Engels Was Right

"Further evidence that Engels was correct in his ground breaking study; The role of Labour in the Transition From Ape to Man. Once again proving Hobbes wrong. Gendered division of labor gave modern humans advantage over Neanderthals"

Evolution: Vanishing beetle horns have surprise function

Bloomington, Indiana - The function of horned beetles' wild protrusions has been a matter of some consternation for biologists. Digging seemed plausible; combat and mate selection, more likely. Even Charles...

Fish Fights

"Not dog fighting, not cock fighting, those are illegal. Fish fights though seem to have allowed scientists to discover that yes fish do have personalities. So I wonder when the teacher will impose no fighting rules in the undesea school yard."

NRDC [environmental news]

Specialized news focused on environmental topics.

Cats and Dogs

"Woman claims puppies were born to cat"

Regeneration: Scientist regrow chicken wing

Chop off a salamander's leg and a brand new one will sprout in no time. But most animals have lost the ability to replace missing limbs. Now, a research team at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has been able to regenerate a wing in a chick embryo - a species not...

Does Natural Selection Drive The Evolution Of Cancer?

The dynamics of evolution are fully in play within the environment of a tumor (tumour), just as they are in forests and meadows, oceans and streams. This is the view of researchers in an emerging cross-disciplinary field that brings the thinking of ecologists and evolutionary...

Evolution's 'Driving Force' Shifts Based on Behavior, Study Says

From National Geographic News: Brown anole lizards on tiny islands in the Bahamas were enjoying the good life, untroubled by a lizard predator found on larger islands nearby.But all that changed when biologist...

Yes We Have No Bananas

"Is that a gun in your pocket or a banana? It's often said that a man shares 30% of his genes with a banana"

Scientific American [science news]

Specialized news focused on scientific topics.

Our Ancestor?

"May be the sea urchin."

Science News

It does what it says in the title.

SD Breaking News

Updated every 15 minutes.

Science Daily [science news]

Specialized news focused on scientific topics.

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from