Australian redback spiders’ mating somersault may be driven by more than one gene
The Australian redback spider has one of nature’s more unsettling rituals: the male redback spider flips himself toward…
Rare fossil from Australia reveals one giant reptile’s final meal, and the predator that tore it apart
Photo Credit: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Before Queensland’s Outback became the dry interior it is, it…
Australian fossils reveal 550-million-year-old animal may be the first known right-hander
Fossils from South Australia are offering a surprising clue about the deep history of animal behavior. Spriggina floundersi,…
Atlantic expedition captures rare footage of a ghostly barreleye fish with a see-through head
Photo Credit: Schmidt Ocean In the Atlantic Ocean, scientists have filmed a barreleye fish with a transparent dome-like…
Indonesia’s ‘hobbits’ may have scavenged Komodo dragon leftovers, not hunted or cooked, study says
Indonesia’s ancient “hobbits” may have endured not as daring hunters but as scavengers that capitalized on whatever food…
Two drained lakes set off 25 glacier collapses in just two hours, researchers find
Two suddenly drained lakes appear to have sent a jolt through one of Greenland’s most famous glaciers, triggering…
Every known Homo naledi skeleton in South Africa may be female, surprising scientists
Teeth from the Rising Star cave system are offering an unusual window into Homo naledi, one of the…
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef collapsed, re-formed, and shifted five times in 30,000 years
The Great Barrier Reef is often described as a victim of modern climate stress, but new research suggests…
Airborne study suggests tropical forests are absorbing less air pollution than models predict
Climate models have often treated tropical forests as a major brake on carbon pollution. New findings from an…
Four-winged Velociraptor ancestor reveals new history about ancient predators
A newly identified microraptor, roughly the size of a barn owl, is giving dinosaur fans a fuller picture…
Late paleontologist’s field notes solve the 1999 mystery of a mummified cliffside fish
Photo Credit: University of Otago Researchers have finally identified a strange mummified fish fossil from New Zealand after…
Buried 2 miles beneath Antarctica’s ice, a colossal hidden structure may rewrite its history
Beneath roughly two miles of Antarctic ice, scientists have identified an enormous buried geologic feature that could change…