Can species evolve fast enough to survive as the planet heats up?
A cracked riverbed along the Sacramento River during a drought in California Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images For…
No such thing as a shark? Genomes shake up ocean predator’s family tree
This great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is still a shark. Credit: Dave Fleetham/Design Pics Editorial/UIG via Getty In…
High-throughput phenomics of global ant biodiversity
Meineke, E. K., Davies, T. J., Daru, B. H. & Davis, C. C. Biological collections for understanding biodiversity…
Wild chimpanzees in Uganda are drinking the equivalent of a beer a day
One of the boozy chimps. Credit: Aleksey Maro/UC Berkeley Since you can’t exactly breathalyze a wild ape, Aleksey…
Rare Fossils in Amber Raise Questions About Secret Lives of Cretaceous Insects
Amber in Case 6 – Credit: Dr Jose de la Fuente / Institute for Game and Wildlife Research…
Why Don’t Humans Have A Mating Season? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains
Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution rewired our reproduction by…
Pokémon turns 30 — how the fictional pocket monsters shaped science
Pokémon has been an inspiration for researchers since its creation 30 years ago.Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty On 27 February…
Clonal-aggregative multicellularity tuned by salinity in a choanoflagellate
A full description of the methods is provided in the Supplementary Information. All dilution percentages are v/v unless…
‘Extremely rare’ fossilized anus discovered after 300-million-years
It’s a tail as old as time. Scientists may have discovered the world’s oldest butthole after unearthing the…
Oxygen metabolism in descendants of the archaeal-eukaryotic ancestor
Vosseberg, J. et al. The emerging view on the origin and early evolution of eukaryotic cells. Nature 633,…
Snakes Resort to Cannibalism When the Opportunity Strikes, Study Shows
Scientists have uncovered yet another reason not to trust a snake—the slithering creatures have a habit of eating…
Extinct Hawaiian Ibis Had Unusually Small Eyes and Limited Visual Capacity, Study Says
Apteribis, an extinct species of ibis that once inhabited the Hawaiian Islands, occupied a niche similar to that…