Scientists discover new genus of tarantulas, Satyrex, named after a Greek deity, with record-breaking anatomy and unique ...

How did ancient fish perceive their environment in the deep sea? An international team led by scientists from the Natural ...

Analyzing samples of mummies from different dynastic periods showed how the mixtures of substances used in mummification ...

Archaeologists working in Egypt's Nile Delta may have discovered a tomb or temple dating back around 2,600 years while ...

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40,000-year-old RNA from permafrost-preserved tissue was recovered from a mammoth specimen known as Yuka. Molecular evidence from Yuka revealed a correction to the original assumption about Yuka’s sex ...

Scientists have long known that Earth was significantly warmer about 3 million years ago, with much higher sea levels.

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Scientists discovered 2.3 million conserved non-coding sequences—some hundreds of millions of years old—using Conservatory, a new comparative plant genomics platform. Plant genomes often have ...

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