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Genome Study Recasts Squid and Cuttlefish Evolution From Deep-Sea Origins to a Post-Extinction Boom

Near-complete DNA sampling across ten-limbed cephalopods gives researchers a stable framework to probe the genetic roots of their signature traits.

Oxford Meta-Analysis Finds Stored Sperm Deteriorates Across Species

Scientists Build Living 'Neurobots' With Self-Organizing Nervous Systems

High-Altitude Retsat Variant Reveals Myelin Repair Pathway That Eases MS-Like Disease in Mice

Cell Study Finds Most Pandemic Viruses Show No Pre-Spillover Adaptation

Virtual Reconstruction Reveals Little Foot’s Face, Hinting East African Affinities

Enculturated Chimps Zero In on Crystals, Hinting at Ancient Aesthetic Roots

Peer-Reviewed Study Ties Severed Orca Fins to Rare Predation by Bigg’s Whales

Scientists Confirm How Horses Whinny: Vocal-Fold Tone Plus Laryngeal Whistle

Oxygen-Tolerant Asgard Archaea Bolster Mitochondrial-Origin Theory in Nature Study

Oldest Reptile Skin Impressions Reveal Earliest Amniote Cloaca

Bonobo Kanzi Shown to Track Pretend Objects in Rigorous Science Study

Scientists Challenge Claim That Trees Predicted Eclipse, Citing Thunderstorm Trigger

Study Ties Burst of Gene Isoforms to the Dawn of Vertebrates

AI Study and DinoTracker App Bring Data-Driven IDs to Dinosaur Footprints

Robotic Stingray Fins Reveal Downward 'Unsteady Ground Effect' Near Seafloor

Ancient Nitrogenase Rebuilt in Living Microbes Confirms Billion-Year Isotope Signal

Helium-3 Dating Reveals Rapid Post-Impact Evolution in Ocean Plankton

Bird Retina Mystery Solved: Eyes Run Without Oxygen Fueled by Pecten-Delivered Sugar

Genome Survey Finds Heartworm Evolved With Wild Canids, Forming Regional Lineages