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As grandiose as we might think our civilizations have become, we are but the latest entry in the long chronicle detailing life on Earth. We humans share this planet with fellow organisms whose vast numbers completely tower over our own. We borrowed this planet from its previous inhabitants from eons ago and whose lives were written on the soil-turned-rock on which they were laid to rest. Modern Sciences urges its readers to contemplate our planetary co-inhabitants, both past and present.
Should we bring back the thylacine? We asked 5 experts
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Signe Dean, The Conversation In a newly announced partnership with Texas biotech company…
Why are bigger animals more energy-efficient? A new answer to a centuries-old biological puzzle
Nam Anh / Unsplash Craig White, Monash University and Dustin Marshall, Monash University If you think about “unravelling…
Warming oceans may force New Zealand’s sperm and blue whales to shift to cooler southern waters
Frédérik Saltré, Flinders University; Karen A Stockin, Massey University, and Katharina J. Peters, University of Canterbury The world’s…
Visualized: Critters That Can Eat Plastic Waste
Worries about our plastic waste ending up in our oceans are certainly ever-present, but that doesn’t mean that…
Flies evade your swatting thanks to sophisticated vision and neural shortcuts
Fly brains can process images very quickly. www.shutterexperiments.com/Moment via GettyImages Jamie Theobald, Florida International University and Ravindra Palavalli-Nettimi,…
Ancient megalodon super-predators could swallow a great white shark whole, new model reveals
J.J. Giraldo, Author provided Stephen Wroe, University of New England In a new 3D modelling study published this…
Did an Organ Just “Un-die?”
An hour after a pig’s heart stopped beating, researchers managed to kick its organs back to life. How…
A key feature contributed to sauropods getting so enormous, new dino foot study reveals
Herschel Hoffmeyer/Shutterstock Steven W. Salisbury, The University of Queensland; Andréas Jannel, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, and Olga Panagiotopoulou,…
What is this new Langya virus? Do we need to be worried?
People could have caught the virus from wild shrews. Shutterstock Allen Cheng, Monash University A new virus, Langya…
(How) Do You Smell That?
Did you get a whiff of that nearby restaurant’s cuisine as you walked by? In doing so, you…