World’s Oldest DNA Recovered, And It Comes From A 1.2 Million-Year-Old Mammoth
Ancient DNA has recovered from a 1.2 million-year-old mammoth – the oldest DNA recovered by the longest route. Not only is this incredible feat pushing…
Plants and Animals
Turns Out Bees Were Cheating When They Convinced Us They Could Do Math
Everyone likes bees. They are beautiful, smart, well dressed and do an important job. Well, according to a new study on the mathematical skills of…
Rare Drone Footage Captures Dolphins Playing Among Huge Swarm Of Manatees
Some remarkable drone footage released from Florida as the Riviera gathered in the water of the beach to see about 170 Manatees. As if this…
Plants Can Trade Genes With Each Other By Swapping Whole Organelles
DNA not always passed on from one parent to another through reproduction. In some cases, genetic material can pass from one organism to another through…
Frogs Lose Their Leap When Dehydrated And May Not Survive Climate Change
Frogs are famous hoops (for the displeasure of this frog-phobic baby) but new evidence has shown that both hot and dry weather can have the…
New Lifeforms Found Deep Beneath Antarctica Are “Breaking All the Rules”
Strange life forms have found locked under an ice shelf about 260 kilometers (161 miles) from the open sea beneath Antarctica. The animals discovered by…
Bright Blue Dogs Spotted Roaming Abandoned Chemical Plant In Russia
Last week, residents of Dzerzhinsk, Russia, spotted in a dazzling sight as a bright blue dog wandered the streets near an abandoned chemical plant. Users…
First Proper Analysis Of Wolf Ambush Behavior Reveals Beavers Are Really Quite Blind
The new study, published in the Journal of Behavioral Ecology, is the first systematic analysis of wolf’s aggressive behavior, and the results reveal an overall…
Elephants Have an Arsenal of Genetic Defense Mechanisms to Fight Cancer, Research Suggests
In many ways, cancer is a disease of chance. Certain habits – such as smoking and substance abuse – or genetic predisposition will increase that…
Centipede Venom Is a Cocktail of Genetic Material Nicked From Bacteria and Fungi
If you are unfamiliar with centipedes, one thing you should know about them is that they are like hell. Fantastic, complex creatures sure, but a…
Tiny Spider Engineers Use Silk Pulley Systems to Lift Prey 50 Times Their Weight
Depending on your persuasion, images of spiders will affect or frighten the prey in a relatively comparative way in terms of size (hunters vs. potential…
Project Hopes To Explain Why Marsupials Are Better For the Planet than Other Herbivores
Large amounts of methane in cattle and sheep dung (and occasionally cattle) represent one of the biggest threats to climate stability. Despite living on a…
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