecting Like Molten Rock Radar mapping and geodynamic models suggest plume-like upwellings inside northern Greenland arise from slow thermal convection in warm, ductile basal ice, a finding that reshapes ideas about ice-sheet dynamics.
Read More Scince News Nature 8 days ago Planting Shelterbelts Can Harm Grassland Birds—Study Research from central Japan shows shelterbelts in rice-dominated wetlands favor edge species but reduce grassland birds by about 70%, revealing a spatial trade-off that calls for evidence-based design in agri-environment policy.
Read More Scince News Nature 9 days ago Deer Leave Invisible Ultraviolet Signals in Forests Researchers found that white-tailed deer leave antler rubs and scent scrapes that fluoresce under ultraviolet light. Measurements in a Georgia forest show these marks contrast with the background at dawn and dusk, suggesting visual signaling.
Read More Scince News Nature 10 days ago When Glaciers Suddenly Surge: Hidden Hazards and Science Glacier surges—rare but powerful accelerations of ice—can reach over 60 m/day, reshape landscapes, and create downstream hazards. This article explains why surges happen, where they cluster, and how climate change alters their risks.
Read More Scince News Nature 12 days ago The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Wave Devastating Reefs A report on the Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event: how ocean warming, driven by excess heat uptake, is accelerating mass bleaching, why large-scale monitoring matters, and what can be done to protect reefs.
Read More Scince News Nature 20 days ago Massive Freshwater Reservoirs Found Beneath the Ocean Scientists from IODP Expedition 501 have precisely documented and sampled vast freshwater systems beneath the seafloor off New England, revealing submerged aquifers with major implications for coastal water security, nutrient cycling, and future water resource planning.
Read More Scince News Nature 23 days ago Storm-Bound Babies: How a Jurassic Storm Solved a Mystery A newly analyzed Late Jurassic fossil deposit, likely formed by a violent storm, preserved clustered baby pterosaurs and clarifies juvenile behavior, fossilization processes, and predator-prey dynamics in ancient ecosystems.
Read More Scince News Nature 27 days ago Why Ancient Heat Keeps Parts of Earth's Crust Intact New research in the East African Rift shows ancient heating and dehydration made parts of the continental crust unusually stiff, redirecting where rifting, earthquakes, and volcanism occur.
Read More Scince News Nature a month ago How Birds See Without Blood Vessels: The Pecten's Secret Bird eyes lack retinal blood vessels yet function without oxygen. New research reveals the pecten oculi supplies glucose and clears lactic acid, explaining birds' anoxia-tolerant vision and evolutionary advantages.
Read More Scince News Nature a month ago Arctic Browning Accelerates: Heat, Drought, Risk and Carbon New research in Science Advances links extreme heat and drought to accelerating "Arctic browning": loss of vegetation that threatens food webs, alters carbon balance, and signals lasting ecosystem change.
Read More Scince News Nature a month ago How Starfish Walk Hundreds of Feet Without a Brain Today How do starfish navigate rocky and inverted surfaces without a brain? New research shows Asterias rubens uses hundreds of hydraulic tube feet that adapt adhesion time to mechanical load, revealing a decentralized locomotion strategy with lessons for robotics.
Read More Scince News Nature a month ago How Shrews Shrink and Regrow Their Brains Every Year Common shrews shrink up to 30% of their brain volume in winter and regrow it in spring. New genomic research identifies genes—VEGFA, DNA-repair and water-regulation pathways—that enable this reversible adaptation and may inform neurodegeneration studies.
Read More Scince News Nature a month ago Ocean Warming Threatens 'Zombie Worms' on Whale Falls Research shows ocean warming and expanding oxygen minimum zones threaten Osedax 'zombie worms' on whale-falls, risking unique deep-sea ecosystems and carbon recycling along the northeast Pacific Margin.
Read More Scince News Nature a month ago Did Giant Kangaroos Really Hop? New Fossil Evidence New anatomical and biomechanical analysis shows Pleistocene giant kangaroos like Procoptodon goliah likely had the tendons and foot bones to perform short hops, altering views of their locomotion and ecology.
Read More Scince News Nature a month ago Mosquito Blood Meals Reveal Hidden Wildlife DNA Worldwide University of Florida researchers show mosquito blood meals can reveal DNA from a wide range of animals, offering a promising, low-cost method for biodiversity monitoring across landscapes.
Read More Scince News Nature a month ago How an Iridescent Berry Outsmarts Birds: Pollia's Trick Pollia condensata fruits use long-lasting structural color — not nutrition — to lure birds and disperse seeds. Researchers see biomimetic potential for durable, pigment-free colors in materials science.
