In a playtime experiment, researchers found that our closest living relatives have the capacity for make-believe, too.

A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

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Life in the ocean runs on light. It fuels photosynthesis, shapes food webs and determines where many marine species can live.

Abstract: Vegetation photosynthesis dynamics and their drought responses are fundamental for understanding ecological stability in arid/semiarid regions. In this study, we integrated hourly ...

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The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1, 2025. There is currently no evidence to suggest that it is anything other than a natural astrophysical object. However, given the small ...

While much of the history of life on Earth is written, the opening chapters are murky at best. On our ever-changing world, the older a rock is, the more it has changed, obscuring or even erasing ...