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136 long-clawed shrew skulls from Hokkaido showed the classic winter flattening of the braincase, and across the same series the snout enlarged in winter and shrank again in spring
19+ hour, 21+ min ago (595+ words) A museum series of Sorex unguiculatus from Tomakomai confirms Dehnel's winter braincase shrink in an Asian shrew, and adds a reverse pattern in the snout that the authors did not find in the jaw. By Natural History · Edited by Chris…...
In 98 years of the University of Queensland pitch drop experiment, nine drops have fallen and no human has ever seen one land
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1083+ words) The University of Queensland pitch drop experiment has been running since 1927, dripped nine times, and never once been seen falling by a human eye. The tenth drop is now forming. By The Long View Published September 10, 2026 · How we edit Inside…...
Stratigraphic rationale for rejecting the Anthropocene epoch proposal - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (285+ words) Nature Reviews Earth & Environment volume 7, pages 565–566 (2026) Cite this article The rejection of the proposal for Anthropocene as a formal epoch of the Geological Time Scale has attracted wide interest in the stratigraphic aspects of the debate. Here, we clarify the…...
Deep biosphere has endured mountain-building and erosion over hundreds of millions of years
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (14+ words) Phys.org...
We tend to think of oxygen as the essential requirement for animal life, but a less-than-10-celled parasite called Henneguya salminicola that lives inside salmon muscle has no mitochondrial genome and no ability to breathe, making it the first animal ever confirmed to survive without needing oxygen at all
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (1223+ words) A millimetre-long salmon parasite called Henneguya salminicola has no mitochondrial genome and cannot use oxygen — the first multicellular animal ever confirmed to live its entire life cycle without breathing. By Life Signs · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 7, 2026 · How we…...
Albatrosses reveal how a volatile environment reshapes the pace of life
6+ day, 19+ min ago (184+ words) by Sukanya Charuchandra | Sep 7, 2026 The researchers expected that, within any population, individuals would follow different paces of life, slowly marching towards reproductive senescence, or rushing headlong into it, but they would produce the same number of offspring over time. Reality…...
Study finds 60% of new species specimen discovered in Global South are archived in wealthy nations
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (724+ words) A new study put numbers to a longstanding imbalance in science: Many of the mammals discovered in poorer countries are still being physically archived in richer ones. The official record of biodiversity helps determine who has access to knowledge, research…...
These Crabs Have Been Crawling Before the Dinosaurs
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (56+ words) Yahoo Delve into the remarkable yet precarious existence of the American horseshoe crab, a species that has thrived for over 200 million years but now faces an uncertain future. Learn about their unique characteristics, vital role in medical science, and the…...
When complete darkness fell on Antarctica, researchers used satellites to spy on one of its most secretive animals
1+ week, 3+ day ago (405+ words) Tracking the movements of emperor penguins is vital for conservation efforts, say scientists Credit: Dr Peter Fretwell, British Antarctic Survey. Tracking the movements of emperor penguins is vital to understand their breeding cycles, which helps inform conservation efforts. But researchers…...
Prioritizing Quality Before Synthesis in Paleoenvironmental Hazard Science - Eos
2+ week, 1+ day ago (608+ words) Here, sediment deposits mark the high-water lines of floods that surged through the canyon centuries before any stream gauges were there to measure them. In particular, Baker and his colleagues studied slackwater deposits, fine-grained sediments emplaced by floodwaters in sheltered…...