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New study documents the full palette of camouflaging behaviors that white oval squid selects from when hiding from predators.

Complete, intricate cryo-EM bacteriophage structures enable future phage engineering and AI design.

Bashofu textiles have kept Okinawans cool and comfortable for more than 500 years. New study catalogues the science behind the craft.

Study reveals common mechanism affecting brain signaling, identifying a shared cause for neurodegenerative disease symptoms.

From fossils and rare genetic ‘gene-swap’ clues, researchers reconstruct fungi’s deep timeline and reveal how they helped shape early Earth ecosystems.

Small changes to an enzyme suggest how modern humans differ from Neanderthals and Denisovans in biochemistry and behavior.

Advanced modeling system sheds new light on the synaptic vesicle cycle, essential in human brain function.

Two species of cestodes have been found in the guts of wild-caught oval squids.

Scientists use the Great Oxidation Event and how organisms adapted to it to map bacterial evolution.

Key molecule behind precise photoreceptor organization identified in fish.

Molecular cloaking mechanism explains iconic anemonefish-anemone partnership.