Bed bugs are most likely the first human pest, 60,000 years and counting
Virginia Tech researchers reveal bed bugs’ evolutionary link to humans, tracing origins back to Neanderthal era.
New find: Chimpanzees are capable of complex communication
Max Planck Institute researchers uncover chimpanzees combining different calls to create new meanings, similar to humans.
Street smarts: how a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more successfully
Researchers at the University of Tennessee discover a young hawk using vehicle queues on particular signal phases to surprise prey.
Can plants hear their pollinators?
University of Turin researchers discover plants increase nectar production in response to specific pollinator buzzing sounds.
Are groovy brains more efficient?
University of California, Berkeley researchers find deeper brain grooves enhance connectivity, improving reasoning and cognitive functions.
Capuchin monkeys develop bizarre “fad” of abducting baby howlers
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute observed the strange animal behaviour on Jicarón Island, Panama, using motion-triggered cameras.
Chimpanzees use medicinal leaves to perform first aid
University of Oxford researchers discover chimpanzees in Uganda using plants to treat wounds in their community.
Origin of life twist: New hypothesis on how first sugars formed
Scripps Research and Georgia Institute of Technology reveal branched sugars, not linear ribose, formed prebiotic Earth.
New ancestral component found in DNA of Japanese people
Researchers from the RIKEN Center reveal a third Northeast Asian ancestry component challenging established dual-structure model.
Billion-year-old meteor impact in Scotland sparks questions about life on land timeline
Curtin University researchers discovered the impact occurred 200 million years later than previously believed, altering evolutionary timelines.