When it was reported that the oldest known case of a person killed by a shark involved a member of the Jōmon culture of Japan…
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When parasitic wasps call, some caterpillars have an amazing ally: a viral infection. Insects called parasitoid wasps lay their eggs inside larvae of young moths,…
The impact of the asteroids that killed the dinosaurs may also have indirectly sculpted the largest ripple marks ever found on Earth. A series of…
Walruses, which weigh up to 1,300 kilograms with huge fangs and almost impenetrable skulls, are almost impossible to kill a hungry polar bear. But new…
The next time you look at a rainbow, thank you for not being a tardigrade. Although microscopic creatures, also known as water bears, are the…
A new study concludes that the pale, red tubes of an 890-million-year-old rock may be ancient sea sponges. If confirmed, this controversial claim would trace…
New images from the telescope can provide a first glimpse of moons forming outside the solar system. The large millimeter / submillimeter matrix of Atacama…
Delta has again changed the course of the pandemic in the United States. After stimulating a summer increase in COVID-19 cases, the most transmissible coronavirus…
Some anole lizards have a newly discovered superpower: they can breathe underwater by trapping air in a bubble in their muzzles. In addition, these reptiles…
More than a year and a half after the pandemic, researchers are beginning to understand how coronavirus makes people sick and what to do about…