New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered that vertebrates make higher numbers of different forms of ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a crucial piece in the puzzle of how all animals with a spine - ...

The unexpected observation of a cow using a broom to scratch herself isn't necessarily surprising, but it expands our knowledge about the biodiversity of tooling.

A new study found over one trillion microplastic particles fall into Florida's Indian River Lagoon daily. Microplastics are tiny plastic bits that can build up in wildlife and humans, with unknown ...

Scientists found that adult bristleworm eyes grow continuously thanks to a rim of neural stem cells similar to those in vertebrate eyes. This growth is surprisingly regulated by environmental light ...

A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue to grow throughout life – driven by a ring of ...

The emerald head of the male Mallard is unmistakable. The female wears the camo outfit with a mottled brown body but also look for some orange on the beak and white ...

Biodiversity conservation is critical for sustainable development, poverty reduction, and climate stability. It supports ecosystems that provide food, water, and resources, especially in developing ...

The velvet worm, a squishy little predator that looks like the stretch-limo version of a caterpillar, has a whimsical MO: it administers death by Silly String. In the leaf litter of tropical and ...

Yara Haridy, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago, likes to stun people by telling them that our skeletons evolved from a jawless fish. “Much of what we have today has been around ...