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In the Arizona desert, scientists have uncovered a bizarre and almost unbelievable partnership between ants: tiny cone ants acting as "cleaners" for much larger harvester ants. Instead of attacking, the smaller ants crawl over the giants, licking and ...

In the aftermath of Earth's most catastrophic extinction event, one unlikely survivor rose to dominate a shattered world: Lystrosaurus. Now, a stunning fossil discovery--an ancient egg containing a curled-up embryo--has finally answered a decades-old ...

A new study from the University of Hawaii at Mnoa is overturning a decades-old belief that Indigenous Hawaiians hunted native waterbirds to extinction. Instead, researchers found no scientific evidence supporting this claim and propose a more complex ...

For years, water managers have been puzzled as the Colorado River kept delivering less water than expected--even when snowpack levels looked promising. New research reveals the missing piece: spring rain, or rather, the lack of it. Warmer, drier ...

Mitochondria don't just generate energy--they also carefully organize their own DNA in a surprisingly elegant way. Scientists have discovered that a long-overlooked phenomenon called "mitochondrial pearling," where mitochondria briefly form bead-like ...

Spending time with close companions might do more than strengthen bonds--it could also reshape your gut bacteria. In a study of island birds, those with stronger social ties shared more gut microbes, especially types that require direct contact to .. ...

Africa's forests have undergone a shocking reversal, switching from carbon absorbers to carbon emitters after 2010. Researchers found that heavy deforestation in tropical regions has led to massive biomass losses, far outweighing any gains from ...

Gray whales are beginning to break their long-established migration patterns, venturing into risky new territory like San Francisco Bay as climate change disrupts their Arctic food supply. But this unexpected detour is proving deadly: nearly one in . ...

Light doesn't just help plants grow--it may also quietly hold them back. Researchers have uncovered a surprising mechanism where light strengthens the "glue" between a plant's outer skin and its inner tissues. This tighter bond, driven by a compound ...

A cave in Belgium has revealed unsettling evidence that Neanderthals selectively cannibalized outsiders, focusing on women and children. The victims weren't from the local group and appear to have been treated like prey, with bones butchered for meat ...