1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (484+ words) Koala genetics show how species can bounce back from bottlenecks Scientists have discovered a potential path out of devastating genetic bottlenecks that could help these Australian animals, as well as many other vulnerable and endangered species By Meghan Bartels edited…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago  (540+ words) Scientists created a digital library full of ants Using a synchrotron powered CT scanner, the Antscan project created an open-source digital library cataloguing thousands of 3D ant specimens By K. R. Callaway edited by Andrea Thompson Researchers created 3D renderings of hundreds of ant…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (392+ words) Love Island: Rare berry bonanza spurs Kākāpō baby boom A massive bloom of rimu berries fueled a mating surge among the world's heaviest (and strangest) parrots By Elizabeth Anne Brown edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (468+ words) This may be the oldest "butthole" imprint on Earth Fossils show exceptionally rare evidence of a cloacal vent'the slit that most vertebrates use to excrete, have sex and lay egg'which could shed light on the evolution of the orifice By…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (812+ words) Punch the monkey and his plushie re-create a famous psychological experiment Punch, a monkey that went viral after he was abandoned by his mother in a Japanese zoo, is reminiscent of a foundational attachment theory experiment By Mark Nielsen & The…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (377+ words) Ring the Fish Doorbell to help migrating fish navigate a Dutch canal A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell By K. R. Callaway…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (673+ words) Women's heart health worsens, NASA announces Artemis update, researchers solve reindeer antler mystery What a worrying forecast says about women's heart health, what's happening with NASA's Artemis II moon mission and why female reindeer have antlers By Kendra Pierre-Louis, Sushmita…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (466+ words) 180 years after disappearing, a tortoise returns to its Gal'pagos home The release of 158 specially bred Floreana giant tortoises is a win for both the animal and its long-lost island ecosystem By Rachel Nuwer edited by Andrea Thompson One of the…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1806+ words) 17-year-old cracks the code on poacher tracking A 17-year-old's breakthrough AI may finally give wildlife rangers the real-time edge they need to stop poachers By Melissa Hobson, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura & Kendra Pierre-Louis Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American's Science Quickly,…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (652+ words) Sex between Neandertals and anatomically modern humans tended to follow a specific pattern Interbreeding between Neandertals and ancient anatomically modern humans primarily occurred between male Neandertals and female humans, a new study suggests By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire…...