Ants' Genetic Trick: One Receptor, One Neuron Clarity
How ants keep their scent world unambiguousAnts depend on a highly refined sense of smell to navigate complex social liv...
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Ocean Nutrient Feedbacks Could Trigger Future Ice Ages
New Earth System modeling suggests that the planet's response to long-term warming may not be a steady return to equilib...
Marine Heatwaves Disrupt Ocean Carbon Conveyor Belt
Robust new research shows marine heatwaves can obstruct the ocean's biological carbon pump—the system that transports ca...
Tiny Cretaceous Fish Rewrites Freshwater Evolution
A tiny fossil with big implicationsA palm‑sized fish fossil discovered in southwestern Alberta is forcing scientists to ...
Fungi Shaped Earth Long Before Land Plants Emerged
Fungi built the stage for terrestrial lifeFungi diversified on Earth long before the first land plants, and new genomic ...
Sand-sized Stones Reveal Earth's Early Carbon History
Cross-section of an egg-shaped iron oxide stone: It holds information about the amount of organic carbon in the sea mill...
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...
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...