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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.
This Australian grasshopper gave up sex 250,000 years ago and it’s doing fine
Michael Kearney, Author provided Michael Kearney, The University of Melbourne and Ary Hoffmann, The University of Melbourne Most…
Conservation science still rests on how animals can benefit humans
Anatoliy Lukich / shutterstock Heather Alberro, Nottingham Trent University; Bron Taylor, University of Florida, and Helen Kopnina, Northumbria…
The ocean is not a quiet place
The sound of the marine environment has been underestimated, mainly because it is not audible to the human…
Prehistoric Planet: Feathery (Dino) Raptors
The sound of a “feathery raptor” may evoke images of eagles and hawks now, but millions of years…
Prehistoric Planet: Was Carnotaurus a Charmer?
Snippets from the recently-aired dinosaur feature “Prehistoric Planet” showed giant predatory dinosaurs like Carnotaurus, which had ridiculously tiny…
This mosquito species from Papua New Guinea was lost for 90 years – until a photographer snapped a picture of it in Australia
Tracking mosquitoes in our backyards, such as Aedes notoscriptus, helps authorities work out future health risks. Cameron Webb…
Hotter Kalahari desert may stop hornbills breeding by 2027
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbills struggled to breed at high temperatures. Nicholas B. Pattinson Nicholas B. Pattinson, University of Cape…
Five facts about the gruesome beauty of solitary wasps
Malloscelis taiwanianus, a spider wasp, found in Sichuan, China. Shutterstock Seirian Sumner, UCL Most people recognise a wasp…
My job is full of fossilised poop, but there’s nothing icky about ichnology
The author and a colleague on the hunt for fossil traces. Morena Nava Lara Sciscio, Jurassica Museum If…
Stinky seaweed is clogging Caribbean beaches – but a New Zealand solution could turn it into green power and fertiliser
Getty Images Saeid Baroutian, University of Auckland and Terrell Thompson, University of Auckland Rotting seaweed has plagued the…