Newly-Discovered Chill Dad Shrimp Gets Best Name Ever
Synalpheus pinkfloydi. Yup, this particular species of shrimp has been named after the legendary rock group Pink Floyd.
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Synalpheus pinkfloydi. Yup, this particular species of shrimp has been named after the legendary rock group Pink Floyd.
Prey animals are capable of defending themselves in an amazing of ways.
“There’s probably, in every natural museum in the country, one undiscovered species. Maybe more.”
A simple new body-awareness test involving elephants may be a promising new tool
While the capsule looks great, Bezos has implemented some stern ground rules for his passengers’ bodily functions to keep it that way.
Nothing seems to sum up the universe’s descent into disordered chaos quite like shoes getting untied.
While we wait for our alien saviours, let’s clean up a bit? It can’t hurt to try.
Just think, your DNA essentially contains ancient scrolls with evolutionary epics waiting to be read.
Thankfully, a hard-working someone — or, rather something — out there is finally getting a well-deserved snooze.
Every once in a while our Sun gives off a tremendous belch of high energy particles.
Trying to put a tiny motion-tracking bodysuit on a bird, or gluing tracking markers to its feathers is not only difficult, it’s cruel.
Using a new genetic technique, a collaborative team of researchers has concluded that ctenophores—also known as comb jellies—were the first animals to appear on Earth.
Measuring 8,700 miles wide and 7,500 miles across, the mysterious spot is bigger than the Earth itself.
We're more likely to put our success down to hard work and talent, but we're all rolling different sets of dice
Good news for mice and men
Boning is one of the most important actions in the evolutionary game.
