Bioluminescence likely originated in Octocorallia 540M years ago, study finds

The three-dimensionally articulated oral apparatus of a Devonian heterostracan sheds light on feeding in Palaeozoic jawless fishes

Eastern Gartersnakes pass a smell based version of the mirror test, like dogs

Dark extinction: the problem of unknown historical extinctions (2021)

A new giant podocnemidid turtle, among the largest freshwater turtles ever found, from the Late Pleistocene Rio Madeira Formation in the Brazilian Amazon…

Redwoods are growing almost as fast in the UK as their Californian cousins

New study explores the preservation of 12,000 year-old brains

Birds, beetles and spiders that are natural predators for crop-damaging pests can be a successful alternative to pesticides

ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage, research suggests

Estimating association between Facebook adoption and well-being in 72 countries

Still little evidence sex differences in spatial navigation are evolutionary adaptations

Brain size predicts bees' tolerance to urban environments | "a large brain in bees could confer behavioural advantages to tolerate urban environments"

A driving simulation study has shown we are one step closer to monitoring our heart health in real time via a tiny device worn in the ear.

Monarch butterflies memorize the spatial location of a food source

Anthropocene traps that challenge global sustainability

Leonardo’s construction design takes shape centuries later

Trust climate predictions from climate models that cannot reproduce the past?

Scientists have sequenced the mitochondrial DNA of 14,000-year-old fossilized feces of cave hyenas reveals secrets of extinct European wooly rhinos.

A new species of proterosuchid named Samsarasuchus pamelae has been identified following the re-study of fossils found in the Induan Panchet Formation of India.

A massive solar storm, the biggest ever identified, was discovered via a large spike in radiocarbon levels of 14,300 years old tree-rings.

female frogs fake their own deaths to avoid unwanted attention from males. Small females are better at this, using tactics, e.g,cturning, calling

Just kidding: the evolutionary roots of playful teasing

No evidence for angiosperm mass extinction at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary

The DNA in a sea sponge’s pores shows what lives nearby. Sea sponges naturally collect DNA from the waters around them

Scientists uncover hidden math that governs genetic mutations

Estimating association between Facebook adoption and well-being in 72 countries

Artificial Reefs Improve Productivity of Seagrass Meadows and Could Help Protect Against Climate Change, Study Finds

Researchers has found that wild fruits in Costa Rica with higher alcohol content tend to be spread more widely by mammals than fruits with less alcohol.

The impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaboration

Evidence of artefacts made of giant sloth bones in central Brazil around the last glacial maximum

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