Fast-moving animals process visual information at higher speeds, reshaping how they hunt, escape predators, and experience time.

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For decades, scientists have debated which animals first appeared on Earth and set the stage for the evolution of complex life. A recent study by MIT geochemists offers compelling evidence that the ...

The expansion of early land plants across terrestrial environments has been a key focus in planetary evolution research due to its crucial role in raising oxygen levels and transforming the living ...

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An artist’s impression depicts Kryoryctes at Dinosaur Cove in Australia. New research supports the hypothesis that Kryoryctes is a common ancestor of both the platypus and echidna. - Peter Schouten ...

(CNN) — The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ...