Some sea slugs take up chloroplasts from the algae that they consume into their cells. These chloroplasts retain their ability to perform photosynthetic activity within the animal cells for several ...

For the first time, researchers have successfully extracted and decoded RNA from an extinct animal. The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, was a wolflike marsupial that went extinct after ...

For years, scientists have listened to the clicks of sperm whales and wondered what they were saying. While previous research scratched the surface of understanding, a new study — published May 7 in ...

A joint research team has successfully sequenced the complete genomes of ancient dogs excavated from archaeological sites on the Korean Peninsula, marking the first such analysis of ancient Korean dog ...

Plants, algae and some bacteria are able to perform photosynthesis, which is the process of transforming sunlight energy into sugar. Animals are generally unable to use this process to acquire energy, ...

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