Odd Creatures News
March 5, 2025
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Mar. 4, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that what was previously thought to be a unique seaweed species of bladderwrack for the Baltic Sea is in fact a giant clone of common bladderwrack, perhaps the world's largest clone overall. The discovery has implications ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — Researchers explore the likelihood that Earth's climate, as affected by solar heat, plays a role in seismic activity. Using mathematical and computational methods, they analyzed earthquake data alongside solar activity records and surface ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — For decades, scientists have relied on electrodes and dyes to track the electrical activity of living cells. Now, engineers have discovered that quantum materials just a single atom thick can do the ...
Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found that when birds evolve ...
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Feb. 28, 2025 — Novel technology intends to redefine the virtual reality experience by expanding to incorporate a new sensory connection: ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert -- and researchers have discovered new details ...
Feb. 28, 2025 — Using drones, 17 distinct behaviors of narwhals were captured in the wild. Findings reveal complex behaviors of the Arctic's iconic whale never seen before. This highly gregarious whale uses its tusk ...
Feb. 27, 2025 — Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A new study suggests that ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A research team has successfully developed a super-photostable organic dye after two years of dedicated research demonstrating perseverance akin to that of Marie Curie, who painstakingly extracted ...
Feb. 27, 2025 — Recent advances in astronomical observations have found a significant number of extrasolar planets that can sustain surface water, and the search for extraterrestrial life on such planets is gaining ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A research team observing anemonefish in the field found they engage in interesting feeding behavior with their host sea ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — It's not what you do, it's how readily you do it. Rapid evolutionary change might have more to do with how easily a key innovation can be gained or lost rather than with the innovation itself, ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — The Beatles said it best: Love is all you need. And according to new research, the same may be true in the animal kingdom. Well, at least for mosquitofish -- a matchstick-sized fish endemic to ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Astronomers have discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey ...
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Feb. 24, 2025 — A team has used a process known as DNA origami to make electrochemical sensors that can quickly detect and measure ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — Agricultural fertilizers are critical for feeding the world's population, restoring soil fertility and sustaining crops. Excessive and inefficient use of those resources can present an ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — Sweden's Viking Age population appears to have suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial disease, sinus and ear infections, osteoarthritis, and much more. This is shown in a study in which ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — 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 ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — The nailed heads ritual did not correspond to the same symbolic expression among the Iberian communities of the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, but rather a practice that differed in each ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — A novel system that chases larval zebrafish around an arena with predator robots is enabling scientists to understand how these days-old fish quickly learn in the real ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — A team of researchers has outlined a new approach for better understanding the depths of animal consciousness, a method that may yield new insights into the similarities and differences among living ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Large birds -- our closest relations to dinosaurs -- are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Researchers have 3D printed bioelectronic scaffolds that have the properties cells need to form new ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Conventional drones use visual sensors for navigation. However, environmental conditions like dampness, low light, and dust can hinder their effectiveness, limiting their use in disaster-stricken ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — For years, scientific divers at a research station in the Mediterranean Sea had a problem: at some point in every field season, local fish would follow them and steal food intended as experimental ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Researchers developed a new system for turning used coffee grounds into a paste, which they use to 3D print objects, such as packing materials and a vase. They inoculate the paste with Reishi ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Scientists have developed a breakthrough method to track diet using stool metagenomic data. This non-invasive, data-driven approach offers an objective alternative to traditional food diaries and ...
Feb. 17, 2025 — A rare discovery of a nearly complete skull in the Egyptian desert has led scientists to the 'dream' revelation of a new 30-million-year-old species of the ancient apex predatory carnivore, ...
Feb. 17, 2025 — A nut used in herbal tea has become a hydrogel perfect for a variety of biomedical uses in new research. Scientists created a malva nut hydrogel for medical uses ranging from wound care to ECG ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how anemonefish can live safely among sea ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — Under-sea mountains are key locations for predators -- with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — Scientists have for the first time demonstrated play-like behavior in flies. They found that fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) voluntarily and repeatedly visited a ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study, revealing new details about mumification ...
Monday, February 24, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
- Glass Fertilizer Beads Could Be a Sustained Nutrient Delivery System
- Viking Skulls Reveal Severe Morbidity
- AI Unlocks the Emotional Language of Animals
- Iberian Nailed Head Ritual Was More Complex Than Expected
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Predator Robots Help Researchers Uncover How Larval Zebrafish Rapidly Learn
- Researchers Outline New Approach for Better Understanding Animal Consciousness
- Big Birds Like Emus Are Technical Innovators, Study Shows
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- For Success in Bioelectronics, Build With Nature-Inspired Design
- Bio-Hybrid Drone Uses Silkworm Moth Antennae to Navigate Using Smell
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Wild Fish Can Recognize Individual Divers
- Coffee Grounds and Reishi Mushroom Spores Can Be 3D Printed Into a Compostable Alternative to Plastics
- Scientists Decode Diet from Stool DNA -- No Questions Asked
Monday, February 17, 2025
- Near-Complete Skull Discovery Reveals 'top Apex', Leopard-Sized 'fearsome' Carnivore
- This Research Is Absolutely Nuts -- For Better Health Care
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Does Planetary Evolution Favor Human-Like Life? Study Ups Odds We're Not Alone
- Marine Mystery Solved: How Anemonefish Avoid Stings from Their Sea Anemone Hosts
- Under-Sea Mountains Are Key 'hubs' For Sharks
- Evidence of Play-Like Interaction With Carousel in Insects
- Ancient Egyptian Mummified Bodies Smell 'woody,' 'spicy' And 'sweet'
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Combining Millions of Years of Evolution With Tech Wizardry: The Cyborg Cockroach
- Scientists Herald Active Matter Breakthrough With Creation of Three-Dimensional 'synthetic Worms'
- Evolution, Evolution, Evolution: How Evolution Got So Good at Evolving
- Foraging Seals Enable Scientists to Measure Fish Abundance Across the Vast Pacific Ocean
- Birds Have Developed Complex Brains Independently from Mammals
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- ChatGPT for Birdsong May Shed Light on How Language Is Wired in the Human Brain
- Antarctica's Only Native Insect's Unique Survival Mechanism
- Underwater Fossil Bed Discovered by Collectors Preserves Rare Slice of Florida's Past
- Masquerading Moth Deploys Unique Optical Tricks to Evade Predators
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- International Shark Attack File Report: Unprovoked Shark Bites Plummeted in 2024
- Outokumpu's Bedrock Reveals a Smelly Surprise
- Study Takes a 'bite' Out of Shark Depredation Using Citizen Science
- Evidence of Cannibalism 18,000 Years Ago
Monday, February 10, 2025
- Influenza A Viruses Adapt Shape in Response to Environmental Pressures
- Boosting Evolution: How Humans Unintentionally Altered the Skulls of Pigs
- Anomaly in the Deep Sea
- Earth's Inner Core Is Undergoing a Transformation
Friday, February 7, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Some Species of Baleen Whales Avoid Attracting Killer Whales by Singing Too Low to Be Heard
- Novel 'living' Biomaterial Aims to Advance Regenerative Medicine
- Mantis Shrimp Clubs Filter Sound to Mitigate Damage
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Scientists Simulate Asteroid Collision Effects on Climate and Plants
- Male Flies Sharpened Their Eyesight to Call the Females' Bluff
- By Studying Neutron 'starquakes', Scientists Hope to Transform Their Understanding of Nuclear Matter
- Using Sugars from Peas Speeds Up Sour Beer Brewing
- Cretaceous Fossil from Antarctica Reveals Earliest Modern Bird
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- Why Do Plants Transport Energy So Efficiently and Quickly?
- New Device Uses Electrically Assisted Wind to Fight Fires
Monday, February 3, 2025
- New Research on Ancient Life Found in Yellowstone Hot Springs
- Don't Know Something? Apes Can Tell
- Tiny Copper 'flowers' Bloom on Artificial Leaves for Clean Fuel Production
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Friday, January 31, 2025
- Life Cycles of Some Insects Adapt Well to a Changing Climate: Others, Not So Much
- Tigers in the Neighborhood: How India Makes Room for Both Tigers and People
- 'Altar Tent' Discovery Puts Islamic Art at the Heart of Medieval Christianity
- Life as a Multiscale Cascade of Machines Making Machines
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Ancient DNA Analyses Bring to Life the 11,000-Year Intertwined Genomic History of Sheep and Humans
- Why Maggots Love the Texture of Decaying Fruit
- New Light-Tuned Chemical Tools Control Processes in Living Cells
- Potential in Cultivation of a Special Nutritious Microalga
- Sharks and Rays Benefit from Global Warming, but Not from CO2 in the Oceans
- Freshwater Alga Could Be the Next Superfood That Feeds the World
- Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Working Dogs Take a Day to Adjust to Daylight Savings Time, but Pets Are More Flexible
- Bad Hair Bears! Greasy Hair Gives Polar Bears Fur With Anti-Icing Properties
- Oceanic Plate Between Arabian and Eurasian Continental Plates Is Breaking Away
- New Fungal Species Named in Honor of Sir David Attenborough Making Zombies of Cave Spiders on the Island of Ireland
- New Insights Into the Perception of Coffee Taste -- Genetic Predisposition Plays a Role
- Blood-Powered Toes Give Salamanders an Arboreal Edge
- Exploring Mysteries of Asteroid Bennu
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
- Archaeologists Find 'lost' Site Depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
- Underwater Mud Volcanos Are a Haven for Marine Organisms
Friday, January 24, 2025
Thursday, January 23, 2025
- 'Buzz Me In:' Bees Wearing Itty Bitty QR Codes Reveal Hive Secrets
- London Cabbies' Planning Strategies Could Help Inform Future of AI
- New Tool Enables Phylogenomic Analyses of Entire Genomes
- Super Enzyme That Regulates Testosterone Levels in Males Discovered in 'crazy' Bird Species
- Imagining the Physics of George R.R. Martin's Fictional Universe
- New Twist in Mystery of Dinosaurs' Origin
- Rare Pterosaur Fossil Reveals Crocodilian Bite 76m Years Ago
- Solving the Evolutionary Puzzle of Polyploidy: How Genome Duplication Shapes Adaptation
- The Secret to Robust and Reversible Underwater Adhesion: The Answer Lies in Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Domain
- Claims for the World's Deepest Earthquake Challenged by New Analysis
- Camel Milk Udderly Good Alterative to Traditional Dairy
- Being a Ladies' Man Comes at a Price for Alpha Male Baboons
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- Fossil Discovery in the Geiseltal Collection: Researchers Identify Unique Bird Skull
- Plants More Likely to Be 'eavesdroppers' Than Altruists When Tapping Into Underground Networks
- Fighting Experience Plays Key Role in Brain Chemical's Control of Male Aggression
- Final Synthetic Yeast Chromosome Unlocks New Era in Biotechnology
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Empty Headed? Largest Study of Its Kind Proves 'bird Brain' Is a Misnomer
- Wild Baboons Not Capable of Visual Self-Awareness When Viewing Their Own Reflection
- Scientists Identify Neurons in Mice That, Once Activated, Can Change Body's Metabolic Rate, Induce Hibernation-Like State
Monday, January 20, 2025
Friday, January 17, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- Volcanic Eruption Caused Neolithic People to Sacrifice Unique 'sun Stones'
- Asteroid Impact Sulfur Release Less Lethal in Dinosaur Extinction
- Pioneering Research Exposes Huge Loss of Glaciers in One of the Fastest-Warming Places on Earth
- Cavity-Nesting Birds Decorate With Snake Skin to Deter Predators