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A New, Shape-Shifting ‘Flapjack’ Octopus Has Been Discovered in the Deep Sea Off the Coast of Australia
The tiny Carnarvon flapjack octopus is the latest of ten species described by Australian scientists after a 2022 research trip
In a Remarkable First, a Baby With a Rare Disease Receives Personalized Gene Therapy
Researchers say the CRISPR-based technique used could eventually be employed to treat more people with rare genetic diseases
Fossil Hunters Discover Earliest Known Footprints of a Reptile-Like Creature, Pushing Back the Timeline of Their Evolution
A new study suggests two fossil trackways found in Australia were made by an early amniote, a group that today includes reptiles, birds and mammals
The Land Beneath the Biggest U.S. Cities Is Sinking, Finds New Analysis of Satellite Data
Largely due to groundwater pumping and shifting of land after the last ice age, major urban areas are subsiding, which could destabilize buildings or worsen flooding
Chimpanzees Perform First Aid on Each Other, Study Finds, and It May Shed Light on the Evolution of Human Health Care
Researchers describe cases of chimps tending to others’ wounds, as well as a chimp that freed another from a snare
Feeding Flamingos Create Underwater Tornado-Like Vortices to Capture Their Prey, Study Finds
Rather than passively filter-feeding, the birds use their heads, beaks and feet to generate motion in the water that funnels invertebrates into their mouths
This Is the Best Way to Drop an Egg Without Breaking It, According to Scientists
Experiments challenge the commonly held idea that dropping an egg vertically will help prevent it from cracking in a classic school assignment
Watch for Cicadas: Billions From Brood XIV Will Soon Emerge After 17 Years Underground
The insects from this group were last seen in 2008 and will appear across the eastern U.S. for a brief, dramatic frenzy of mating and dying
Scientists Stumbled Upon an Active Volcanic Eruption in a Mid-Ocean Ridge for the First Time Ever
From a research submersible, scientists saw hardened lava, dead tube worms and orange flashes from an eruption in the East Pacific Rise
Ancient Chinese Poems Reveal the Decline of a Critically Endangered Porpoise Over 1,400 Years
Researchers looked at poetry dating as far back as the Tang dynasty to find that the Yangtze finless porpoise’s range has decreased by 65 percent
Scientists in Australia Mapped the Genome of an Endangered Frog Species in an Effort to Save It
A deadly fungus threatens the southern corroboree frog, which needs a lot of help to survive
Captive-Bred Axolotls Can Survive in the Wild, Offering Hope for the Critically Endangered Amphibians
The popular salamanders are nearly extinct in the wild, where they are confined to a small system of canals in Mexico City. But a new study suggests released axolotls could thrive in their natural habitat as well as artificial wetlands
Astronomers Discover a Giant, Glowing Molecular Cloud Hidden in Earth’s Cosmic Neighborhood
The cloud, named Eos after the Greek goddess of dawn, had eluded researchers because it contains very little carbon monoxide
A New Analysis Raises Doubts About Potential Hints of Life Recently Detected on a Distant Exoplanet
Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the data suggests the finding could be statistical noise
Female Bonobos Assert Their Dominance Over Males by Banding Together, New Study Suggests
Bonobos, which are among our closest living relatives, live in rare societies where females tend to outrank males, even though males are larger and stronger. Scientists compiled decades of observations to explain why
Scientists Discover the Oldest Known Ant Fossil, a 113-Million-Year-Old ‘Hell Ant’ Preserved in Rock in Brazil
The odd-looking specimen with scythe-like jaws indicates that early ants were spread widely across the globe while dinosaurs still roamed
Google Is Training a New A.I. Model to Decode Dolphin Chatter—and Potentially Talk Back
The company says its new model, called DolphinGemma, will be made open source this summer. Researchers are also trying to train dolphins to mimic made-up names for certain objects
The Worst Bleaching Event on Record Is Hitting Most of the World’s Coral Reefs
Scientists are alarmed by the ongoing crisis, with deteriorating conditions harming marine life in the tropics and beyond
The Ancient ‘Terror Crocodiles’ of North America Weren’t Alligators After All, DNA and Fossils Suggest
A new study indicates the giant reptile Deinosuchus is not a close relative of modern alligators, as scientists previously thought, and it might have thrived by tolerating saltwater
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Just Flew by a Strange, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid. See the New Images From the Approach
The close-up views of asteroid Donaldjohanson are a preview of what’s to come for Lucy on its 12-year quest to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
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