Ants have a specialized communication processing center that has not been found in other social insects
3:00pm By NULLHave you ever noticed an ant in your home, only to find that a week later the whole colony has moved…New insights into the origin of food sharing among humans
2:42pm By NULLAs humans evolved to hunt, gather and share food, cooperation provided a key to our success as a…Novel deep learning-based software detects and tracks individual cells with high precision
2:35pm By NULLCell growth and division are two of the most fundamental and essential features of life, and closely…Philadelphia Zoo: Accidental deaths of 5 meerkats apparently caused by poisoning linked to dye
2:22pm By NULLThe sudden deaths of all five meerkats at the Philadelphia Zoo this month were apparently caused by…Growing seaweed in the open ocean could be foiled by iron deficiency, new study finds
2:21pm By NULLGrowing seaweed in the open ocean is widely considered a viable way to remove carbon dioxide from…Climate change has increased diversity of butterflies in Sweden and Finland, may have major ecosystem consequences
2:21pm By NULLNew research shows that butterflies have expanded their ranges over the past 120 years to cope with…Ancient extinct skink was orders of magnitude bigger than any skink alive today
2:20pm By NULLA team of researchers from Flinders University with ties to the South and Western Australian Museums…Fossil reveals smallest sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Jurassic
1:16pm By NULLA tiny relative of titanosaurs has been uncovered in South Africa.Study finds evidence of ancient breeding of scarlet macaws
1:16pm By NULLPeople were breeding scarlet macaws (Ara macao) in, what is today, New Mexico in the 1100s,…New way of identifying proteins supports drug development
1:03pm By NULLAll living cells contains proteins with different functions, depending on the type of cell.…Snakes as therapy animals: Reptiles help heal in Brazil
8:47am By NULLA yellow-and-brown boa constrictor wraps itself around David de Oliveira Gomes's neck like a scarf,…Afghan farmers despair as locusts plague precious crops
8:30am By NULLHundreds of thousands of locusts have descended on crops in northern Afghanistan, under the helpless…S.Africa clinic hopes to save penguins' future
8:28am By NULLA small fish is dangled under the beak of an emaciated penguin at a South African clinic, to whet…'Smartphones' for sharks: Scientists upgrade sensors to keep track of Cape Cod's white sharks
8:02am By NULLScientists monitoring the white shark population in the waters off Massachusetts' Cape Cod are…Slightly lost bumble bees use scent to find their way home
4:10am By NULLPut yourself in the exoskeleton of a bumble bee for a moment: Your world would be a riot of colors…'Viking disease' hand disorder may come from Neanderthal genes
4:10am By NULLA new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution shows that a condition known as Dupuytren's disease…Some ancient kangaroos didn't hop, scientists explain
Tue 11:00pm By NULLExtinct kangaroos used alternative methods to their famous hop, according to comprehensive analysis…First hominin muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old 'Lucy' could stand as erect as we do
Tue 11:00pm By NULLA Cambridge University researcher has digitally reconstructed the missing soft tissue of an early…Light pollution confuses a color-changing coastal woodlouse, new research shows
Tue 11:00pm By NULLThe sea slater is an inch-long woodlouse that lives around the high-tide line and is common in the…Brighter nights risk extinguishing glow-worm twinkle
Tue 10:00pm By NULLThe bright lights of big cities are wonders of the modern world; intended to help us work, stay safe…
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