Known as the Cambrian Explosion, this flurry of rapid evolution produced most of the animal phyla and ecosystems we see around us today. And it may have taken off because some of those early animals ...

Philosopher Susana Monsó's book Playing Possum, newly translated into English next month, makes the strong case that many animals big and small understand the concept of death. Reading time 8 minutes ...

Discover examples of sea life and see how they move underwater in this KS1 Science video on marine animals for primary schools.

Groundbreaking study shows machine learning can decode emotions in seven ungulate species. A game-changer for animal welfare? Can artificial intelligence help us understand what animals feel? A ...

How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that question. The journal Royal Society Open Science published a survey of 100 researchers of ...

It’s perhaps unsurprising, then, that some scientists have been eager to explore whether a solar eclipse has much of an ...

Animals often exhibit unusual behaviors before storms arrive. Scientists explain this by their sensitivity to environmental shifts. Falling atmospheric pressure and infrasound are key warning signs.

In January of 2024, the SciFri Book Club read “An Immense World” by Ed Yong. Luckily, there is also a young readers edition, so you can explore these incredible sensory worlds as well! In this book, ...

Researchers keep pulling unnamed animals from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast stretch of abyssal Pacific seafloor between Hawaii and Mexico where commercial interest in polymetallic nodule mining ...

The way an animal sleeps during the Arctic summer depends on whether the animal is a human, a shorebird, a caribou or an ...

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