Art typically seems like a human activity, tied to culture, symbols, and personal expression. Yet a small group of animals has created paintings and designs that sold for surprising sums. Their work ...
Half a billion years ago, the first true eye emerged in Earth’s oceans. Fossils now reveal what that ancient crystal vision could actually see.
Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.
Animals with antlers and horns have dominated the earth for centuries. These intimidating features are symbols of power, ...
New research shows that the earliest sponges were soft bodied and lacked skeletons, explaining why their oldest fossils are ...
The blizzard that tore through the region didn't spare Popcorn Park Animal Refuge, and its leaders are asking for the public's help to recover.
Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and ...
Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there ...
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2,000 baby jellyfish into space? NASA’s 1991 experiment revealed how biology works in microgravity
NASA once sent over 2,000 jellyfish into space to study how gravity affects biological development. The unusual experiment ...
Natural muscle fibers are made up of spring-like proteins that can contract and stretch without losing their original form, dissipate mechanical energy as heat and maintain incredible tensile strength ...
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