The origin of the exquisitely complex vertebrate brain is somewhat mysterious. "In terms of evolution, it basically pops up out of nowhere. You don't see anything anatomically like it in other animals," says ...

Biology - Evolution

Mar 14, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 2 |

Paleontologists have discovered that a group of remarkable ancient sea creatures existed for much longer and grew to much larger sizes than previously thought, thanks to extraordinarily well-preserved fossils ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

May 25, 2011 4.6 / 5 (17) 0 |

Fossils of toothy, slug-like creatures that grazed the sea floor 500 million years ago have shed light on the origins of modern-day snails, shellfish and squid, a study said Wednesday.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Aug 22, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

What makes some ocean animals more prone to extinction than others? A new study of marine fossils provides a clue.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 23, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

An international team of researchers led by investigators in the U.S. and Germany has shed light on the inner workings of the endocycle, a common cell cycle that fuels growth in plants, animals and some human tissues and ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Oct 30, 2011 4.7 / 5 (3) 3 |

British wildlife is under serious threat, according to a major new study out Wednesday, which found that 60 percent of species assessed have declined in numbers over the past 50 years.

Biology - Ecology

May 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

OHSU researchers, in partnership with scientists from several other institutions, have published two new research papers that signal how the next class of powerful medications may currently reside at the bottom of the ocean. ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 29, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Scientists have just returned from a voyage with samples of rare animals and more than 10 possible new species in a trip which they say has revolutionised their thinking about deep-sea life in the Atlantic ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 06, 2010 5 / 5 (13) 3 |

Marine biologists are beginning to understand the varied diving and foraging strategies of filter-feeding whales by analyzing data from multisensor tags attached to the animals with suction cups. Such tags, in combination ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 09, 2013 not rated yet 0

Invasive species which have the potential to destroy biodiversity and influence global change could be tracked and controlled in the same way as wanted criminals, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 10, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

A research team from Rollins College in Florida and the University of Georgia has identified human sewage as the source of the coral-killing pathogen that causes white pox disease of Caribbean elkhorn coral. ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 17, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 3

A mysterious line where two millipede species meet has been mapped in northwest Tasmania, Australia. Both species are common in their respective ranges, but the two millipedes cross very little into each other's ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 23, 2011 4 / 5 (1) 0

Researchers from Granada have managed to breed for the first time in captivity a marine animal known as the snakelocks anemone, (Anemonia sulcata), and have also begun breeding a species of sea cucumber (Sticophus ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 08, 2013 not rated yet 0