The flying spider-monkey tree fern, scientifically known as Alsophila spinulosa, is a species of tree fern widely distributed across Asia.
Alsophila spinulosa....
Tridymite is a high-temperature, low-pressure form of quartz that is extremely rare on Earth, and it wasn’t clear how a chunk of it ended up in Gale...
In March 2022, College of Charleston’s Professor Scott Persons and colleagues suggested that Tyrannosaurus rex should be reclassified as three species:...
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus), which have been reported up to 18 m long, is the largest known extant fish species. This creatrure is a filter feeder...
A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows several spiral and irregular galaxies in the constellation of Hercules.
This Hubble image shows...
Among modern animals, only mammals and birds are warm-blooded, and the ability to keep ourselves warm has enabled mammals to survive in icy weather and...
Scientists from Boise State University and elsewhere have tested 252 genera from most families of large-bodied moths. Their results show that ultrasound-producing...
Planetary rings are often speculated as being a relatively common attribute of giant planets, partly based on their prevalence within the Solar System....
The new image from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) aboard ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft shows sections of Ius Chasma and Tithonium Chasma —...
The new global map of bulk hydrogen abundances on the Moon’s surface allows planetary researchers to address many previously unexplored areas in the...
In a systematic umbrella review of previous relevant studies, a team of scientists from the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Italy synthesized and evaluated...
New research suggests that Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology in soccer is useful for preventing obvious mistakes but is not precise enough to give...
All of the three new species belong to the salamander genus Desmognathus and are found in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States,...
The mountain fortress of Rabana-Merquly was one of the major regional centers of the Parthian Empire, according to new research led by Heidelberg University.
Mount...
Qikiqtania wakei closely resembles Tiktaalik roseae — the important transitional animal considered a missing link between fish and the earliest limbed...
In a large-scale functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, neuroscientists from MIT and Harvard University evaluated the claim of language universality...
TIC 470710327, a massive, compact hierarchical triple-star system recently identified by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), was originally...
A paleontologist from Oregon State University has found a new species of flower together with a new parasitic wasp species in a piece of amber excavated...
Several images of Jupiter and its moons as well as images and spectra of solar system asteroids from Webb’s commissioning period are now available on...
In new research, a team of scientists from Zhejiang University and Vanderbilt University examined horizontal gene transfer — an important evolutionary...
