New species of night monkey, porcupine and shrew opossum found in Peru. New, unnamed species of night monkey.
Credit: Alexander Pari This week, researchers have announced the discovery of a handful of new species in Peru, including a night monkey, common shrew opossum and porcupine, and the extra great news is that they’re all storybook levels of adorable.
Mammals Made By Viruses. If not for a virus, none of us would ever be born.
In 2000, a team of Boston scientists discovered a peculiar gene in the human genome. It encoded a protein made only by cells in the placenta. They called it syncytin. The cells that made syncytin were located only where the placenta made contact with the uterus. Terrestrial. Marine.