Animals come in an extraordinary range of body shapes. A starfish looks nothing like an earthworm, a mouse, or a human. Yet even closely related species can appear radically different: corals, ...
Bdelloid rotifers shrug off radiation doses that would obliterate human cells. Here’s how their resilience reveals deep ...
By snatching chloroplasts from algae, animals called sacoglossans produce their own energy through photosynthesis ...
My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...
The history of the first plant on Earth is not as simple as the identification of a particular species of plants, but it is a ...
“Project Hail Mary,” the movie adaptation to Andy Weir’s 2021 novel about a science teacher attempting to save the Earth from sun-eating microbes, was released in March 2026 to stellar ratings from ...
By reconstructing ancient nitrogen-processing enzymes, scientists are uncovering new clues about how early life survived on a ...
This Research Topic explores the impact of emerging contaminants – such as microplastics and novel synthetic compounds – on soil ecosystems, with a focus on ...
In its purest form (with no extra debris), liquid water can exist as a liquid until -40°C if left still (unmoving). In order ...
Two University of Victoria (UVic) geologists have integrated field geology with statistical modeling to give scientists a new view of the chemical reactions happening on ocean floors billions of years ...
Scientists believe the first true plants evolved from green algae around 470 million years ago. These early plants lived in ...
The natural and the social world shaped the evolution of each. Knowing whom to invite to dinner is as important as knowing how to cook.
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