A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a ...
Using the fossil record and modern cold-blooded critters, paleontologist Kelsey Jenkins recreates the hearing capabilities of ...
Grist reports solar farms, like the Gemini project, can enhance biodiversity, supporting rare plants like the threecorner ...
A single queen in the tropics; large colonies in deserts; workers with uniform morphology in temperate regions; ant social structures vary according to environmental conditions. This is shown, for the ...
Nature provides essential inputs to the economy through ecosystem services. In Asia and the Pacific, accelerating biodiversity loss is eroding these services, increasing vulnerability to shocks, and ...
Scientists have recently discovered a newly-recognized threat within the deep sea: marine darkwave. Learn all about this ...
The Hispaniolan solenodon, a shrew-like creature of the Caribbean, has toxic venom and a long nose that maneuvers like a ...
The rapid advancements and decreasing cost of omics technologies such as genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, ...
A new study reveals that Burmese pythons may be able to adapt to lower temperatures, thanks to their chilly micro-habitats.
CT scans also indicate Archaeopteryx had nerve endings in the end of its beak—part of what’s known as a bill-tip organ. Again ...
As part of Flora of the World’s membership in World Flora Online, Buerki will attend a meeting of the group in Edinburgh, ...