Environment Animals Pets Monkeys sometimes have'pets' like humans And it may explain why we love ours so much. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A review of over 300 cases of inter-species friendships indicates primates are also socially curious. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

The 500-year-old smallpox DNA is the oldest ever found in the Americas. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Smallpox killed 300-500 people during the 20th century. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

Scientists also found a mammoth that was neither biologically female or male. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A mammoth tusk found in Wrangel Island in Russia. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

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The filter-feeding invertebrates thrived and even reproduced in a Spanish port. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Specimen of the chicken kidney sponge ('Chondrosia reniformis') transplanted into the harbor Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . Cleaning our planet's filthy ports could one day get a boost from a creature with a very messy nickname.

The famed archipelago may be home to a smooth hammerhead shark nursery. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . British naturalist Charles Darwin (and maybe even his mushroom-hunting daughter) almost certainly would be excited about yet another exciting discovery in his beloved Galápagos Islands.

Researchers discovered a vibrant ecosystem that is'dark, ancient, and almost entirely hidden' from humans. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A research team led by University of Michigan isolated and grew more than 200 kinds of fungi from the deep subsurface. The collection is now the first public collection of deep subsurface fungi, and is stored at the U-M Herbarium. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week.

Amateur fossil hunters helped discover evidence of a Cretaceous Era food chain in the Australian Outback. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. In the Eromanga Sea, it was eat or be eaten. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

Why is heart cancer so rare? More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The heart has unique features that make it less susceptible to cancer. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

Weak necks, soft spots, and underdeveloped brains make our babies much less independent than other great apes. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Like modern humans, from this research the team believes'Homo erectus' mothers held helpless newborns in their arms and shared the care with the father and other group members. Laying newborns with immature heads and neck muscles on the ground can cause deformational plagiocephaly. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week.