1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (959+ words) Meet the tiny mammal that survived the dino-killing asteroid to became our earliest ancestor As the ‘Age of the Dinosaurs’ came to an abrupt end 66 million years ago, another evolutionary story began, the ‘Rise of the Primates’, and it starts…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (611+ words) Long before we invented biodegradable plastic, nature had its own version. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, have discovered that breaking down microbial bioplastics isn’t a skill reserved for microorganisms, like previously thought – but…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (363+ words) Scientists find that capuchin monkeys hunt for meat when plants are scarce When researchers in Brazil were studying how capuchin monkeys use tools, they soon noticed that the primates were actively hunting and consuming vertebrates – so they quickly started recording…...