Half Male, Half Female: Bilateral Spider Found in Thailand
Rare bilateral gynandromorph spider discovered in ThailandIn a remote forested area of western Thailand, researchers fro...
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Physics Confirms Moai Statues Walked on Easter Island
New experiments show Moai could have been "walked" by Rapa NuiThe monumental stone statues known as Moai on Easter Islan...
Cyanobacterial Toxins Linked to Alzheimer’s in Dolphins
Stranded dolphins and a troubling neurotoxin linkToxic cyanobacterial blooms may be driving dolphins to strand themselve...
Global Soil Collapse Threatens Food Security, Resilience
New research and the imageModern agricultural practices that boost short-term yields can undermine the long-term health ...
Fishing Spiders: Semi-Aquatic Predators That Hunt Fish
Fishing spiders (genus Dolomedes and related taxa) are semi-aquatic arachnids capable of hunting surprisingly large and ...
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...
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...