Sakana AI, an artificial intelligence startup based in Tokyo that takes inspiration from nature, today announced a new method for creating generative AI models using what the company says is similar ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

In adaptive radiations, a single lineage undergoes rapid diversification into multiple ecologically distinct forms, often driven by novel environmental opportunities or the exploitation of unoccupied ...

The human gut harbours a complex ecosystem of trillions of microorganisms (the microbiome), which influences digestion, the immune system and metabolism. A research team led by the University of ...

The downstream consequences of religion, politics and war can have far-reaching effects on the environment and on the evolutionary processes affecting urban organisms, according to a new analysis from ...

Christa Lesté-Lasserre is a science journalist specialising in animal health and behaviour, life sciences and evolutionary ...