2025/12/asgard-archaea-eucaryotes_Candidatus-Lokiarchaeum-ossiferum_Margot-Riggi_1.jpg
12-03-2025
Humans and all life on Earth trace their roots to a common ancestor called 'Asgardians'
Every human body is built from eukaryotic cells, which have...
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2025/12/new-cubic-jellyfish-24-eyes-discovered-in-pond.jpg
12-03-2025
Strange new creature with 24 eyes discovered in a Hong Kong pond
At a shrimp pond in Mai Po Nature Reserve in...
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12-03-2025
Ancient DNA discovery rewrites the origin story of house cats
Housecats feel ancient, yet new genetic work shows their European...
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12-03-2025
Intense sexual selection sparks rapid evolutionary change in beetles
Sexual selection sits at the heart of how every species...
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2025/12/Monkeys-beat.jpg
12-03-2025
Monkeys that keep the beat: A new twist in musical evolution
Two macaque monkeys in a Mexican lab have learned to...
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2025/12/perfectly-preserved-30000-year-old-squirrel-discovery.jpg
12-02-2025
What looked like a piece of mud turned out to be a 30,000-year-old squirrel
A miner in the Yukon's Klondike gold fields picked up...
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2025/11/great-pacific-garbage-patch_home-to-species_1m.jpg
12-02-2025
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so large that dozens of species call it "home"
When we picture the open Pacific, we imagine endless blue...
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2025/12/Bird-services.jpg
12-02-2025
Bird services that keep ecosystems stable are vanishing
Wild birds take on all kinds of quiet jobs that...
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2025/12/Cattle-microplastics.jpg
12-02-2025
Cattle feed microplastics may contaminate meat and milk
Microplastics now reach almost every part of modern agriculture. These...
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2025/12/Corn-earworm.jpg
12-02-2025
Modern corn diets are giving crop pests a dangerous new edge
What looks like a quiet cornfield is actually a busy...
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2025/12/Humpback-whales.jpg
12-02-2025
How humpback whales became a conservation success story
Humpback whales hold a special place in ocean science. Their...
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