Plants are the original solar panels, and they're very good at converting light into energy – red and blue light, that is.

A study of daily activity of Drosophila species under naturalistic conditions shows that sociosexual interactions, via dopamine signalling, expand their temporal niche in a species-specific way accord...

An expedition of a deep-sea trench near Australia uncovered the eerie sea spider specimens, whose glow may have been chronicled in 19th century documents.

Chemical cues are fundamental for orientation, communication, foraging, reproduction, and defense in subterranean environments, where permanent darkness increases reliance on non-visual sensory system...

Three species preferred different people based on their skin odor and bacteria. The findings could help make new microbe-based repellants.

An analysis of sound-making structures on preserved wings reveals the mating calls of ancient Jurassic insects, re-creating part of an ancient soundscape.

We love our dogs and we know they love us back.

Scientific Reports - The giant panda is cryptic

Bacteria may build a memory of herbivore attack in the soil and coax new plants to attract wasps to rein in destructive pests.

There's something about drawing stick figures with weapons and monsters in the margins of your homework that stands the test of time.

Long-clawed shrews’ snouts temporarily grow larger in the winter. This skull reshaping may be an extreme survival strategy in cold conditions.

School device use links with lower test scores and distractions abound. But reversing the entrenched pandemic pivot to screens will be hard.

In the lab, female frogs were less likely to choose preferred males as mating calls increased, potentially giving other males a better shot.

Female pied flycatchers can tell whether a male is paired or not based on song differences. Mated males sing shorter songs and repeat syllables less.

Researchers scanned the ears of hundreds of marine mammals to deduce when pinnipeds evolved to hear well in both air and water.

If you're feeling itchy, it's probably a warning sign from your body that something alien is on your skin.

We all know that humans have five senses.

WHOI's Sensory Ecology Lab investigates whether an industrialized soundscape impacts the health of a New England icon

Nature can hide some of its more spectacular displays in the weirdest places.

Comparative analysis of laughter rhythm across all extant great apes reveals that isochrony is ancestral to hominids, with tempo, variability, and context-sensitivity increasing progressively toward humans, tracing a continuum of vocal plasticity.

The scent of a single chemical, made only by the queen, alters hormone production in other females.

The soft contact lenses that are most common today have a tendency to attract very tiny scratches as they get routinely handled and cleaned.

A study led by EPFL shows that when objects are difficult to see, mice don't simply look harder. They move to find better viewpoints, adjusting their behavior according to how much visual information ...

Fake, painted decoys suggest immature coloring acts as a social signal, reducing aggression from territorial nesting gulls.

If you want to know torment, speak to a sufferer of tinnitus.

Scientists thought angiosperms didn’t use animals to spread seeds until after the Age of Dinosaurs. Fossilized fruits from these plants challenge this idea.

In the sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea, a cultural divide may be underway.

Abstract. Socially mediated vocal plasticity, such as vocal accommodation, is an important mechanism for maintaining social cohesion and coordination in gr

Adult finches make "heat calls" as the temperature rises. Exposure to the song prepares their unhatched young's brains for the heat.

DNA preserved in ancient scat reveals what Yukon ground squirrels ate and what animals shared their world.

Queen-cell wax helps shape honeybee queen development, challenging the idea that royal jelly alone makes a queen, a new study suggests.

How animals navigate by Earth's magnetic field is hotly debated. New research in pigeons points to iron-laden liver immune cells as the compass.