Nature, Published online: 12 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00594-w Sharks might not be a natural biological group, with most species potentially closer kin to rays than to an oddball group of sharks.
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00782-8 Activity levels and daytime sleepiness can be combined into a ‘behavioural clock’ that predicts whether a fish will have a short life or a long one.
Nature, Published online: 13 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00813-4 The 1990s game has been run on bacteria and a satellite and played by neurons in a dish.
Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00798-0 A study reveals how the asexual Amazon molly defies evolutionary expectations — plus, evidence of what might be powering superluminous supernovae.
Nature, Published online: 12 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00709-3 Four million articles are now downloaded from bioRxiv every month, according to an analysis of the life-science preprint server’s first 13 years of existence.