Red Sea Vanished 6.2 Million Years Ago, Then Reflooded
Red Sea’s dramatic dry-out and sudden rebirthNew research led by scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and T...
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Ancient Rock Art Reveals Water Networks Across Arabia
New evidence for wide prehistoric networksResearchers studying prehistoric rock art in Arabia have found material eviden...
Greenland platinum spike linked to Icelandic eruptions
A puzzling chemical signal in Greenland iceBuried in an ice core from central Greenland is a distinct, short-lived spike...
Motswedi: 2,488-Carat Diamond From Botswana Awaits Valuation
Rare discovery and immediate contextA colossal 2,488-carat rough diamond, nicknamed Motswedi, is under detailed analysis...
Warming Oceans Threaten Key Microbe That Makes Oxygen
Earth's oxygen balance and much of the ocean food web depend on microscopic photosynthetic organisms. Among them, Prochl...
Fish Cloaca Genes May Have Driven Evolution of Fingers
New study links cloaca regulatory DNA to digit formationRecent comparative genomics and functional experiments indicate ...
Researchers Identify Three New Deep-Sea Snailfishes
New deep‑sea snailfishes discovered off CaliforniaMBARI’s cutting-edge underwater tools are uncovering unique species th...
Ratfish Sex Teeth Reveal Flexible Tooth Evolution Paths
New research links mating spikes and mouth teeth in ratfishA recent developmental genetics study reports that the specia...
Forests Are Raining Plastic: Airborne Microplastics Fallout
Airborne microplastics are depositing in forestsResearchers at TU Darmstadt have found that microplastics and nanoplasti...
Cuttlefish Pass Delayed-Reward Test, Reveal Complex Minds
Cuttlefish and the 'Marshmallow' ParadigmAn experiment adapted from the classic human cognitive test commonly known as t...
Wild Chimps Consume a Beer’s Worth of Alcohol Daily
Chimpanzees and Everyday Alcohol IntakeA field study published in Science Advances reports that wild chimpanzees routine...
Insect Declines Found Even in Pristine Mountain Habitats
Summary and contextA long-term field study has detected steep declines in flying insect populations within a remote suba...
Ocean’s Most Abundant Microbe, Prochlorococcus, Faces Sharp Decline as Seas Warm
A tiny organism, outsized roleThe ocean’s smallest photosynthesizing microbe, Prochlorococcus, is critical to global mar...
Why Some Plants Are Taking Over the World: Traits That Drive Global Naturalization
Plants are spreading across the globe faster than at any time in human history, driven largely by human-mediated movemen...
Fossils Reveal Devastating Bone Infection in South American Sauropods
Ancient giants under microscopic threatNew research shows that some of South America's largest dinosaurs suffered from a...
Could Building a Dam at the Bering Strait Save Europe’s Ocean Conveyor — or Break It?
A radical ocean geoengineering ideaAt the 80-kilometre-wide Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska, scientists have pro...
Study: 60% of Earth’s Land Has Exceeded Safe Biosphere Limits; 38% Now at High Risk
A planetary boundary in retreatHuman activity has driven a majority of Earth’s terrestrial surface beyond locally define...
Blood Vessels in a T. rex Rib Reveal New Clues About Dinosaur Biology
Dinosaur DNA remains beyond current reach, so paleontologists are turning to rarer traces of soft tissue preserved withi...
Tracing Nitrogen and Ancient Groundwater: Scientists Analyze Freshened Subsurface Water and Its Microbial History
Recovering and Characterizing Freshened GroundwaterScientists aboard a recent expedition recovered a suite of groundwate...
Million-Year-Old Mammoth Teeth Reveal World’s Oldest Host-Associated Microbial DNA
Ancient teeth preserve microbial genomes beyond a million yearsAn international research team led by the Centre for Pala...