One of the evolutionary secrets to the success of sharks is hidden in one of their smallest features: the flexible scales that line their bodies. These scales make them better hunters, because they allow them to change direction while moving at high speed.
For the eighth year in a row, Olympus America Inc. has organized the Olympus Bioscapes International digital Imaging Competition. These are some of the winners in the 2010 edition.
A survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, this Japanese researcher based in the United States has dedicated his life to studying bioluminescence. Their findings have found multiple applications in medicine, genetics, biotechnology ...
Humans, apes, elephants and dolphins are the species with the greatest capacity to feel empathy for their fellow human beings, according to the ethologist and biologist Frans de Waal, an expert in the social intelligence of primates, during the Organization's congress. European Molecular Biology (EMBO), held until yesterday in Barcelona.
Forest bats of the species Barbastella barbastellus use whispers to hunt down moths, according to researchers from the School of Biological Sciences of the University of Brystol (United Kingdom).
The most comprehensive statistical examination of the genetic data of our species places mitochondrial Eve - the maternal ancestor common to all humans today - 200,000 years ago. The results of the research, conducted at Rice University and led by Marek Kimmel, professor of statistics, has been published in the journal Theoretical Population Biology.
An international team led by researchers from CREAF and the CSIC has analyzed 493 species of mammals to confirm that animals with larger brains live longer. The new study confirms the adaptive benefits of having a large brain.
An international team of scientists has discovered that gorillas also play tag, gently hitting their partner and running after the next animal in the same way that humans do and also for the same reasons: to maintain a competitive advantage over the rest during the game.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
