MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun’s rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight.
Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the frigid waters of
A gentle sequence of flowing movements might not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about lowering blood pressure — but new research suggests it could be surprisingly effective. In a large randomized clinical trial, researchers…
A new analysis could reshape the timeline of early human dispersal. An interdepartmental and international research team recently found that our ancient ancestors, Homo erectus, likely appeared in Yunxian, China, about 1.7 million years ago —…
The story of how complex life began is largely understood, but one contradiction has never quite fit. Plants, animals, and fungi — known collectively as eukaryotes — likely emerged when two very different microbes formed a close alliance. One…
Archaeologists often assume that people buried together in ancient graves were close family. But a new DNA study from a 5,500-year-old burial ground on Gotland complicates that picture.
By analyzing shared graves at the Stone Age site of Ajvide,…
In summer, the fjords of northwest Greenland develop milky swirls where glaciers meet the sea. From above, those cloudy patches look almost like spills of paint. In the water, they often mark pockets of concentrated food that attract predators.
A…
An unexpected sight has challenged long-held scientific assumptions about marine life in…
But a lot of these claims, it turns out, have very little—if any—actual proof behind them.
Joshi is the author of a new report, released Monday with support from several environmental organizations, that attempts to quantify some of the most…
The world’s largest colony of northern gannets was decimated by bird flu in 2022. Now, as their numbers climb again, researchers are collecting data to understand the virus’ lasting effects
