Computer simulations indicate that the past currents around Madagascar would have allowed the migration of mammals to the island.
Microbial communities in the deep sea are dominated by rare species represented by single to few individuals.
The power law equation that matches the metabolic rates of individual animals also appears to match those for insect colonies.
Astronomers have been able to obtain the first direct spectrum of an exoplanet.
Tiny geolocators help reveal how the Arctic tern makes a 70,000 km round-trip every year.
Interferometry allows a team of astronomers to obtain for the first time a snapshot of the actual surface of a distant star outside of our solar system.
P/2010 A2 is an odd comet orbiting around the asteroid belt.
With the discovery of Ardi, we now know that knuckle walking evolved separately in gorillas and chimpanzees.
Ultraviolet observations and new models indicate that the relatively nearby T Pyxidis could go supernova relatively soon.
Bornaviruses can also insert their genes into the genomes of mammals.
