What did the earliest animals look like?
Surprisingly, genome comparisons have failed to resolve a major question in animal evolution: Which living animals are the descendants of the earliest animals to...
Homo sapiens likely arose from multiple closely related populations
In testing the genetic material of current populations in Africa and comparing against existing fossil evidence of early Homo sapiens populations there, researchers have...
Butterflies on the decline
Research shows that the numbers of butterflies in meadows and pastures of Europe are in a continuous decline. Grassland butterflies will soon play an...
Physicists take the temperature of fluid flows and discover new role for turbulence
A team of physicists has discovered a new role for a specific type of turbulence -- a finding that sheds light on fluid flows...
The number of the world’s farms to halve by 2100
New research shows the number of farms globally will shrink from 616 million in 2020 to 272 million in 2100, posing significant risks to...
Chemical exposure may raise your risk for Parkinson’s
Two years of heavy exposure to TCE, a liquid chemical that lingers in the air, water and soil, may increase the risk of Parkinson's...
About 13,000 years ago, the water outflow from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean...
About 13,000 years ago, a climate crisis caused a global drop in temperatures in the northern hemisphere. This episode of intense cold, known as...
‘Warm Ice Age’ changed climate cycles
Approximately 700,000 years ago, a 'warm ice age' permanently changed the climate cycles on Earth. During this exceptionally warm and moist period, the polar...
Scientists reveal breakthrough that could lead to cleaner hydrogen energy
Chemists have taken a big step toward splitting hydrogen and oxygen molecules to make pure hydrogen -- without using fossil fuels. Results from pulse...
South Africa’s desert-like interior may have been more inviting to our human ancestors
Lining the Cape of South Africa and its southern coast are long chains of caves that nearly 200,000 years ago were surrounded by a...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
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Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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10 magical places saved by endangered species
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