Biology & Life Sciences

10+ hour, 24+ min ago   (531+ words) New groundbreaking research from the University of St Andrews has created the largest combined bat genome and fossil study ever undertaken, finding that bats most likely originated in Europe around 65 million years ago, before spreading across the world. The work…...

26+ min ago   (575+ words) Eleven years of surveys on one family-owned field suggest species-rich meadow can return to former farmland without a seed packet, though the researchers cannot yet explain how several of its rarer plants got there. Published September 24, 2026 · How we edit The…...

35+ min ago   (671+ words) Incendiamoeba cascadensis cell at 55ºC, scale bar 5µm. (Felix Mikus via SWNS) A microscopic creature has been hailed a record breaker by thriving at scalding temperatures that would kill all other known life. The single-celled organism smashed the previous record for heat…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (348+ words) An expert from the British Arachnological Society has confirmed the large yellow-and-black spider is the first recorded sighting of the species in Cheshire. But conservationists say her discovery highlights the need to make space for nature. The spider was spotted…...

1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (70+ words) The largest study ever of bat genome research combined with bat fossils reveals that bats originated in Europe some 65 million years ago, not in Africa, Asia or North America as scientists have long thought. The research also shows that echolocation,…...

55+ min ago   (1275+ words) Earlier in this series I killed a brain and the memory lived through it. Then I dropped that memory into a fresh brain, and the fresh brain woke up believing a life it never lived. Creepy. Useful. One brain, one…...

19+ hour, 16+ min ago   (400+ words) Northern New Yorkers are frustrated by the lack of urgency to remove tires from Lake Champlain. Thousands of sunken tires were discovered in the lake near Crab Island in August. But local residents said even more are in the water…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (485+ words) Dry brush is shown along a trail at Mission Trails Park, Sept. 23, 2026. Crews have removed 60 tons of invasive vegetation from Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego as part of an effort to reduce wildfire risk and restore native habitat....

1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (348+ words) An expert from the British Arachnological Society has confirmed the large yellow-and-black spider is the first recorded sighting of the species in Cheshire. But conservationists say her discovery highlights the need to make space for nature. The spider was spotted…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (480+ words) A newly identified snake from Ethiopia's Harenna Forest survives entirely on bird eggs, swallowing them whole before cracking the shells with specialized bones in its throat. The find expands a group of African snakes whose members are notoriously hard to…...