The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has warned that an "industrial megaproject" threatens the skies over the Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert in Chile, considered the darkest in the world and one of the most important "astronomical treasures."
The project...
An initiative by the Por el Mar Foundation proposed a seaweed planting project to preserve the submarine forests off the coast of Patagonia.
The prestigious magazine Science recently published a letter signed by twenty researchers under the title Protecting kelp...
A new study published in PLOS ONE concludes that the radiation-induced mutation has not caused significant genetic differences between the populations of dogs in the city of Chernobyl and the nearby nuclear power plant.
This research has important implications for...
Researchers have embarked on an ambitious mission to explore the seafloor, revealing a vibrant and life-filled ecosystem near the hydrothermal vents, located more than 2,500 meters below sea level.
This expedition, carried out aboard the Falkor vessel at the East...
Japanese scientists have demonstrated that male medaka fish can mate an average of 19 times a day, releasing more than half of their sperm production in the first three copulations.
Among animals that have multiple partners and deposit eggs outside...
There are only two types of animals capable of cooperating to transport large objects: humans and ants. Among the 15,000 species of ants, only 1% have the intelligence to work collectively and achieve this feat.
A group of entomologists used...
Australian researchers have developed an innovative technique with genetically modified mosquitoes that could be key in the fight against tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue.
This breakthrough, recently published in the journal Nature Communications, promises to reduce the spread...
The species of **bacteria** in a **Wisconsin lake** are constantly evolving in an endless cycle from which they do not seem to be able to escape.
According to a new study published in Nature Microbiology, researchers found that, over the...
In a discovery that sheds light on the adaptability and resilience of marine ecosystems, a group of scientists has identified the shallowest and southernmost red hydrocoral forest ever found on the coasts of Chile.
The research results were published in...
In Australia, a country where the presence of arachnids is common, researchers have found one of the most impressive fossil sites in recent decades: the fossil of a giant spider.
This discovery, published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean...
