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Insects belong to a phylum called Arthropoda – animals with hard exoskeletons ... For context, that's about 100 million years before any of our vertebrate ancestors – animals with a backbone – ever ...

For context, that’s about 100 million years before any of our vertebrate ancestors – animals with a backbone – ever walked on land. A species is the most basic unit that biologists use to ...

Such a voyage across nearly 5,000 miles of open ocean would be the longest known by a nonhuman vertebrate. Rafting — the term scientists use for hitching a ride across oceans on uprooted trees ...

All insects descend from a common ancestor that lived about about 480 million years ago. For context, that's about 100 million years before any of our vertebrate ancestors - animals with a backbone - ...

Human brains don’t just excel at problem-solving; they are wired for deep emotional and social processing. Comparing humans to other primates, researchers found unique brain connections that shape ...

Twice a year, around a quarter of the world’s population dutifully reset their clocks. It may seem like a minor adjustment, but some people struggle with fatigue, ...

All insects descend from a common ancestor that lived about about 480 million years ago. For context, that’s about 100 ...

Introduction: Recently, the research on pig intestinal microbiota has become a hot topic in the field of animal husbandry. There are few articles describing the dynamic changes of porcine fecal ...