A new study reveals that some of the first creatures on land were ancestral insects, with Mollisonia symmetrica aiding in a deeper understanding of the brain and nervous systems of arachnids.
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New research reveals that mammals have independently evolved to eat ants and termites exclusively 12 times during the last 66 million years after the K-Pg mass extinction.
New landmark bird survey reveals that clearing rainforests for cattle farming is far more harmful than previously thought.
Technology created by researchers at RMIT University could provide sustainable and cheap bio-oil production to replace petroleum-based products for the electronics, automotive and construction industries.
There is a science to making a good cup of coffee. A new study published in the journal Physics of Fluids, investigates whether or not you can make an amazing cup of coffee using fewer coffee beans.
Findings published in the Journal of Energy Storage describe how depleted oil and gas wells could be a potential solution for compressed- air energy storage.
A team of researchers have rediscovered a frog species which has not been seen for 130 years.
A new study calls for more attention and action surrounding sand mining and its effects on the environment.
New research describes how under the sea mountains are key locations for ocean predators – with 41 times more sharks using them as a hub rather than the open ocean.
New research conducted by animal scientists at the University of California analyses grazing behaviours within cattle. This study is the third in a series of papers published on this subject.
A new study by University of Arizona researchers and USDA Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Research Station reveals new insights into North American forest fires.
In a new study published in the journal Marine Mammal Science, scientists reveal that some species of baleen whales can call at such low frequencies killer whales cannot hear.
Discovery of the tomb in 2022 is the first royal tomb to be discovered in the location of Luxor since the discovery of Tutankhamun in 1922.
In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, researchers find that fluctuations in starlight due to hotter or colder regions on the star’s surface could distort the interpretations of planets.
Searching for alien life may be more difficult than we previously thought, suggests a new study.
A new study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment describes how human activity in the region of the Aegean Sea resulted in lead contamination 5,200 years ago.
In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers describe how the decline in polar bear numbers is due to a lack of food, which is preventing them from getting enough energy.
A new study published in the journal Biology explores how global warming is affecting the diversity of sharks and rays.
A new predatory dinosaur from North Africa revealed, using newly found photographs of a destroyed fossil.
A new large herring observed in the Baltic Sea shows evidence of switching from a plankton diet to a fish diet, says new study.