20+ hour, 45+ min ago  (580+ words) Discover how Indigenous art from less than 1,000 years ago could reshape what we know about the Tasmanian tiger's disappearance from mainland Australia. Recently identified rock art in northern Australia may offer a surprising clue about when the elusive Tasmanian tiger…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (609+ words) Learn how researchers discovered a new superfamily living at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The deep sea is, in many ways, very similar to space " both are dark, inhospitable environments and largely underexplored. In an attempt to rectify the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (462+ words) Learn how researchers near rome captured the first video evidence of a red fox preying on a wolf pup, and what it reveals about hidden predator dynamics. The footage begins late at night. With no adult wolves nearby, a fox…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (315+ words) Learn how variations in different parts of the spine allow cats to land upright. There's the saying that cats have nine lives. Feeding into that myth is their extraordinary ability to land on their feet, even at what appears to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (633+ words) Discover the neural similarities of seals to particularly vocal birds and even humans, suggesting the foundations of speech may not be uniquely human after all. Human speech is often considered one of the traits that sets our species apart. While…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (501+ words) Learn about two marsupial species discovered in New Guinea that were thought to have been extinct for 6,000 years. Two marsupial species that were thought to be long gone from this planet have miraculously been found alive and well. Both species…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (511+ words) Meet a newly described species from Japan, Malagazzia Michelin, once misidentified in field guides before scientists revealed its true identity. While collecting adult specimens of the common ornamental jellyfish family Malagazziidae in the shallow waters of Nagasaki and Yamaguchi Prefectures…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (619+ words) Learn how the answer behind why female caribou have antlers lies in how shed antlers provide a nutritional lifeline to a famous migratory group of Arctic caribous. For decades, researchers have puzzled over the biological oddity of female caribou. Unlike…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (570+ words) Learn how octopuses use microbial signals to detect rotten food and unviable eggs. How does an octopus use its arms? That's the question a team of researchers set out to investigate. In the process, they discovered something intriguing " octopuses use…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (530+ words) Learn how echolocation has shaped the skulls of bats that emit high-frequency sounds through their mouths and noses. For a bat to be at the top of its game for echolocation, it needs a good head on its shoulders. Not…...