Ocean ‘Dead Zones’ With Almost No Oxygen to Sustain Life May Be Expanding Far Quicker Than Thought
Could Dark Carbon Be Hiding the True Scale of Ocean ‘Dead Zones’? Dead zones within the world’s oceans — where there is almost no oxygen…
Could Dark Carbon Be Hiding the True Scale of Ocean ‘Dead Zones’? Dead zones within the world’s oceans — where there is almost no oxygen…
Tiny Fossils, Big Findings: Paleontologists Discover Odd Mid-Cretaceous Shrimp Hundreds of tiny well-preserved fossils shed new light on one of the poorest fossil records of…
Researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and ZSL (Zoological Society of London) have worked with a team of scientists from institutions across the…
Modularity Facilitates Rapid Adaptation of Single Floral Organs to Different Pollinators The first flowering plants originated more than 140 million years ago in the early…
New fossils of an ancient legged snake, called Najash, shed light on the origin of the slithering reptiles, including how snakes got their bite and…
Richard Wolfenden, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and biophysics, details how white rot fungi produce enzymes that turn out to be key players in the carbon…
Protocells — artificial cells — that are active and mimic living cells by moving independently and that are biocompatible and enzymatically active are now possible…
Scientists have identified a new bird species from the Southern coast of China, that diverged from its Northern relatives around half a million years ago….
New method unmasks all DNA changes caused by CRISPR in two days vs. two months; Most errant edits may be harmless, but insights essential to…
Study describes new group of pterosaurs, identifies crustacean-heavy diet. New research suggests that ancient flying reptiles known as pterosaurs were much more diverse than originally…
Scientists at the California Academy of Sciences Describe 71 New Species in 2019 From geckos to goblin spiders, flowering plants, and Mediterranean ants—spanning five continents…
Fire plays important role for Sierra Nevada bats. Bats face many threats — from habitat loss and climate change to emerging diseases, such as white-nose…
Modern technology and old-fashioned legwork solve science mystery: Video shows single-cell organism making complex decisions. A life of avoidance, detachment, and relocation might not be…
University of Maryland researchers showed sight deprivation changes how groups of neurons work together and alters their sensitivity to different frequencies. Scientists have known that…
Scientists from Bremen discover an unusual protein playing a significant role in the Earth’s nitrogen cycle. The novel heme-containing cytochrome is involved in the anammox…
Researchers find familiar species pave the way for coral regrowth. In contrast to most other species, reef-dwelling parrotfish populations boom in the wake of severe…
Microbiomes play essential roles in the natural processes that keep the planet and our bodies healthy, so it’s not surprising that scientists’ investigations into these…
First study to indicate a direct relationship between inbreeding and facial morphology. The “Habsburg jaw,” a facial condition of the Habsburg dynasty of Spanish and…