Spotted skunk evolution driven by climate change, suggest researchers
Western spotted skunk.
Credit: © R. C. Dowler
Climate plays a key role in determining what animals can live where. And while human-induced climate change has...
Earth sank twice, flooding the Eastern Amazon
Carcharhiniformes indet. tooth from the Saltarin core, Carbonera C2 Formation, early Miocene flooding.
Credit: Jorge Carrillo
A tiny shark tooth, part of a mantis shrimp and...
Extinction risk for many species vastly underestimated, study suggests
Nilgiri flycatcher (stock photo). Researchers found the estimated range for the Nilgiri flycatcher is actually 65 percent smaller than IUCN determined and thus suggest...
‘Exercise-in-a-pill’ boosts athletic endurance by 70 percent
Salk scientists move one step closer to developing 'exercise-in-a-pill.' Partial view of a mouse calf muscle stained for different types of muscle fibers: oxidative...
New species of dinosaur increases the already unexpected diversity of ‘whiplash dinosaurs’
This is a Galeamopus pabsti in its environment in the Late Jurassic of North America. An Allosaurus and two Ceratosaurus are feeding on a...
Origin of Milky Way’s hypothetical dark matter signal may not be so dark
An excess of gamma-rays coming from the center of the Milky Way is likely due to a population of pulsars -- rapidly spinning, very...
Tea tree genome contains clues about how one leaf produces so many flavors
Camellia sinensis shrub.
Credit: LiZhi Gao Lab
The most popular varieties of tea -- including black tea, green tea, Oolong tea, white tea, and chai --...
Earliest relative of Brachiosaurus dinosaur found in France
This Vouivria herd are roaming the coast of what is now Europe. Millions of years ago Europe was a chain of islands and, being...
Language shapes how the brain perceives time
How does our language affect our perception of time?
Credit: © spaxiax / Fotolia
Language has such a powerful effect, it can influence the way in...
The courting cephalopods of the East China Sea
Oval squids swim in parallel. The larger squid is the male, and the small squid is the female.
Credit: Mr. Chun-Yen Lin, Institute of Molecular...
Antarctic ice rift spreads
This is the Larsen C ice rift aerial view.
Credit: John Sonntag/NASA
The rift in the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica now has a second...
