Hungry Fruit Flies Are Extreme Ultramarathon Fliers – Can Travel Six Million Times Their Body Length
In search of food, a fly can travel six million times its body length. In 2005, an ultramarathon runner ran continuously 560 kilometers (350 miles)…
In search of food, a fly can travel six million times its body length. In 2005, an ultramarathon runner ran continuously 560 kilometers (350 miles)…
Adult mantis shrimp pack an explosive punch that can split water, but no crustacean emerges fully formed. Minute larvae can undergo six or seven transformations…
Research has shed new light on the impact of humans on Earth’s biodiversity. The findings suggest that the rate of change in an ecosystem’s plant…
An ancient immune response regulates the development of beneficial symbioses. Microalgae of the dinoflagellate group are known for their ability to survive in other animal…
Among typical anesthetics, only isoflurane results in undisrupted memory formation in mice. Memory loss is common after general anesthesia, particularly for events occurring immediately before…
Largest study of its kind reveals the way relative brain size of mammals changed over the last 150 million years. Scientists from Stony Brook University…
Shorter headed dogs, visually cooperative breeds, younger and playful dogs form eye contact faster. According to new research by Hungarian ethologists, at least four independent…
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute demonstrated for the first time that blocking “cell drinking,” or macropinocytosis, in the thick tissue surrounding a…
Wasps deserve to be just as highly valued as other insects, like bees, due to their roles as predators, pollinators, and more, according to a…
As of April 2021, more than 3 million people worldwide have died of COVID-19. Early in the pandemic, researchers developed accurate diagnostic tests and identified…
Researchers have solved the missing piece of a 350-year-old puzzle of how the pointed body parts of many animals grow to form their shape —…
Microbiologists have found a way to use bacteria to trap microplastics, removing them from the environment and making them easier to recycle. Today at the…
Scientists transform human intestinal cells into ‘mini guts’ to follow the infection process. In an effort to determine the potential for COVID-19 to begin in…
New ancient DNA-based study on Madagascar crocodile suggests that modern crocodiles likely originated in Africa. A study led by scientists at the American Museum of…
Women temporarily synchronize their menstrual cycles with the luminance and gravimetric cycles of the Moon. An analysis of long-term menstrual cycle records kept by 22…
The aquatic animal known as the sponge is often described as entirely sessile: once they’ve settled in a spot and matured, they aren’t generally thought…
New research addresses longstanding mystery on the anatomy of the Tyrannosaurus rex jaw. Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs chomped through bone by keeping a joint in their…
Startling new evidence shows mammal salivary glands and snake venom glands share a common genetic foundation. Venoms are a mixture of proteins that animals have…