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New Rust Toolkit Supercharges Sex Determination Studies in Non-Model
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (628+ words) A new open-source software package promises to transform how biologists hunt for the genetic switches that separate males from females in species with no reference genome....
Bizarre squid relative found in Wyoming is unlike anything seen before
12+ hour, 33+ min ago (840+ words) A bizarre belemnite fossil from Wyoming has been identified as a new species, revealing the thickest known member of this ancient squid relative group. There’s a fossil in a Wyoming museum drawer that spent two decades being, essentially, a mystery…...
Why Don't Bats Get Sick From Dangerous Viruses? Scientists May Have Found Answer to Replicate in Humans
1+ week, 1+ day ago (737+ words) Scientists may have uncovered a key piece of the biological puzzle that allows bats to carry viruses capable of causing serious disease without becoming seriously ill themselves. The finding could help explain how one of the world's most successful groups…...
Elephants Just Passed a Classic Psychology Test – With More Restraint Than Many Humans
1+ day, 56+ min ago (444+ words) After a long day at work, it can be a struggle to resist the urge to just order food delivery instead of checking the fridge first....
Teeth Reveal Four Adaptive Zones Shaping Carnivore Evolution
1+ day, 40+ min ago (762+ words) For more than a century, paleontologists and evolutionary biologists have marveled at the way terrestrial mammalian carnivores keep reinventing the same body plans....
Scientists Discovered a Giant New Anaconda Species While Filming Will Smith’s Show Deep in the Amazon
1+ day, 43+ min ago (633+ words) They looked almost identical, but their DNA told a story nearly 10 million years in the making. The Waorani hunters knew where to look. Wading into river systems threading through their territory in Ecuador’s Orellana and Pastaza provinces, they led a…...
Ichthyosaurs Had Surprisingly Dense Ribs, New Study Finds | Sci.News
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (267+ words) New research from the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo suggests ichthyosaurs’ rib cages may have done a job modern whale ribs don’t: acting as ballast to help them dive....
The tadpoles that don't care about their siblings
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (264+ words) Kyoto, Japan -- Amphibian larvae -- often known as tadpoles -- exhibit a behavior known as social aggregation, where they gather together as a way to avoid predators. These interactions are evidence of their association preferences, or their tendency to recognize members of…...
Scientists treat bleached corals with bacteria as oceans heat up
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1043+ words) Coral reefs are under growing heat stress, but a new field test suggests researchers may have another tool to help them cope. Coral probiotics have worked in tanks for years, where a researcher controls the water and decides when the…...
Researchers taught 18 pet parrots to ring a bell and select another bird???s picture on a touchscreen to request a video call. During 147 bird-initiated calls, the parrots developed preferred partners and preened, sang and played toward the screen??? while caregi
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1452+ words) Fifteen of the 18 recruited parrots made 147 voluntary calls after training. The behavior was real, but preferred partners and newly learned skills require careful reading. By Natural History · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 11, 2026 · How we edit A parrot ringing a…...