Take a look inside 13,000 animals–no scalpel required
If dissecting a frog in biology class had you begging to be sent home, new 3D scans of thousands of vertebrate...
Evolution
Meet the new king of the ‘living fossils’
If you take a look at a horseshoe crab, you are essentially peering back in time millions of years. Animals...
Why we don’t have tails
It has been an enduring evolutionary mystery since the days of Charles Darwin: When did humans lose their tails? Apes–including...
Why are there so many snakes?
In a square-rectangle sort of way, snakes are technically lizards, but for semantics’ sake and because snakes are so distinctive,...
Why are there so many snakes?
In a square-rectangle sort of way, snakes are technically lizards, but for semantics’ sake and because snakes are so distinctive,...
You might have more in common with the sea lamprey than you realize
As the adage goes, you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your relatives. This even applies to your...
You might have more in common with the sea lamprey than you realize
As the adage goes, you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your relatives. This even applies to your...
We finally know how baleen whales make noise
Baleen whales, including today’s blue, humpback, and fin whales rely on sounds to live in their watery world. Their songs...
We finally know how baleen whales make noise
Baleen whales, including today’s blue, humpback, and fin whales rely on sounds to live in their watery world. Their songs...
Giant Antarctic sea spiders’ reproductive mystery solved after 140 years of confusion
The reproduction of giant sea spiders in Antarctica has been a puzzle for over a century. Studying their habits requires...
Giant Antarctic sea spiders’ reproductive mystery solved after 140 years of confusion
The reproduction of giant sea spiders in Antarctica has been a puzzle for over a century. Studying their habits requires...
Bug-munching plant turns insect nurseries into death traps
Earth is home to some pretty gnarly carnivorous plants that will use sticky digestive juices to eat bugs and other...
