Fossil Shows Giant Predator Worms Lurked in Deep Sea 20 Million Years Ago
A large, fossilized marine burrow dating to about 20 million years ago was likely home to giant, ambush-predator worms, according to research published Thursday.
Read moreA large, fossilized marine burrow dating to about 20 million years ago was likely home to giant, ambush-predator worms, according to research published Thursday.
Read moreNew research suggests that pesticides are preventing insects from following a healthy and regular sleep schedule, a consequence that could help to explain why some pollinating insects are disappearing from the wild.
Read moreScientists have unearthed massive, 98-million-year-old fossils in southwest Argentina they say may have belonged to the largest dinosaur ever discovered.
Read moreA robot inspired by the shape and delicate underwater movements of a jellyfish, allowing it to safely explore endangered coral reefs, was unveiled by British scientists on Wednesday.
Read moreConservationists have started using satellite imagery to count elephants from space, a technique that British experts hope will help protect threatened populations in Africa.
Read moreCopper objects discovered in Central Europe present the earliest known standardized currency, hinting at money’s earliest origins.
Read moreFemale Bengalese finches have a natural preference for their fathers’ songs over the songs of any other birds — a preference they will carry for their entire lives.
Read moreThe march of time can be unkind to the human body, but new research hints at a cause — and possible solution — for some of the ailments and decline that often come with age.
Read moreThe number of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has plummeted precipitously to a record low, putting the orange-and-black insects closer to extinction, researchers announced Tuesday.
Read moreA new CDC report models how the new strain and existing ones will spread over the next several months, showing explosive numbers without widespread vaccination.
Read moreThe retinal cells from a human cadaver’s eye were successfully transplanted into primate eyes, an important step in perfecting surgical interventions to fight blindness, according to new medical research published Thursday.
Read moreA Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor was charged Thursday with hiding work he did for the Chinese government while he was also collecting U.S. dollars for his nanotechnology research.
Read moreA new study reveals that electric eels, once thought to be solitary predators, can utilize cunning group hunting techniques to ensnare prey that would prove too challenging to catch alone.
Read moreNearly a third of Taiwan’s corals are dying from bleaching caused by warming oceans in an alarming phenomenon that poses a severe threat to the island’s delicate underwater ecosystem, conservationists warned Wednesday.
Read moreWaning trust in governments and all types of media is threatening to limit the rollout of coronavirus vaccines around the world, particularly in the United States, according to a survey conducted by communications firm Edelman.
Read moreResearchers on Tuesday reported another record one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they attribute to success against lung cancer.
Read moreFeeling stressed? It could be because you’re sleeping poorly at night.
Read moreMasks that helped save lives during the coronavirus pandemic are proving a deadly hazard for wildlife, with birds and marine creatures ensnared in the staggering number of discarded facial coverings littering animal habitats.
Read moreHouseholds in Europe and North America are flooding the oceans with plastic pollution simply by washing their clothes, scientists said Tuesday after research found the majority of microplastics in Arctic seawater were polyester fibers.
Read moreA year after China reported the world’s first death caused by the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Monday that an international team of experts is headed to China to investigate how the pandemic started.
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