Jeff Benca is an admitted über-geek when it comes to prehistoric plants, so it was no surprise that, when he submitted a paper describing a new species of long-extinct lycopod for publication, he ditched the standard line ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2014
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The carbon dioxide we exhale and the odors our skins emanate serve as crucial cues to female mosquitoes on the hunt for human hosts to bite and spread diseases such as malaria, dengue and yellow fever.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 30, 2011
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A team of ichthyologists from CSIRO National Research Collections Australia–Australian National Fish Collection, Hokkaido University and Sorbonne Université, EPHE has discovered a new species of deepwater shark after identifying ...
Gannets, the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, can travel hundreds of miles from their homes just to catch food for their chicks. However, with around a million square miles of ocean to choose from, it has always been ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2019
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Scientists have added dozens of Australian species to the family of small worm-like snakes called Scolecophidia, which are some of the least-understood creatures on Earth.
Plants & Animals
Jul 5, 2013
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The world inside the human cell has grown a bit more interesting in recent years as the role of a new biological structure became clearer.
Biochemistry
Sep 9, 2020
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Geckos have amazingly sticky feet. Their stickability comes from billions of dry microscopic hairs that coat the soles of their feet. However, when humidity increases, gecko feet stick even tighter to smooth surfaces, so ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 15, 2010
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Climbing is possibly one of the riskiest things an adult tarantula can do. Weighing in at anything up to 50gm, the dry attachment systems that keep daintier spiders firmly anchored are on the verge of failure in these colossal ...
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2011
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There are approximately 1,200 species of bats worldwide. Of that total, only six are known to roost with their heads pointed upward. Investigators did not know why, because they knew next to nothing about one key group.
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2009
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The female common market squid –– AKA Doryteuthis opalescens –– may not be so common after all. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that this glamorous cephalopod possesses a pair of stripes that can sparkle ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2013
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