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...
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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...
Cats Get Dementia Too: 8 Warning Signs, Diagnosis Tips and Care Strategies for Senior Cats
Feline Cognitive Dysfunction and Why It MattersFeline cognitive dysfunction (FCD), often called feline dementia, is an a...
Why Iceland Has Few Mosquitoes — Climate, Life Cycle Limits, and Future Risks
Why Iceland remains largely mosquito-freeDespite abundant freshwater habitats such as ponds and marshes near airfields a...
Gigantic Pacific Hydrothermal Field 'Kunlun' Outsizes the Atlantic 'Lost City' — Implications for Early Life and Deep-Sea Hydrogen
A human-occupied vehicle (HOV) exploring the deep Pacific Ocean has revealed an extensive hydrothermal complex of crater...
Ancient DNA Breakthrough Confirms Justinian Plague — A Forensic Win with Lessons for Car Enthusiasts
Genomic forensics at the empire’s epicenterResearchers have produced the first direct genetic evidence linking Yersinia ...
80,000-Year-Old Micropoints from Uzbekistan Could Be the Earliest Arrowheads — Implications for Prehistoric Hunting Technology
Discovery and archaeological contextResearchers working at Obi-Rakhmat, a Paleolithic site in northeastern Uzbekistan, h...
Rare 'Blue Dragons' Wash Up in Spain: Stunning Marine Nudibranchs Prompt Beach Closures and Safety Warnings
Mediterranean Visitors: When Beauty Requires CautionLast week a striking aggregation of small, electric-blue nudibranchs...
30-Year Satellite Record Confirms 1990s Sea‑Level Projections — Ice Loss Was Underestimated
Icebergs in Disko Bay (West Greenland) discharged by the Jakobshavn Isbrae, one of the fastest moving outlet glaciers in...
Bright Yellow Hydrothermal Worm Converts Ocean Toxins into Golden Orpiment Crystals
A newly described detoxification strategy allows a deep-sea worm to thrive within some of the planet's most chemically h...
T. rex Teeth Decode Ancient CO₂ Spikes: A New Isotope Method Transforms Paleoclimate Tech
New terrestrial proxy: fossil teeth as climate sensorsResearchers have introduced a novel geochemical technique that rea...