Ancient WASP preserved in Amber may have used the rear end to trap flies

Ancient WASP preserved in Amber may have used the rear end to trap flies

A copy of Sirenobethylus Camybdis preserved in amber Qiong Wu An extraordinarily turned off WASP found to be magnificent in Amber may have used his stomach to understand other insects like a Venus aircraft trap before laying his eggs on them. “It is in contrast to something I have completed before. It is unlike any … Read more

Two-fingered dinosaur used its huge claws to eat leaves

Two-fingered dinosaur used its huge claws to eat leaves

Illustration of Duonychus Tsogtbaatari, a Theropod Dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period Masato Hattori A new species of dinosaur found on a Mongolian building site has the large fully preserved claw ever found. The bipedale, herbaceous animal had only two fingers on the ECH hand, which it may have used to grab branches and pull them … Read more

Fossiler reveals how the coat from early mammals looked

Fossiler reveals how the coat from early mammals looked

Illustration of arboroharamiya fuscus, a newly discovered Jura mammal species with dark fur Chuang Zhao, Ruoshuang Li While many dinosaurs and pterosaurs flaumed flamboyant feathers were early mammals a dull lot. A study of the fossilized coat of six mammals that lived Jurassic and Creataceous periods have found that they all had gray -brown fur. … Read more

Large animals have higher cancer risk – but also developed better

Large animals have higher cancer risk - but also developed better

African elephants have additional copies of genes that help resist cancer Neil Aldridge/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Larger animals live longer and have more cells that could go wrong, so we wow expect them to have a greater risk of developing cancer. An understanding analysis of 263 species suggests that this is actually the case, but also … Read more

London underground mutant mosquito has surprisingly old origin

London underground mutant mosquito has surprisingly old origin

Culex pipiens f. Molestus is a form of mosquito found in cities all over the world Blickwinkel / Alamy Stock Photo A form of mosquito associated with London underground developedTh Century. Culex pipiens f. Molestus Available in cities all over the world, but it became widely known as London Underground Mosquito after World War II, … Read more

Humpbacks songs have patterns that make human language

Humpbacks songs have patterns that make human language

Humpback whales in the southern Pacific Tony Wu/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Humpbacks songs have statistical patterns in their structure that are not similar to the public, similar to those seen in human language. While this does not mean that the songs that convey complex meanings that our sentences do, it suggests that Yeles can teach their … Read more

Bonobos can tell when they know something you do

Bonobos can tell when they know something you do

Kanzi, one of three captive bonobos whose mental abilities were tested in the study Ape -Initiative Bonobos is quick to help someone who doesn’t know what they know a sign that they can derive the mental states of others. The capacity to think about what others think, known as theory of mind, is an important … Read more