There’s No Such Thing as a Truly ‘Wild’ Horse Anymore
DNA analysis has revealed that no horse alive today is untouched by human domestication.
DNA analysis has revealed that no horse alive today is untouched by human domestication.
Growing brain cells for study can be difficult. This tiny chip developed by a team of Israeli scientists may be the solution.
This is a super cool finding, one which shows how much we still have to learn about the wiles and guiles of the animal kingdom.
According to new research, our planet’s first terrestrial plants appeared 500 million years ago, rather than 420 million as previously believed.
Octopus, squid, and cuttlefish can change their skin’s colours, patterns, and textures in ways not seen anywhere else in the animal kingdom.
If you’re lonely tonight, you can always consider parthenogenesis.
It’s still early days for this treatment and there’s clearly lots to learn and refine—but it’s an encouraging development nonetheless.
Winning photographer David Nadlinger, a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford, was just excited to be able to show off his research.
It’s an important proof-of-concept that could eventually yield new infertility treatments for women.
Ah. the majestic circle of life.
It’s a cruel world out there, and animals will do just about anything to avoid being eaten.
The MinION nanopore sequencer can read DNA sequences as long as 882,000 base pairs in length, and it fits right in your pocket.
"Just when you think you’ve seen the weirdest thing imaginable," said one researcher, "along comes something even weirder."
Sorry to ruin the fun.
Nature’s beauty can originate from the most unlikely places.
A new study explores a crucial element of the predator-prey relationship: the level of athleticism required by animals to survive.
