Discoveries
Spider glue's sticky secret revealed by new genetic research
The glue that gives spider webs their stickiness is a form of spider silk protein. Researchers can imagine cool uses for a synthetic version – but had...
one month agoCollection of news articles related to earth science from uncovered fossils to new species - read about the latest discoveries in the animal kingdom.
Discoveries
Chimpanzees spotted smashing open and eating tortoises for the first time
The discovery sheds light on how early humans evolved larger brains and the ability to eat meat.
one month ago
Discoveries
A chimpanzee cultural collapse is underway, and it's driven by humans
Our closest relatives show distinct cultural behaviour in different populations. But those differences are being erased.
4 months ago
Discoveries
This jellyfish-like creature sprouts a fresh anus every time it poops
New research shows that these transparent sea creatures sprout a fresh anus every time they poop.
4 months ago
Discoveries
Can bees do maths? Yes – new research shows they can add and subtract
Bee brains contain less than one million neurons. Despite this, new research shows the honeybee can use symbols to perform basic maths, including...
5 months ago
Discoveries
Orangutans can communicate about the past just like humans, new research finds
Discovering that orangutans can communicate about things that happened in the past provides new clues to how human language evolved.
7 months ago
Discoveries
How a change in climate wiped out the 'Siberian unicorn'
The loss of the 'Siberian unicorn' shows just how vulnerable some animals can be to environmental change that can impact on their food supply.
7 months ago
Discoveries
How a plateau of headless reindeer and scavenger poop became a field lab for studying an ecosystem
From the deaths of over 300 reindeer sprouts new life on Norway’s Hardangervidda mountain plateau.
11 months ago
Fossils
Ancient fossil fills a 75 million-year gap and rewrites lizard and snake history
A new study of an ancient fossil has found it to be the earliest lizard known, so far. It shows they survived one the greatest mass extinctions on...
one year ago
Fossils
It's less than 2cm long, but this 400-million-year-old fossil fish changes our view of vertebrate evolution
A 400-million-year-old fossilised fish skull gives us very early and previously unknown clues about how boney fishes evolved into the vertebrates we...
one year ago
Sharks
'Hidden sharks': how we found a new way to detect them
Sleuthing scientists are using environmental DNA to help figure out which sharks swim where.
one year ago
New Species
This adorable, thumbnail-sized pygmy squid is a new species
New to science: the Hallam's pygmy squid, officially known as Idiosepius hallami.
one year ago
Fossils
This giant tortoise was chomped by an ancient mystery croc
A prehistoric murder mystery...
one year ago
Fossils
That time a prehistoric shark took a bite out of a turd
The one-of-a-kind story of an ancient shark that broke a tooth off on a croc turd.
one year ago
New Species
New species discoveries from the unique and threatened Greater Mekong
Two fish, three mammals, 11 amphibians, 11 reptiles and 88 plants.
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