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24 unknown crustaceans discovered in a highly coveted deep-sea zone
An international team made up of sixteen researchers has formally described 24 new species of amphipods, small crustaceans living on the seabed,
Two never-before-seen bat species discovered in Cameroon's remote forests
Deep in the forests of Lobéké National Park, located in eastern Cameroon, a research team has uncovered two species of insectivorous bats
A venomous South American spider quietly spotted in Portugal
Between September 2025 and January 2026, two male specimens of a venomous spider native to South America were spotted in the city
A shark that can walk on its fins has just been discovered
A team of divers and marine biologists has formally described a new shark species capable of using its pectoral and pelvic fins
The DNA in a single one of your cells stretches to about two meters
Every nucleated human cell contains, carefully folded within its nucleus, roughly two meters of DNA, a length that seems utterly disproportionate compared
Your eyes are roughly equivalent to a 576-megapixel camera
Estimates produced by ophthalmologists and visual imaging specialists put the combined theoretical resolution of our two eyes at roughly 576 megapixels under
Why your skeleton is stronger than reinforced concrete
It sounds hard to believe, yet it is true: pound for pound, human cortical bone can withstand compressive stress greater than that
DID YOU KNOW your gut microbiome weighs nearly as much as your brain
Every human being carries, inside their digestive tract, a microbial community so dense that it nearly rivals the weight of an entire
Your Heart Beats About 100,000 Times a Day Without Ever Stopping
Few organs in our anatomy perform a task as repetitive and as vital as the heart, that muscular pump working nonstop from