Biology

Nov 5th, 2025 - Vibrant orange-colored lichens are helping scientists discover dinosaur fossils in Canada. Finding dinosaurs is a mixture of knowing where to look and pure luck. It typically involves paleontologists hiking for miles through promising places, their eyes glued to the ground, scanning for the tiniest fragment of fossilized bone . Sometimes, they'll look for "float" — bits of fossil that have eroded out of a hillside. If they find some, they follow the trail up the slope, hoping to find the ... [Read More]

Nov 5th, 2025 - Follow Earth on Google Great white sharks have always sat near the top of the food chain. But in the waters of the Gulf of California, a team of apex predators is shaking things up. A pod of killer whales has been filmed hunting and killing juvenile great white sharks, and then eating just one body part – the liver. This isn't random violence or chaos in the sea. It's a coordinated strategy with precision and purpose. And it could signal a shift in how these powerful predators interact in ... [Read More]

Nov 5th, 2025 - Yellowstone National Park could be swarming with wolves again, all thanks to artificial intelligence. It seems that the researchers have hit the bullseye with their new approach to conservation or revival. The national park once inhabited a large population of wild gray wolves . Although Yellowstone – the first national park of the U.S – was established in 1872, the existence of the wolf species in that region dates back thousands of years. However, increased hunting activities in ... [Read More]

Nov 5th, 2025 - Follow Earth on Google Early humans weren't always hunters – sometimes, they were the hunted. A new study using artificial intelligence has traced the marks on two-million-year-old Homo habilis fossils back to an unexpected predator: leopards. The researchers applied a machine-learning method to analyze tooth impressions on bones from Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, one of the most famous sites in human evolution. The results show that early members of our genus were still prey in parts of East ... [Read More]

Nov 4th, 2025 - Reading time 2 minutes Golden oyster mushrooms arrived in the United States in the early 2010s. The canary-colored, fluffy mushrooms have since gained popularity as an aesthetically pleasing, tasty addition to numerous recipes—sold in grocery stores, farmers markets, and, more recently, as staple grow-your-own kits for casual gardeners. But these foreign mushrooms—native to the hardwood forests of East Asia and Russia—come with "great responsibility when growing," according to ... [Read More]

Nov 4th, 2025 - The latest underwater mission has paved a new way for discoveries. Traditional methods like fish nets, underwater cameras were unable to scour unexplored areas, a gap that the recent study, led by Loïc Sanchez, tried to fill. The study used traces of genetic material in seawater, and the findings were surprising. The result proved the existence of many marine species that were once presumed to be extinct or missing. This discovery made scientists realize the lack of knowledge about ... [Read More]

Nov 4th, 2025 - A dedicated organ grows the fungus, which deters parasitic wasps. Many insect species hear using tympanal organs, membranes roughly resembling our eardrums but located on their legs. Grasshoppers, mantises, and moths all have them, and for decades, we thought that female stinkbugs of the Dinidoridae family have them, too, although located a bit unusually on their hind rather than front legs. Suspecting that they use their hind leg tympanal organs to listen to male courtship songs, a team of ... [Read More]

Nov 4th, 2025 - Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. . I n 2006, a curious specimen was unearthed in the fossil-dense Hell Creek Formation of eastern Montana—what appeared to be a small Tyrannosaurus rex locked in battle with a Triceratops. Dubbed the "dueling dinosaurs," these fossilized skeletons eventually landed at the North Carolina Museum of Natural History in Raleigh, North Carolina, where they would help end another battle that's been raging in the dinosaur research community. Nautilus ... [Read More]

Nov 4th, 2025 - Follow Earth on Google A pipistrelle from Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea has pushed the global bat species tally to 1,500 – a clear sign that cataloging life on Earth still has a long way to go. Scientists confirmed its status this year and assigned it a formal scientific name – Pipistrellus etula . The new species, Pipistrellus etula , and it belongs to a family of tiny, insect eating bats . The animal was found on the forested flanks of island volcanoes and appears tied to high ... [Read More]

Nov 4th, 2025 - An urgent warning has been issued to the public after several Portuguese Man O' War, also nicknamed "Floating Terrors," were discovered on a popular Welsh beach. The Port Talbot Coastguard confirmed sightings at Aberavon Beach and urged visitors to remain cautious and avoid contact as reported by The Sun. Similar reports have recently emerged from the coasts of Pembrokeshire, Gwynedd, and Anglesey, prompting growing concern among local authorities. Officials emphasised that even though these ... [Read More]

Nov 4th, 2025 - Follow Earth on Google For years, divers in French Polynesia swam past an orange tailed clownfish tucked into a sea anemone. It looked like a familiar species, but it turned out to be a new species named Amphiprion maohiensis . A research team now confirms it is a species of its own found in French Polynesia. The finding rests on anatomy, photographs, and DNA evidence from across the South Pacific. A peer-reviewed study confirmed that the orange tailed anemonefish in French Polynesia is a ... [Read More]

Nov 3rd, 2025 - New research shows that modern agriculture is impacting biodiversity inside protected areas in Europe, while some traditional agricultural practices may help preserve it. The Natura 2000 is the largest network of protected areas in the world, established to conserve the most valuable habitats and species in the European Union (EU). Researchers conducted a large-scale survey among Natura 2000 protected area managers across all Europe focusing on management practices , funding and threats to ... [Read More]

Nov 3rd, 2025 - A fossil canine in Brazil reveals a vanished world of saber-toothed killers It's a small, weathered tooth—nothing flashy at first glance. But the scientists who found it buried in Brazil's Tremembé Formation know better. This single canine belonged to a predator that once hunted in South America's ancient wetlands, long before the arrival of modern carnivores. This fossil, described in a study published in the Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia by Caio César Rangel and ... [Read More]

Nov 2nd, 2025 - Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s: Was it a young T. rex or another type of dinosaur? At first, researchers had only a tyrannosaur skull to go by, making it hard to tell if it belonged to a child or adult. Another skull and skeleton nicknamed Jane added to the debate, but didn't settle the controversy. Now a research team said there's new evidence that resolves the case. The latest clue comes from a complete skeleton—first ... [Read More]

Nov 1st, 2025 - Ultra-slo-mo reveals how the deadliest snakes make the most of their bites It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you're unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick penetration that precipitates an emergency. It may be unsettling therefore to view the results of very recent research that has captured, on ultra-slow motion video, the attack styles of 36 very venomous serpents. The study ... [Read More]

Nov 1st, 2025 - A new specimen of one of the most controversial species of dinosaur has the potential to overturn decades of research on the T rex. Nanotyrannus, the "miniature T rex," has been the center of one of the fiercest debates in . Scientists have long argued over whether the Nanotyrannus is a separate species or . The controversy in 1999 when the only known fossil of a Nanotyrannus was found to . More complete fossils have since failed to produce any conclusive answers because they were all also ... [Read More]