6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (478+ words) Through the years, five main explanations have jockeyed for first place: Until recently, none of these ideas had clinched a convincing victory. In January 2015, the journal Royal Society Open Science published a surprising new perspective. Brenda Larison, a biologist at…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (418+ words) Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B in July 2023, the research highlights a critical threshold in evolution that marine mammals have passed. While the findings are a few months old, they still shake up our understanding of how species…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (558+ words) I still remember the first time I witnessed such a scene. At the Shanghai Zoo, a northern white-cheeked gibbon was gently holding and stroking a mouse that had wandered into its enclosure. It didn’t try to eat or chase it....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (197+ words) With such a banquet of herbivores on offer, it’s no wonder there was a diversity of carnivores lying in wait. The roster included: Despite all these formidable contenders, a recent study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology suggests the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1006+ words) Warnings about invasive species have become increasingly urgent in recent months, with scientists cautioning that some could spread at “terrifying speed” this summer, according to a recent USA Today report. But across the United States, many of these ecological threats…...