2+ hour, 14+ min ago  (534+ words) New research suggests a widely used herbicide may have subtle but significant effects on honeybees. Growing flowering plants for pollinator gardens, farms, and home landscapes often requires herbicides to control weeds. Honeybees are naturally drawn to these areas and are…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago  (429+ words) A newly identified prehistoric crocodile relative, Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa, was discovered alongside another croc species in New Mexico fossils dating back 210 million years. Around 210 million years ago, two crocodile relatives about the size of modern jackals stood together along a humid…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago  (618+ words) Field notebooks from the late Richard K'hler allowed researchers to finally catalog a remarkable fossil tarpon from Aotearoa New Zealand. Recently disclosed notebooks from a late paleontologist supplied the missing details researchers needed to complete their study of a "remarkable…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (547+ words) A sesame-seed-sized sea slug discovered in Taiwan is revealing a hidden world of tiny ocean life. A newly identified species of sea slug, so small that it is barely larger than a sesame seed, has been discovered in the coastal…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (748+ words) The loss of a queen triggers intense battles for power among female wasps, disrupting the colony's social structure. Surprisingly, other wasps avoid the fighting and keep the colony functioning by taking care of its most important daily tasks. What happens…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (431+ words) A new evolutionary analysis suggests that modern blood and immune cells may preserve a 700-million-year legacy inherited from ancient single-celled ancestors. Long before humans, dinosaurs, or even fish existed, ancient single-celled organisms may have already carried the genetic blueprint for…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (502+ words) Artificial streetlights can lure isopods into massive circular processions that may leave them vulnerable to predators. Researchers have made a world-first observation of thousands of Israeli isopods leaving their normally solitary shelters and moving together in huge synchronized "death spirals…...

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2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (359+ words) A remarkable new study of the world's oldest verified living person reveals a surprising picture of extreme longevity. Maria Branyas lived through two world wars, the 1918 flu pandemic, the Spanish Civil War, and COVID-19. When she died in 2024 at age…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (966+ words) Researchers at the University of Utah have formally described a new free-living nematode found in the lake's microbialites, the reeflike mineral mounds that cover parts of the lakebed. The species, named Diplolaimelloides woaabi, measures less than 1. 5 millimeters long (0. 06 inches), but…...