Scientists discover that an ancient asteroid struck the North Sea millions of years ago, generating a massive tsunami wave ...

Why did our ancestors ditch the shell and start growing babies inside their bodies instead? In this episode of Big Ideas, from the team behind Deep Look, Niba zooms out to explore one of evolution’s ...

Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...

Explore mammals’ surprising origins, long before the age of dinosaurs. The surprising story of mammal evolution begins long before the age of dinosaurs. Witness how some of our prehistoric mammal ...

It’s not exactly a chicken and dinosaur-egg question, but which came first, the mammal or the giant lizard? If you ask Almost Intelligent (AI), you’ll get an indication that the robots are getting ...

The surprising story of mammal evolution begins long before the age of dinosaurs. Witness how some of our prehistoric mammal relatives survived global catastrophes, defying extinction and evolving ...

Tiny mammals don’t get much attention next to elephants or whales, but their size gives them a surprising edge. These animals can squeeze into impossible places, survive on scraps, and avoid detection ...

Danielle Fraser received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC RGPIN-2018-05305). Natalia Rybczynski, who co-authored the study mentioned in this article, ...

Living in a Southern California beach community with our climate — the surf, sand and sun — shapes who we are. Like many Angelenos, I find comfort near the ocean; it has a soothing regenerative ...

John Woinarski has previously received Australian government funding through the National Environment Science Program and for contributions to the Threat Abatement Plans for feral cats and foxes. He ...

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