Plants & Animals

Nearly three times as many stallions as mares found in archaeological sites

Migratory invertebrates move pollutant to the surface, where it accumulates in fish

Molecular biology has helped illuminate long-held questions about flowering plants

New study spotlights influenza virus that could wreak havoc if it adapts to humans

Science talks with two experts in animal ethics who want to go beyond the three Rs

“Shelling” skills spread from peer to peer

Domestication of world's most common farm animal had been debated since Charles Darwin

The snapping shrimp see sharply what most other animals only see as a blur

But some biologists are skeptical that the technology is an adequate replacement for bees

Betta fish study may shed light on how many animals, including humans, interact

At least two farm workers have caught the disease from mink

Parenting may be linked to the evolution of larger brains and intelligence in corvids

Company is using genetically modified cows to produce immune proteins that neutralize the pandemic coronavirus

City living may have set the animals on the road to doglike features

And in at least one species, gills double as a nose

But survey in China doesn’t pinpoint animal source of COVID-19