Great white sharks grow a whole new kind of tooth for slicing bone as they age
A great white shark is a masterwork of evolutionary engineering. These beautiful predators glide effortlessly through…
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Red flowers have a ‘magic trait’ to attract birds and keep bees away
For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right…
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Why are human penises so large? New evolutionary study finds two main reasons
“Size matters” sounds like a tabloid cliché, but for evolutionary biologists the size of the human…
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The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers
“Ants reduce per-worker investment in one of the most nutritionally expensive tissues for the good of…
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Why are some people extremely competitive while others are so chill?
If you’ve ever been on the sidelines at an under-12’s team sport, you will know that…
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Some stinkbugs’ legs carry a mobile fungal garden
Many insect species hear using tympanal organs, membranes roughly resembling our eardrums but located on their…
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Why do giraffes have such long legs? Animal simulations reveal a surprising answer
If you’ve ever wondered why the giraffe has such a long neck, the answer seems clear:…
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Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane
You’ll often hear plastic pollution referred to as a problem. But the reality is that it’s…
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High-tech cameras capture the secrets of venomous snake bites
For more than 60 million years, venomous snakes have slithered across Earth. These ancient, chemical weapon-wielding…
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And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
For many years the Christmas Island shrew prospered. When European naturalists first visited Christmas Island in…
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Termite farmers fine-tune their weed control
Odontotermes obesus is one of the termite species that grows fungi, called Termitomyces, in their mounds….
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Mysterious molecule found on brown dwarf casts further doubt on potential signs of life on Venus
At this stage, they conclude with a simple statement: there is no consistent model that explains…
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Blue, green, brown, or something in between – the science of eye colour explained
You’re introduced to someone and your attention catches on their eyes. They might be a rich,…
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How do flowers know it’s spring? A botanist explains
So most plants measure day length using a green pigment called phytochrome (literally plant colour). This…
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Earth models can predict the planet’s future but not their own
Meanwhile, experts say that funding cuts could mean modeling abilities migrate overseas, some science may never…
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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
DOI: Archaeometry, 2025. 10.1111/arcm.70030 (About DOIs). DOI: Journal of Medieval History, 2025. 10.1080/03044181.2025.2546884 (About DOIs). Snails…
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See Earth’s seasons in all their complexity in a new animated map
The annual clock of the seasons – winter, spring, summer, autumn – is often taken as…
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Figuring out why a nap might help people see things in new ways
Lacaux’s team also experimented with different objects the participants should hold while napping: spoons, steel spheres,…
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Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch
2 days ago Pallab Ghosh Gwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer Work has begun on a controversial project…
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India sends its first astronaut into space in 41 years
5 days ago Geeta Pandey Axiom Space Jubilant Indians have been celebrating the successful launch of…
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Killer whales ‘massage’ each other using kelp
11 hours ago Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Orcas in the North Pacific have been…
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New body size database for marine animals is a “library of life”
The ocean runs on size McClain officially launched MOBS as a passion project while on sabbatical…
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Sharks and oysters set to thrive in warmer UK waters
14 hours ago Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Getty Images The UK could see a…
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In most mammals, one gene determines sex. But 100 million years ago, platypuses and echidnas went their own way
For decades, scientists have known that platypuses and echidnas – Australia’s unique egg-laying mammals – have…
