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Alpine Saxifraga Confirmed as Carnivorous

A multidisciplinary study shows the mountain flower lures, traps, digests and absorbs insect nutrients, validating Charles Darwin’s 1875 suggestion.

Review Links Cambrian 'Faecal Revolution' to Rise of Animal Life

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Histone Pattern That Activates Genes Is Universal Across Eukaryotes

Early Cambrian Fossil Pushes Cephalopod Siphuncle Back 30 Million Years

Vesper Bats Found to Have Duplicated Antibody Gene Locus

Near-Complete Triassic Austronaga Fossil Preserves Internal Organs

1.43-Million-Year-Old Footprints Suggest Paranthropus boisei Walked in Male Groups

Cretaceous Skull Reveals Earliest Head‑First Burrowing Snake

Lake‑Fly Larvae Withstand Deep Pressure and Upend Ocean‑Insect Explanation

550-Million-Year-Old Worm Shows Population Bias for Rightward Turns

Thailand Names New Mamenchisaurid Sauropod, Uragasaurus kalasinensis

Study Shows Physics Shapes Nature’s Fangs, Spines and Stingers

Study Recasts ‘Hobbits’ as Scavengers, Not Big-Game Hunters

University of Minnesota Reports Synthetic 'SpudCell' That Eats, Grows, Divides and Evolves

Study Says 'Hobbits' Scavenged Komodo Dragon Kills, Not Big-Game Hunters

Jungle Huntsman Tops Sprint Tests as Fastest Measured Spider

Study Raises Conservative Global Insect Count to 14–20 Million

Study Finds Tight Birth-Canal Fit Is Common Across Many Primate Species

Lost Megalodon Vertebrae Confirm 24.3‑Metre Maximum Length

Great Apes and Humans Share a 15‑Million‑Year Rhythm in Laughter