Illustration of molecule model (stock image). New research suggests that inorganic chemicals can self-organize into complex structures that mimic primitive life on Earth.
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An international team of researchers discovered that inorganic chemicals can self-organize into complex...
Associate Professor Bryan Fry in the Sindh desert of Pakistan with a cobra.Credit: Courtesy Associate Professor Fry
A University of Queensland-led international study has revealed how one of the world's most feared types of snakes -- cobras -- developed their...
During the day, the Chaoborus spp hide in the sediment where dissolved methane is transferred into their gas sacs. Using the buoyancy from the methane, they float to the lake surface at night to feed on zooplankton. At the...
A side view of a 3-D model of Tiktaalik in a murky waterway in the Devonian, 385 million years ago, looking out above the water line through eyes set on top of the skull, and breathing through spiracles located...
Breaching True´s beaked whales (Image credit: Dylan Walker)
The True's beaked whale is a deep-diving mammal so rarely seen that it often defies recognition at sea by researchers. As a result, we have little data about its distribution, abundance and...
This is an Ampullary bundle with afferent nerve.Credit: Julius Lab, UCSF
Sharks, rays and skates can hunt for prey hidden in the sandy sea floor by "listening" for faint traces of bioelectricity -- they can literally sense their prey's heart...
A new study has unravelled the mechanism through which animals measure time of year to allow their physiological adaptation to a changing environment.Image Credit:Flickr/umer malik
Animals need to measure the time of year so that they can anticipate and adapt...
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Research by the University of Southampton has found that methods used to predict the effect of species extinction on ecosystems could be producing inaccurate results. This is because current thinking assumes that when a species vanishes, its role...
The black and white markings of the giant panda serve them as both camouflage and communication, scientists learned.Credit: Ted Stankowich/CSU Long Beach
The scientists who uncovered why zebras have black and white stripes (to repel biting flies), took the coloration...
A new study shows that the effects of vibrations produced by horses during horse-riding lead to the activation of the sympathetic nervous system, which improves learning in children. Image credit:Flickr/Matthew McCullough
Recent research published in Frontiers in Public Health shows...
This figure shows how during the domestication of ancestral crops, plants carrying spontaneous mutations in domestication genes were selected for. The same genes can be targeted in wild plants by genome editing, resulting in a rapidly domesticated plant. Credit:...
