Odd Creatures News
July 26, 2024
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July 26, 2024 — Lampreys are one of only two living jawless vertebrates Jaws are formed by a key stem cell population called the neural crest New research reveals the gene regulatory changes that may explain morphological differences between jawed and jawless ...
July 23, 2024 — The eyes of the male dragonfish grow larger for mate seeking, a sexual dimorphism that makes the dragonfish an anomaly in vertebrate evolution, researchers ...
July 22, 2024 — Researchers have found a new way to identify genetic targets useful for control of mosquito populations, potentially offering an alternative to insecticides. Their study focused on the genetic basis of species incompatibility. They crossed Ae. ...
July 25, 2024 — Danish Tycho Brahe was most famous for his contributions to astronomy. However, he also had a well-equipped alchemical laboratory where he produced secret medicines for Europe's ...
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July 25, 2024 — Findings from a small, proof-of-concept clinical trial have suggested that fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs) can boost the effectiveness of ...
July 25, 2024 — Engineers discovered that when the aluminum in soda cans is purified and mixed with seawater, the solution produces hydrogen -- which can power an engine or fuel cell without generating carbon ...
July 23, 2024 — Scientists have succeeded in pinpointing the neurons within a female fruit fly's brain that respond to signals from the male during ...
July 24, 2024 — Baby oysters rely on natural acoustic cues to settle in specific environments, but new research reveals that noise from human activity is interfering with this critical ...
July 24, 2024 — Hens fluff their head feathers and blush to express different emotions and levels of excitement, according to a new ...
July 24, 2024 — The praying mantis is one of the few insects with compound eyes and the ability to perceive 3D space. Engineers are replicating their visual systems to make machines see ...
July 24, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that the serrated edges of Komodo dragons' teeth are tipped with iron. The study gives new insight into how Komodo dragons keep their teeth razor-sharp and may provide ...
July 24, 2024 — A study looks at the maximum possible sizes of dinosaurs, using the carnivore, Tyrannosaurus rex, as an example. Using computer modelling, experts produced estimates that T. Rex might have been 70% ...
July 24, 2024 — Researchers have been tracking a 26-foot endangered whale shark -- named 'Rio Lady' -- with a satellite transmitter for more than four years -- a record for whale sharks and one of the longest ...
July 23, 2024 — Palaeontologists are helping resolve the evolution and ecology of Odaraia, a taco-shaped marine animal that lived during the Cambrian period. Fossils ...
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July 23, 2024 — Butterflies and moths collect so much static electricity whilst in flight, that pollen grains from flowers can be pulled by static electricity across air gaps of several millimeters or ...
July 23, 2024 — Archaeological evidence from the world-famous Mesolithic site of Star Carr in North Yorkshire has shown that hunter-gatherers likely kept an orderly home by creating 'zones' for particular ...
July 22, 2024 — Dogs experience emotional contagion from the smell of human stress, leading them to make more 'pessimistic' choices, new research finds. Researchers tested how human stress odors affect ...
July 22, 2024 — Birds need varied activities during avian flu lockdowns, new research ...
July 22, 2024 — When people are having a conversation, they rapidly take turns speaking and sometimes even interrupt. Now, researchers who have collected the largest ever dataset of chimpanzee ...
July 17, 2024 — A pioneering study has unveiled the first paired observations of sexual behavior and vocalizations in wild leopard seals. The study on the mysterious leopard seal represents a major advance in ...
July 17, 2024 — Pet cats may be excellent animal models for the study of obesity origins and treatment in humans, a new study of feline gut microbes suggests -- and both species would likely get healthier in the ...
July 17, 2024 — A newly engineered type of soil can capture water out of thin air to keep plants hydrated and manage controlled release of fertilizer for a constant supply of ...
July 17, 2024 — During an event, details like what you saw, smelled, and felt aren't stored as a single memory. Rather, they are encoded and stored in your brain separately. To retrieve that memory, those ...
July 16, 2024 — A new study reveals that Storm Ciaran cut an invisible path of mayhem across southern Britain last autumn, destroying any possibility that 20 million people could have a proper cup of tea at ...
July 16, 2024 — A new study on common food aromas may help explain why astronauts report that meals taste bland in space and struggle to eat their normal nutritional intake. This research has broader implications ...
July 15, 2024 — Scientists have created a computer program that 'paints' the structure of molecules in the style of famous Dutch artist, Piet Mondrian. Researchers are opening eyes and minds to the beauty ...
July 12, 2024 — From sifting through topsoil for native truffles to cracking open hard shells of seeds and nuts to munch on the tasty kernels, Australia bettongs and potoroos are described as 'ecosystem ...
July 11, 2024 — Using genomes from 2,000 living humans as well as three Neanderthals and one Denisovan, an international team mapped the gene flow between the hominin groups over the past quarter-million ...
July 11, 2024 — The flow of water within a muscle fiber may dictate how quickly muscle can contract, according to a new ...
July 11, 2024 — An international research team has assembled the genome and 3D chromosomal structures of a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth -- the first time such a feat has been achieved for any ancient DNA sample. ...
July 10, 2024 — The surprising discovery of a new species of extinct crocodile relative from the Triassic Favret Formation of Nevada, USA, rewrites the story of life along the coasts during the first act of the Age ...
July 10, 2024 — A record-breaking swim by two lion brothers across a predator-infested African river has been documented in a new study. The researchers say the 1km swim is another example of iconic wildlife species ...
July 10, 2024 — The most complete dinosaur discovered in the UK in the last 100 years, with a pubic hip bone the size of a 'dinner plate', has been described in a new ...
July 10, 2024 — A new study highlights the sustainable, cultural and ecosystem benefits of offshore removal or decomposition of whale remains. The study tracked the remains of a humpback whale that was intercepted ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
- Butterflies Accumulate Enough Static Electricity to Attract Pollen Without Contact
- Hunter-Gatherers Kept an 'orderly Home' In the Earliest Known British Dwelling
Monday, July 22, 2024
- Smell of Human Stress Affects Dogs' Emotions Leading Them to Make More Pessimistic Choices
- Birds Need Entertainment During Avian Flu Lockdowns
- Chimpanzees Gesture Back and Forth Quickly Like in Human Conversations
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- The Courtship of Leopard Seals Off the Coast of South America
- What Fat Cats on a Diet May Tell Us About Obesity in Humans
- Smart Soil Can Water and Feed Itself
- Cuttlefish Can Form False Memories, Too
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
- Weather Experts Discover New Effect of Storm -- In a Teacup
- Food Aroma Study May Help Explain Why Meals Taste Bad in Space
Monday, July 15, 2024
Friday, July 12, 2024
Thursday, July 11, 2024
- 'A History of Contact': Geneticists Are Rewriting the Narrative of Neanderthals and Other Ancient Humans
- Muscle Machine: How Water Controls the Speed of Muscle Contraction
- First Ever 3D Reconstruction of 52,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Chromosomes Thanks to Serendipitously Freeze-Dried Skin
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- A New Species of Extinct Crocodile Relative Rewrites Life on the Triassic Coastline
- Lion With Nine Lives Breaks Record With Longest Swim in Predator-Infested Waters
- Research Reveals the Most Complete Dinosaur Discovered in the UK in a Century
- Whale Remains Tracked to Highlight Sustainable Disposal Benefits
- Researchers Listen to the Hearts of Bats in Flight
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
- First Local Extinction in the US Due to Sea Level Rise, Study Suggests
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals Oceanic Seabirds Chase Tropical Cyclones
- Ancient Large Kangaroo Moved Mainly on Four Legs, According to New Research
- Life Underground Suited Newly Discovered Dinosaur Fine
- New Way for Beneficial Microbes to Survive Extreme Conditions and Space Exploration
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
- Blue and Great Tits Deploy Surprisingly Powerful Memories to Find Food
- Giant Salamander-Like Creature Was a Top Predator in the Ice Age Before the Dinosaurs
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
- A New Breakthrough in Understanding Regeneration in a Marine Worm
- Research Shows How RNA 'junk' Controls Our Genes
- An Ant That Selectively Amputates the Infected Limbs of Wounded Sisters
Monday, July 1, 2024
- Organic Material from Mars Reveals the Likely Origin of Life's Building Blocks
- Everybody Needs Good Neighbors: Resident Quolls Help Newcomers Settle in at Mulligans Flat
- Sixty-Million-Year-Old Grape Seeds Reveal How the Death of the Dinosaurs May Have Paved the Way for Grapes to Spread
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Friday, June 28, 2024
- Investigating Newly Discovered Hydrothermal Vents at Depths of 3,000 Meters Off Svalbard
- Creating Supranormal Hearing in Mice
Thursday, June 27, 2024
- Last Surviving Woolly Mammoths Were Inbred but Not Doomed to Extinction
- Prehistoric 'Pompeii' Discovered: Most Pristine Trilobite Fossils Ever Found Shake Up Scientific Understanding of the Long Extinct Group
- Under Pressure: How Comb Jellies Have Adapted to Life at the Bottom of the Ocean
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- Researchers Find Genetic Stability in a Long-Term Panamanian Hybrid Zone of Manakin Birds
- From Takeoff to Flight, the Wiring of a Fly's Nervous System Is Mapped
- Almonds, Pottery, Wood Help Date Famed Kyrenia Shipwreck
- Shocked Quartz Reveals Evidence of Historical Cosmic Airburst
- Small, Adsorbent 'fins' Collect Humidity Rather Than Swim Through Water
- Frog 'saunas' A Lifeline for Endangered Frog Populations
- Eating Small Fish Whole Can Prolong Life Expectancy, a Japanese Study Finds
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Friday, June 21, 2024
Thursday, June 20, 2024
- New Study Finds Dinosaur Fossils Did Not Inspire the Mythological Griffin
- Wild Chimpanzees Seek out Medicinal Plants to Treat Illness and Injuries
- Newly Discovered Dinosaur Boasts Big, Blade-Like Horns
- First Conclusive Evidence That a Terrestrial Leech Species Can Jump
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
- Fishy Parenting? Punishing Offspring Encourages Cooperation
- The World's Oldest Wine Discovered
- Where to Put Head and Tail?
Monday, June 17, 2024
- Wear It, Then Recycle: Designers Make Dissolvable Textiles from Gelatin
- Ancient Polar Sea Reptile Fossil Is Oldest Ever Found in Southern Hemisphere
Friday, June 14, 2024
Thursday, June 13, 2024
- Sweaty Cattle May Boost Food Security in a Warming World
- Scientists Preserve DNA in an Amber-Like Polymer
- The Rotation of Earth's Inner Core Has Slowed, New Study Confirms
- Paleontology: New Fossil Fish Genus Discovered
- Parliamentary Members Use Simpler Language on Hot Days
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
- Soaring Birds Use Their Lungs to Modify Mechanics of Flight
- Ingestible Microbiome Sampling Pill Technology Advances
- Laser Tests Reveal New Insights Into Key Mineral for Super-Earths
- No Bones About It: 100-Million-Year-Old Bones Reveal New Species of Pterosaur
- Are Plants Intelligent? It Depends on the Definition
- Ritual Sacrifice at Chichén Itzá
- A Mountainous Mystery Uncovered in Australia's Pink Sands
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
- Millions of Insects Migrate Through 30-Meter Pyrenees Pass
- Virus-Like Nanoparticles Control the Multicellular Organization and Reproduction of Host Bacteria
- Algae Offer Real Potential as a Renewable Electricity Source
- Scientists Unlock Secrets of How Archaea, the Third Domain of Life, Makes Energy
Monday, June 10, 2024
- The Solar System May Have Passed Through Dense Interstellar Clouds 2 Million Years Ago, Altering Earth's Climate
- Novel Genetic Clock Discovers Oldest Known Marine Plant
- Elephants Have Names for Each Other Like People Do, New Study Shows
Friday, June 7, 2024
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
- Researchers Solve 2,000-Year-Old Mystery of the Shipworm
- Flapping Frequency of Birds, Insects, Bats and Whales Described by Universal Equation
- Fishy Mystery of Marine Reptile Solved
- Blood Sausages and Yak Milk: Bronze Age Cuisine of Mongolian Nomads Unveiled
- 'Missing' Early Sea Sponges Discovered
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
- Giant Viruses Found on Greenland Ice Sheet
- Using AI to Decode Dog Vocalizations
- Some Countries Could Meet Their Total Electricity Needs from Floating Solar Panels
- Gigantic Jurassic Pterosaur Fossil Unearthed in Oxfordshire, UK
Monday, June 3, 2024
- Captivating Blue-Colored Ant Discovered in India's Remote Siang Valley
- Food Drove the Evolution of Giraffes' Long Neck
- How Sharks Survived a Major Spike in Earth's Temperature
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Friday, May 31, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- 'Ugly' Fossil Places Extinct Saber-Toothed Cat on Texas Coast
- Scientists Invent 'living Bioelectronics' That Can Sense and Heal Skin
- Origins of 'Welsh Dragons' Finally Exposed by Experts
- Local Bright Spot Among Melting Glaciers: 2000 Km of Antarctic Ice-Covered Coastline Has Been Stable for 85 Years
- Picture This: Snapping Photos of Our Food Could Be Good for Us