An evolutionary burst 540 million years ago filled the seas with an astonishing diversity of animals. The trigger behind that revolution is finally coming into focus -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Google “sea urchin fertilization” and you’ll find dozens of animations and videos of lone sea urchin sperm finding its way home to an egg -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Interbreeding may have influenced modern risks for depression, heart attacks, nicotine addiction, obesity and other health problems, researchers said -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The finding could help resolve a controversy over the continent where the ape and human lineages first evolved, according to researchers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Greenland's glacial rivers may flush some 400,000 tons of phosphorous into ocean waters—on par with the Mississippi or the Amazon. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Greenland's glacial rivers may flush some 400,000 tons of phosphorus into ocean waters—on par with the Mississippi or the Amazon. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com