The scientists collected core samples from 25 Scots pine trees and stem discs from 54 juniper shrubs, creating paper-thin sections that they stained with special dyes. Under a microscope, normal ...
Two new studies offer insights into the evolution and development of external ears, which appear in humans and other mammals but aren't found in reptiles, birds or amphibians ...
Neurobiological emergentism” explains how sentience—the subjective feeling aspects of consciousness—developed in ancient animals that evolved the first complex neural systems.
The long-lost Omiltemi cottontail has been spotted on camera after more than a century, sparking hope for its conservation.
Paleoecologist Emily Lindsey on the wildfires that led to mass extinction during California’s Ice Age. Listen to The ...
The brush-tailed bettong once inhabited most of Australia, but these days it lives in a tiny fraction of its former range.
Once a familiar sight along Britain’s riverbanks, water voles now face extinction—thanks to a new predator. Can these ...
A new study indicates that human behavior around 45,000 to 29,000 years ago contributed to a change in the composition of ...
A show at the New York Historical spans centuries in its examination of urbanites’ nonhuman companions and their shifting ...
The birds are shown moving in unison, forming dynamic, cloud-like shapes. In the background, cars can be seen passing on the roadside while onlookers pause to marvel at the display. A murmuration, the ...
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