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Sponges are among Earth's most ancient animals, but exactly when they evolved has long puzzled scientists. Genetic information from living sponges, as well as chemical signals from ancient rocks, ...

Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

Researchers are trying to understand why some wild species do better than others over time, as the environment changes.

German scientists are turning cockroaches into living sensor platforms, using tiny backpacks to explore places humans and ...

Learn more about the chemical arms race between a fungus, a tree, and a beetle.

At first glance, an anteater looks like a creature imagined by someone mixing parts from different animals. It has a long, ...

At first glance, the insect trapped in golden resin looked like any other tiny victim of deep time. Only under close ...

Spiders are often treated as simple ambush predators, reacting only to what touches a web or wanders too close. Research over ...

In the animal kingdom, mating isn’t always about survival. From praying mantises to octopuses, some species die during or ...

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