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Biology

A handful of neurons in the fly brain were identified as a key component of how adverse experiences, in this case the perception of dead conspecifics, modulate aging.

How seeing corpses reduces the lifespan of flies

Categories Life & Non-humans

Scientists have long debated whether comb jellies (left) or sponges (right) are the sister group to all other animals. A detailed comparison of the chromosomes of these and other animals to the chromosomes of three single-celled non-animal groups finally resolves the question. (Photos courtesy of MBARI)

What did the earliest animals look like?

Categories Life & Non-humans

Two gorillas

Gorilla Resilience Unleashed: How Early Adversity Can’t Bring Them Down

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans, Social Sciences

Mosquito

Mosquitoes hate coconut-scented soap

Categories Life & Non-humans

Bee flying mid-air

Buzzworthy Research Suggests Insect Brains May Help Us Understand Our Own

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans

A new study explains how California blackworms can twist and curl around each other by the thousands, forming tightly wound balls and then untangling just as quickly. Credits:Image: Harry Tuazon

How to untangle a worm ball: Mathematicians solve a knotty mystery

Categories Life & Non-humans, Physics & Mathematics

Mudskipper CREDIT Georgia Tech

Mudskippers could be key to understanding evolution of blinking

Categories Life & Non-humans

Spiderweb with dew in the morning

Orb weaver spider glue properties evolve faster than their glue genes

Categories Life & Non-humans

A male yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes)

Male yellow crazy ants are real-life chimeras

Categories Life & Non-humans

Senior beautiful woman wearing casual t-shirt standing over isolated pink background showing arms muscles smiling proud. Fitness concept.

Getting around muscle aging

Categories Health

African frog on a bright green leaf. Photo Credit: Copyright 2010 by Eli Greenbaum

‘The Last of Us’ fungus attacking African amphibians

Categories Life & Non-humans

A mouse covering its eyes

Humans are not just big mice

Categories Health, Life & Non-humans

Mosquito closeup

Humans bite back by deactivating mosquito sperm

Categories Health, Life & Non-humans

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