(Charlie Fayers/Getty Images) A study in The Royal Society Publishing's Philosophical Transactions B reveals that dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, who use marine sponges as [...]

Gene discovery may speed up avocado breeding (Anilakkus/Getty Images) Researchers have identified the gene that controls avocado flowering types, a discovery that could [...]

NASA makes first direct measurement of Io's internal heat For the first time, scientists have directly measured Io's internal heat using data from [...]

  Atomic insight could make plant waste a more practical source of fuels, plastics and chemicals. Every year, agriculture and forestry leave behind [...]

Atmosphere found on rocky exoplanet in habitable zone Astronomers have discovered an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet in the habitable zone for the [...]

Solar panels on peatlands seen as a boon for birds A study in Ecological Solutions and Evidence revealed that a solar park built on rewetted [...]

Study explores how animals prepare for intergroup conflict (David Pardoe/Getty Images) Animals exhibit complex behaviors to prepare for intergroup conflict, similar to humans, [...]

Intriguing to find a complex chemical found in food on Earth present in distant space. Did biologically important chemicals all evolve here or did [...]

Earth's biosphere might survive longer than expected (Adventtr/Getty Images) A study published in Nature Geoscience suggests that life on Earth could last for another 1.8 [...]

190-year-old DNA confirms new pangolin species (Manan Vatsyayana/Getty Images) Confirmation of a previously unrecognized species of pangolin could help prevent poaching of the [...]