Rwanda begins collecting DNA in the wild to track mountain gorilla and other species
MUSANZE, Rwanda (AP) — A guide called out to endangered golden monkeys with grunts and clicks to signal…
A ‘Golden Orb’ on the Ocean Floor Came From a Mysterious Animal
This species can reach 30 centimeters in diameter and live between 1,600 and 4,000 meters deep. Its biology…
Research shows Neanderthals gathered shellfish like modern humans | Northwest & National News
Specimen of the gastropod Phorcus lineatus. (ICTA-UAB via SWNS) By Talker By Stephen Beech Cavemen gathered shellfish to…
Mammoth bones reveal secrets of Ice Age hunters
For more than a century, vast mammoth bone deposits in Central Europe have puzzled scientists. Now EU-funded researchers…
Meet The Worm That Hunts With A Slime Cannon — A Biologist Explains
This unassuming worm hunts with a self-assembling slime net. Here’s what scientists have uncovered about its biology, behavior…
Supercomputers reveal how dolphins generate thrust to achieve speed
Researchers from Osaka University have used supercomputer simulations to solve the mystery of how dolphins achieve such high…
Scientists Are Starting to Unlock the Nanoscale Secrets of the Immune System
The immune system operates at a scale scientists are only just beginning to be able to see. That…
How a timing filter could help target cancer and fibrosis
Fibrillar adhesion dynamics govern the timescales of nuclear mechano-response via the vimentin cytoskeleton Credit© Institute for Bioengineering of…
Scorpions add metal to their stingers for extra strength, study finds
Scorpions are the natural world’s original metalheads. Research from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History shows that…
Scientist use DNA in efforts to help species adapt to climate change
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. That mismatch is killing…
Why Are Humans The Only Animals That Cook Their Food? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains
The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning…
You were born with a playlist already in your soul: Why science says musicality is hardwired
Music, community and joy drive real change In a small village in Pwani, a district on Tanzania’s coast,…