Read More Scince News Nature 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago From Food Waste to Farming Gold: New Biotech Uses Now Researchers are transforming food waste—beet pulp, coconut fibers, radish greens—into sustainable crop protectants, peat alternatives, gut-health ingredients, and stable antioxidant powders for industry.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago Amazon Rainforest Shifts to Hypertropical Climate by 2100 New research shows the Amazon is moving toward a 'hypertropical' state: hotter, longer droughts that raise tree death and could flip the forest from carbon sink to carbon source by 2100.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago Wildfire Smoke: Hidden Organic Emissions Increase Risk New global inventory finds wildfires emit 21% more organic compounds than thought, driven by overlooked IVOCs and SVOCs that form fine particles and worsen air quality in pollution hotspots worldwide.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago Deepest Arctic Gas Hydrate Seep Found Brimming With Life Scientists discovered the Freya gas hydrate mounds in the Greenland Sea — an ultra-deep methane seep at ~3,640 m teeming with tubeworms, amphipods and chemosynthetic life, with implications for Arctic carbon and deep-sea mining.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago Dinosaur Egg Turns into Crystal Geode After 70 Million Years A 70-million-year-old dinosaur egg from China was found filled with calcite crystals, effectively making it a natural geode. The discovery reveals a new oospecies and preserves geochemical clues about its burial environment.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago Fossil Jawbone Reveals Ancient Bees Nesting for Generations A fossil jawbone from a Hispaniola cave preserves evidence of solitary bees, Osnidum almontei, nesting inside dental sockets for generations. Micro-CT scans reveal behavioral trace fossils and new paleoecological insights.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago Why Reindeer Eyes Turn Blue in Arctic Winter — Science Arctic reindeer eyes shift from gold-green to deep blue in winter. This seasonal change, driven by the tapetum lucidum and fluid dynamics, boosts low-light sensitivity at the cost of detail.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago Why the Arctic Just Had Its Hottest Year on Record The Arctic recorded its hottest 12-month period on record, with cascading impacts from sea-ice loss and Greenland melt to permafrost thaw and changing ocean circulation. What this means for ecosystems and global weather.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago Not a Mushroom: The Strange Parasitic Plant Balanophora Balanophora, a mushroom-like flowering plant that lacks chlorophyll and roots, lives as a root parasite. New research explores its reduced plastids, ancient origins, island reproduction, and conservation risks.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago If Temperatures Rise 4C: 4,000 Glaciers Lost Each Year Projections show that under a 4C warming scenario up to 4,000 glaciers could disappear annually by the mid-2050s, leaving only about 9% of glaciers by 2100. Regional timing and impacts vary widely.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago Antarctica's Death-Ball Sponge: A New Deep-Sea Predator Explorers from the Nippon Foundation–Nekton Ocean Census discovered a carnivorous "death-ball" sponge near Antarctica. Found at 3,601 m, this Chondrocladia species traps crustaceans and joins dozens of other newly recorded deep-sea organisms.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago Meet 'B': The Ribbon Worm Living for Nearly 30 Years Baseodiscus "B" is now the oldest documented ribbon worm, aged around 26–30 years. Genetic tests identify it as Baseodiscus punnetti, expanding known nemertean lifespans and reshaping our view of benthic predator ecology.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago Doorstop Turned Fortune: Million-Euro Rumanite Amber A 3.5-kg piece of rumanite amber once used as a doorstop in Romania has been reclassified as a national treasure. Valued at about €1 million, the nugget offers rare insights into ancient forests and fossilized resin research.
Read More Scince News Nature 5 months ago Why Your Dog Hides Toys and Treats: The Science Explained Why do dogs hide toys and treats? This article explains caching behavior, its evolutionary roots in canids, how scent and spatial memory guide dogs, and practical enrichment strategies to redirect natural foraging instincts.
