Researchers at the Technion have discovered how changes in genetic regulatory sequences can lead to alterations in the form and structure of animals—even when genetic regulatory systems are stable and ...

Comparing the mechanics of snail shells and ant mandibles provides clues about why there are shell fragments in ants’ garbage ...

Charmouth and Lyme Regis beaches are the best places to find fossils. Button recommends Compton Bay, which includes a large ...

They didn’t look like much at first, just a scatter of white slivers along the tide line. At a glance, they could’ve passed for fish bones or bits of plastic, the kind of debris beachcombers often ...

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How do bees everywhere know how to construct their hives with rows and rows of perfect hexagons? Why do snail shells, hurricanes and sometimes galaxies array themselves in spirals while flowers and ...

Welcome to Just One Dish, a Foobooz series that looks at an outstanding item on a Philly restaurant’s menu — the story behind the dish, how it’s made, and why you should be going out of your way to ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—There was a time when words traveled slowly— sealed with intention—carried from one heart to another. And now that time has come again in Santa Barbara. Sondra Weiss started a ...

A mysterious volcanic comet has transformed into a giant, "fossil-like" spiral of light after one of its most violent outbursts in years, new photos reveal. The stunning spectacle is a reminder of how ...

Sea mollusc shells are patterned not through conscious control, but by chemistry acting at the shell’s growing edge. A thin strip of tissue known as the mantle secretes both the shell material and its ...

Hawaii’s land snails are disappearing at a pace that has scientists using words like “devastated” and “erased.” A sweeping new review led by University of Hawaiʻi researcher Robert Cowie finds that ...