This article is a summary of Roy Ratcliffe’s recently released book ‘Life on Earth’ (Past, Present and Future)’. Of all the millions of species of life that have existed on earth over billions of ...

In the remote heart of northern Zambia, a captivating archaeological discovery has emerged beneath the roaring waters of Kalambo Falls. Researchers have ...

The South American lungfish genome, the largest animal genome sequenced at 91 billion base pairs, has been fully decoded.

At the bottom of the world’s trenches, there’s a fish that shouldn’t exist. Here’s how it earned the title of the ...

At the University of Arizona, a new lab is giving scientists the tools to predict the future of life on Earth. The Data ...

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, protein-rich larva inside, which seems like an overly complicated way to get protein.

Some people say that today there are almost no "blank spots" left on our planet - that is, places completely unexplored by ...

Dr. Hein was drawn to the natural history of misinformation through his research on fish. He and his colleagues observed the ...

Stories centered around true love's kiss might be tales as old as time. And, according to a new study, kisses might even have been around before humans walked the earth. Humans kiss each other ...

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While humans have a bony skeleton, parts of our bodies – such as our noses – are made of cartilage. This soft, flexible material forms the entire skeletons of sharks and rays. We have long known that ...