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Great apes show mental differences that do not follow human rules
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (1051+ words) Great apes show stable cognitive differences, raising new questions about how ape intelligence is structured. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter Side of News) That matters because much of comparative psychology has leaned on species-wide averages. If one species performs well…...
Robot fish helps explain how real fish learned to move on land
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1227+ words) Fish that flop across land may be using one of evolution's oldest movement tricks, a simple gait shared across distant species. By copying it in a robot, researchers traced a common mechanical pattern that may echo how vertebrates first began…...
Fossil study finds dinosaur parents fed their young special diets
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1198+ words) A new fossil study suggests baby duck-billed dinosaurs ate softer, richer foods than adults, hinting at bird-like parenting. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4. 0) Maiasaura dinosaur teeth carry a quiet clue: babies were not eating what adults ate. Tiny wear marks suggest…...
Long before chariots and empires, humans were already riding horses
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (983+ words) New research argues horse domestication began centuries before the DOM2 lineage spread across Eurasia. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4. 0) Long before horses became the engine of empires, they were part of a messy experiment. That is the picture emerging from new research…...
Scientists reveal why the Earth's upper atmosphere is cooling while the surface is heating up
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1001+ words) New research explains why rising CO2 cools the stratosphere even as it warms Earth's surface. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4. 0) The air high above Earth has been moving in the opposite direction of the world below it. A new analysis from researchers…...
At 23ft and 8 inches, 'The Baroness' is the world's longest wild snake
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (846+ words) A giant python in Indonesia now holds a world record, but her survival may matter more than her size. (CREDIT: guinnessworldrecords) A giant python in South Sulawesi has turned a local encounter into an international record, and not just because…...
Newly discovered purple-winged moth named after Pope Leo XIV
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1127+ words) Pyralis papaleonei sp. nov. , holotype. (CREDIT: Peter Huemer) Purple wings, orange-gold markings, and crisp white bands make the newly described moth hard to miss. That is part of what makes its late recognition so striking. In the White Mountains of…...
Amazonian dark earth increases tree diameter by up to 88%
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1221+ words) Ancient Amazonian dark earth boosted young tree growth and reshaped root microbes in a Brazil field study. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) A patch of poor soil on a former cassava field in Amazonas turned into a small test of an old Amazonian…...
Zebra finch neurons offer new clues about learning, repair, and human brain limits
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (897+ words) Zebra finch neurons appear to tunnel through adult brain tissue, offering clues about learning, repair, and human brain limits. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) A zebra finch can fit in the palm of your hand, but its brain is doing something that looks…...
A 'third eye' helps fish navigate deep underwater
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (814+ words) Zebrafish study reveals how brain integrates light signals to control vertical swimming behavior. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Light behaves differently underwater. It shifts with depth, bends through murky currents, and separates into distinct wavelengths that change from surface to seafloor. For fish,…...