Intriguing Genetics That Flipped the Food Chain to Allow Carnivorous Plants to Hunt Animals
Plants can produce energy-rich biomass with the help of light, water, and carbon dioxide. This is why they are at the beginning of the food…
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Genetic Analysis Reveals the Fascinating Evolutionary Origins of Catmint AKA Catnip
Researchers discover the evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone. Catmint, also known as catnip, is well-known for its intoxicating effect on cats. The odor…
Some Birds Live Fast and Die Young – Scientists Study of Thousands of Species to Explain Why
Research from the University of Sheffield has revealed why some bird species take longer to develop than others Findings could help scientists predict how animals…
Evidence T. Rex’s Long Legs Evolved for Distance, Not Speed Like Previously Thought
Research finds leg length gave giant predatory dinosaurs the advantage of efficiency, not speed as previously thought. Long legs may make good runners, but they’re…
Microscopic Feather Features Explain Why These Terrifyingly Dangerous Birds Shine
Cassowaries are big flightless birds with blue heads and dinosaur-looking feet; they look like emus that time forgot, and they’re objectively terrifying. They’re also, along…
Earliest Modern Artifacts in Europe – Blade-Like Tools and Teeth Pendants – Were Created by Homo Sapiens
Innovative tools and pendants previously thought to be possibly the work of Neanderthals. Blade-like tools and animal tooth pendants previously discovered in Europe, and once…
Testing the Patience of Predators and Prey – Snakes and Frogs Appear to Anticipate Each Other
“Like a frog stared down by a snake,” goes an old Japanese expression, describing an animal petrified with fear. However, it now seems that this…
Can We Really Tell Male and Female Dinosaurs Apart?
Scientists worldwide have long debated our ability to identify male and female dinosaurs. Now, research led by Queen Mary University of London has shown that…
Arctic Edmontosaurus Lives Again: New Look at the ‘Caribou of the Cretaceous’
A new study by an international team from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas and Hokkaido University and Okayama University of Science…
Mysterious Success of Invading Invertebrates Surviving Severe Conditions Explained by Cannibalism
In a world where movements of non-native animal species are drastically disrupting whole ecosystems and causing economic harm and environmental change, it is becoming increasingly…
Scientists Buzzing Over Virgin Birth and Genetic Mystery That’s Been Solved
Researchers discover a gene in honey bees that causes virgin birth. In a study published on May 7, 2020, in Current Biology, researchers from University…
Otters Juggle Stones – Now Researchers Think They Know Why [Video]
Hunger is likely to be the main driver of stone juggling in otters, new research has shown. Researchers from the University of Exeter have carried…
Jurassic Park Got It Wrong: Research Indicates Raptors Didn’t Hunt in Packs
Turns out, you really can’t believe everything you see in the movies. A new University of Wisconsin Oshkosh analysis of raptor teeth published in the…
Snapshot of Evolution Captured by Newly Discovered 400 Million-Year-Old Plant
Researchers have discovered an ancient plant species whose reproductive biology captures the evolution from one to two spore sizes – an essential transition to the…
“Crazy Beast” – Bizarre 66 Million-Year-Old Fossil From the Time of Dinosaurs
Adalatherium identified as part of enigmatic Southern Hemisphere mammalian group that lived at the time of dinosaurs. Several years ago, Guillermo Rougier, Ph.D., professor in…
66-Million-Year-Old ‘Crazy Beast’ Marooned on Mesozoic Madagascar
International team of researchers, led by David Krause, senior paleontologist at Denver Museum of Nature & Science and longtime Stony Brook U. professor, discover 66-million-year-old…
Story of Dinosaur Evolution and Ecology Rewritten After Unambiguous Fossil Evidence Discovered
Paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer finds unique swimming adaptations in a dinosaur. Scientists have long opposed the idea that dinosaurs lived in aquatic habitats. Now,…
Every Tooth Tells a Different Story: Revealing Genetic Relationships in Humans
University of Tübingen researchers uncover dental traits revealing genetic relationships in humans, serving as proxy for DNA. Researchers at the University of Tübingen have shown…