Africa isn't the kind of place you might expect to find penguins. But one species lives along Africa's southern coast today, and newly found fossils confirm that as many as four penguin species coexisted on the continent ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2013
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The question of how life began on a molecular level has been a longstanding problem in science. However, recent mathematical research sheds light on a possible mechanism by which life may have gotten a foothold in the chemical ...
Biochemistry
Nov 26, 2012
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What makes some ocean animals more prone to extinction than others? A new study of marine fossils provides a clue.
Ecology
Oct 23, 2012
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A new study of deep-sea species across the globe aims to understand how natural gradients in food and temperature in the dark, frigid waters of the deep sea affect the snails, clams, and other creatures that live there.
Plants & Animals
Sep 5, 2012
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A new study of North American songbirds reveals that birds that live with fluctuating weather are more flexible singers.
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2012
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In early human evolution, when faithful females began to choose good providers as mates, pair-bonding replaced promiscuity, laying the foundation for the emergence of the institution of the modern family, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
May 28, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Not all acts of altruism are alike, says a new study. From bees and wasps that die defending their nests, to elephants that cooperate to care for young, a new mathematical model pinpoints the environmental conditions ...
Evolution
Apr 30, 2012
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The feeding habits of mammals haven't always been what they are today, particularly for omnivores, finds a new study.
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2012
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Physically fit frogs have faster-changing genomes, says a new study of poison frogs from Central and South America.
Evolution
Apr 12, 2012
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From miniature elephants to monster mice, and even Hobbit-sized humans, size changes in island animals are well-known to science. Biologists have long believed that large animals evolving on islands tend to get smaller, while ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2012
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