A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also ...

The human face is strikingly distinct from our fossil cousins and ancestors—most notably, it is significantly smaller, and ...

A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism, ...

Austrian researchers reveal why snow monkeys don't suffer maternal deaths during childbirth, offering insights into safer ...

Every time the temperature drops, a cloud passes overhead, or the sun sets, a plant makes a choice: Keep its microscopic ...

Selfishness aids survival but requires balance in society. While modern life rewards both selfish and cooperative behaviors, ...

Chinese and Vietnamese botanists have jointly discovered six new species of Aspidistra plants from southern China and ...

Enzymes originally evolved in high-temperature environments and later adapted to lower temperatures as Earth cooled. Scientists discovered that a key shift in enzyme function occurred over ...

Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.

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