4+ hour, 27+ min ago  (793+ words) Scientists have identified a previously unrecognized Amazon fish species, formally describing a small freshwater fish called Pyrrhulina punctata from Peru's Tigre River basin. The finding turns a long-noticed but unnamed fish into clear evidence that even well-studied tropical waters still…...

12+ hour, 40+ min ago  (1006+ words) California condors were supposed to be one of conservation's great comeback stories. For a while, they were. These huge birds, once pushed to the edge of extinction, climbed back from a population that had fallen into the 20s in the mid-1980s. By…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (1050+ words) For centuries, humans believed they held a monopoly on geometric intuition. The ability to recognize structure in a'shape " its right angles, symmetry, and parallel lines " was seen as a mark of human cognition. But a new study suggests that this…...

4+ hour, 9+ min ago  (823+ words) Researchers have found that a seaweed long treated as a distinct Baltic species is in fact a single giant clone of a common brown seaweed called bladderwrack, which forms underwater forests that span hundreds of miles." The finding redraws the…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago  (764+ words) For years, scientists knew mosquitoes used sight and smell to track people. What they didn't fully understand was how those signals shape the way mosquitoes actually fly. That gap matters, especially when these tiny insects are responsible for spreading diseases…...

13+ hour, 1+ min ago  (692+ words) Life in the Arctic is becoming a constant balancing act. As climate change reshapes the environment, animals must make difficult choices between staying safe and finding enough food. A new study reveals that ringed seals are willing to take serious…...

9+ hour, 10+ min ago  (890+ words) How did a dinosaur parent care for its eggs millions of years ago? Did it sit on them like a bird or leave them to warm under the sun? A new study gives us a clearer answer. Scientists from Taiwan…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (856+ words) Researchers have documented the first confirmed Jurassic lizard footprints, in the form of trackways, ever found in Europe. They are preserved in rock that formed about 152 million years ago." The discovery turns the brief movement of a small reptile across…...

4+ hour, 21+ min ago  (836+ words) Cats rarely crash and burn, always seeming to land on their feet. But how? Researchers have uncovered the secret behind their midair control. A new study has found that cats land on their feet because their upper spine twists freely…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (790+ words) Researchers have identified a genetic adaptation that allows Turkana pastoralists in northern Kenya to survive chronic dehydration without the kidney damage typically associated with severe water loss. The finding links a specific gene variant to life in one of the…...