Fruit flies use diverse senses to sniff out their surroundings
Scientists found cosmopolitan fruit flies have different genes for smelling and tasting that help them adapt to diverse habitats.
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Scientists found cosmopolitan fruit flies have different genes for smelling and tasting that help them adapt to diverse habitats.
Scientists developed kidneys with a mixture of human and pig cells inside pig embryos, to test whether they were viable for human…
Scientists compared parts of the brain that correlate to speech in humans and primates to understand how speech evolved in humans.
Paleontologists described a trilobite fossil preserved in 3D with its gut contents intact.
Scientists in China made live monkey hybrids using cells from embryos, to help them study how animals heal and reproduce.
Researchers tracked a species of large cave salamanders for several years to see how they survived their low-energy surroundings. It turns…
Researchers found bottlenose dolphins modify the pitch and range of whistles when communicating with their calves, similar to how humans…
Scientists tracked the brain activity of northern elephant seals to find out how they sleep. They found the seals sleep only 2 hours per day…
Scientists have observed lab honey bees are living 50% shorter lives than they were 50 years ago. As a result, commercial beehives and honey…
Back when the Earth was warmer, a part of the ocean called the Humboldt Current used to be dominated by goby-like fish instead of the…