Victorian fossil leads to discovery of new species of ancient baleen whale
Researchers have hailed the discovery of an ancient whale species in Australia’s south-east as a milestone in marine…
Mystery early human relatives reached Sulawesi over a million years ago, oldest evidence found on ‘hobbit’ island neighbor
A set of ancient stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has pushed back the timeline…
Balancing copper antimicrobials to combat antibiotic resistance
Copper has emerged as an ally in the battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Copper sulfate liquids, for example, have…
Why Do Treehoppers Have Such Bizarro Body Shapes?
Treehoppers detect electrical fields emitted by their predators and may also distinguish between electrical fields emitted by their…
This animal could rule the Earth when mankind becomes extinct
We’re all familiar to some extent with the animals and dinosaurs that have ruled the Earth over the…
Behavioral adaptation precedes morphological change in human evolution
As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them…
Once Believed to Be Junk, Viral Ancient DNA Has Been Ghost Writing Our Genetic Code
We all have one: a junk drawer that we stuff full of all our random — and often…
Triassic reptile’s bizarre crest shakes up feather evolution theories
Mammals these days have hair, birds have feathers and reptiles have neither. But the relative nakedness of today’s…
Healthy Life: Ancient viruses in our DNA may hold clues to what makes us human | Healthy Life
Fragments of ancient viral DNA once dismissed as “junk” may play a role in controlling our genes, according…
New study identifies genes that shape human brain features
What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human…
Do Sharks Really ‘Play Dead’? The Complicated Truth About Tonic Immobility.
The team also documented the first-ever data on a chimaera species (Callorhinchus milii), which … More showed no…
Ancient viral DNA found to regulate human gene expression
A new international study suggests that ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, which were long dismissed as…