Miguel Ángel Criado

Considered the most intelligent invertebrates, these cephalopods have developed a very complex system to use their eight arms

The discovery, published in ‘Nature,’ could force scientists to redefine what constitutes a species

By releasing an alcohol into the air that causes neighbors’ roots to exude pesticides, they can even protect subsequent generations of crops

Analysis of a stalagmite reveals that some extreme events lasted for more than a decade

Spanish researchers have identified different types of plastics in seminal plasma and ovarian follicular fluid

Light pollution affects plants as if it were the Sun, accelerating the sprouting of leaves and postponing their fall

According to a new study, the animal, which had a varied herbivorous diet, barely chewed its food

Machine analysis of the handwriting on the manuscripts has recalibrated the dating of over 100 of them, rewriting the history of their origin

New tools bring closer the possibility of exterminating species considered harmful to humans, which is fueling an ethical dilemma

The behavior, which ends with the death of the young, was initiated by a young primate and imitated by others

Unlike the smooth contours of other flowers, the originally curved petals of roses end up forming polygons with straight edges

These synthetic materials have now become part of both the life and carbon cycles, from the surface to the deepest parts of the oceans

New research suggests we fall into a state resembling sleep when we meditate or experience a mental lapse

A review of tens of thousands of soil samples from Earth reveals high concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, and lead in the pedosphere

A comprehensive analysis of thousands of homes from the last 10,000 years reveals the distribution of wealth in ancient times

The ability to put together meaningful ‘words’ to form a ‘sentence’ with a new meaning was thought to be unique to humans

These birds have neurons that are activated when they produce specific vocalizations, similar to how neurons are activated in humans, though in a different region

El Argar had a centralized system for the production and distribution of its pottery vessels and clay objects, all made from material sourced from a single location

Half of the lepidoptera species have disappeared from various regions in Spain and Europe, while in the United States, nearly a quarter have been lost this century alone

Three studies of the brain regions responsible for processing sensory information show that their neurons are and communicate differently

A group of archaeologists describes details of the 5,000-year-old burial of 20 women adorned with perforated beads

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and economy found in language

Crowds reach a critical point where individual movement is overtaken by a collective dynamic, causing the mass to adhere to Newton’s third law

An experiment shows that insects cooperate more efficiently than people under equal conditions

A group of experts claims that a geological event has confused the age of the satellite, which could be up to 180 million years older than previously thought

These cetaceans migrate between equatorial waters and the Antarctic to feed, but this male moved from the eastern Pacific to the western Indian Ocean

The bowstrings, dating from between 7,200 and 6,900 years ago, are made of braided animal tendons, a technique modern archers still employ