My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...

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The cactus on your windowsill may grow slowly, but new research shows that cacti are surprisingly fast at creating new species. Biologists have long thought that pollinators and specialized flowers ...

Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head. By Carl Zimmer Look at ...

Plants are usually seen as stationary life forms, quietly supporting environments. But plant communities and populations are ...

An analysis of hundreds of fish biomass surveys shows that warmer years combined with marine heatwaves can enhance regional population abundances in the cold edges of species’ biogeographical ...

Renri has been playing the Pokemon series as far back as Ruby/Sapphire and as such, her primary topics for strategy guides and lists usually involve Pokemon. She's also an avid Legend of Zelda fan, ...

March 18, 2026 • Unmanned drones are cheaper than missiles, easy to mass-produce, can travel long distances, and strike with precision. For all these reasons they are reshaping conflicts around the ...

March 17, 2026 • The letter X can be a lot of things: rebellious, mysterious, religious. For this Word of the Week, we examine its origins and many uses. March 13, 2026 • Despite rising tensions ...

• 13 million years ago, a medium-sized monkey known for guarding its territory among the treetops with a fearsome “howl” started doing something new. This monkey, one of the oldest known ancestors of ...

The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) was created in the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Section 1752 of Public Law 116-283; 6 U.S.C. § ...