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| A blue-green glow adds to platypuses' long list of bizarre features Nov 06 2020 6:00 AM The discovery of platypuses' fluorescent fur has researchers wondering if the trait is more widespread among mammals than anyone has realized. READ MORE  |
| An ancient amphibian is the oldest known animal with a slingshot tongue Nov 05 2020 3:53 PM A tiny amphibian that lived 99 million years ago waited for invertebrate prey before snatching them with a swift, shooting tongue. READ MORE |
| How passion, luck and sweat saved some of North America's rarest plants Nov 05 2020 10:30 AM As the list of plants no longer found in the wild grows, botanists and conservationists search for signs of hope - and sometimes get lucky. READ MORE |
| The Milky Way makes little galaxies bloom, then snuffs them out Nov 05 2020 6:00 AM When dwarf galaxies cross the Milky Way's frontier, our galaxy compresses their gas, sparking star birth, but then robs them of their star-making gas. READ MORE |
| Female big-game hunters may have been surprisingly common in the ancient Americas Nov 04 2020 2:00 PM A Peruvian burial that indicates that women speared large prey as early as 9,000 years ago sheds new light on gender roles of ancient hunter-gatherers. READ MORE |
| Why South America's ancient mammals may have lost out to northern counterparts Nov 04 2020 8:00 AM When North and South America joined millions of years ago, mammals from the north fared better in the meetup. Extinctions in the south may be why. READ MORE |
| A surprisingly tiny ancient sea monster lurked in shallow waters Nov 04 2020 6:00 AM Scientists have found a new species of marine reptiles called nothosaurs from around 240 million years ago. READ MORE |
| A fish's fins may be as sensitive to touch as fingertips Nov 03 2020 6:00 PM Newfound parallels between fins and fingers suggest that touch-sensing limbs evolved early, setting the stage for a shared way to sense surroundings. READ MORE |
| 'Phallacy' deflates myths about the penises of the animal kingdom Nov 03 2020 8:00 AM By touring nature's many penises, Phallacy author Emily Willingham puts the human organ in its place. READ MORE |
| COVID-19's death rate in the U.S. could spike as new cases soar Nov 03 2020 6:00 AM Effective treatments are one possible reason the mortality rate from COVID-19 fell over the summer. Rising cases could reverse the trend. READ MORE |
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