Dick-Shaped, Wood-Munching Clams Are More Diverse Than We Thought, Study Finds
Wood-boring clams don’t look like the ones you or I might find steamed with pasta. They’re smaller than a pea, and live exclusively in the deep ocean,…
Tag: biology
Scientists have determined that the way an animal rests–reclining on its back, sprawling on its belly, standing up, or sitting, is determined by primarily by its size.… Read More
The ability to sense the Earth’s magnetic field–a trait known as magnetoreception–is well documented among many animals, but researchers have struggled to show that humans are also… Read More
Spiders are creepy even at the best of times, but new photos taken from the Amazon rainforest put these predatory creatures in an even more fearsome light:… Read More
By injecting nanoparticles into the eyes of mice, scientists gave them the ability to see near-infrared light–a wavelength not normally visible to rodents (or people). It’s an… Read More
Simulated Mission in Chilean Desert Shows How a Rover Could Detect Life on Mars
By using the barren Atacama Desert in Chile as a stand-in for Mars, researchers have shown that it’s possible to use an autonomous rover-mounted drill to detect…
An Arizona crematorium was contaminated with radiation after the cremation of a patient who’d received radiopharmaceutical treatment, according to a new case study. Read More
Conventional DNA is comprised of the familiar A, C, G, and T base pairs, but a newly created genetic system is packed with eight, thus doubling the… Read More
A 52-million-year-old fossil found in Wyoming is now the earliest known seed-eating perching bird in the scientific record, a discovery that’s shedding new light on the history… Read More
A new study suggests honeybees inherently understand the rudiments of addition and subtraction, a finding that highlights the remarkable cognitive abilities among even the tiniest of creatures.… Read More