Ocean health 66 million years ago analysed in an international study with the participation of EHU researcher Vicente Gilabert and published in Nature Communications

Human eyes are complex and irreparable, yet they are structurally like those of the freshwater apple snail, which can completely regenerate its eyes. A new study shows that apple snail and human eyes share many anatomical and genetic features. 

The eye of the apple snail is unusually similar to a human eye—but, unlike human eyes, it can regrow itself if injured or even amputated. New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has established the apple snail as a novel research organism to study eye regeneration, with the potential to better understand and find treatments for eye conditions in humans like macular degeneration.

A new paper in Annals of Botany indicates that pollination can have a dramatic effect on how plants grow and change. The study shows that when plants and pollinators become uncoordinated (even for a brief time) that can change who reproduces best and alter plant diversity. The paper offers new insights into how evolution works in real time.

A robot crab has helped scientists understand how male fiddler crabs compete over females.

Biologists at the University of Cincinnati discovered that some cockroaches, like people, need more sleep when they’re pregnant. And baby cockroaches need the mom to sleep longer for proper development.