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Study documents first direct evidence of an Arabian Sea humpback whale crossing the Arabian Sea, an unusual journey for a species so uniquely adapted to their habitat they represent a behavioral anomaly

Teenagers who report competing with caregivers’ phones for attention are more likely to have insecure attachment styles, which could damage wellbeing

Microbiome of ancient middens sheds new light on the daily life of Paleo-Inuit and old Norse

Researchers find more interaction with pets during stressful moments may not help stress-reduction but – in some cases – intensify negative feelings

Large-scale study on children with asthma and allergies suggests no link between exposure to cats and asthma severity

New automatic detection algorithm integrates into 3D scanners to help catch marine wildlife trafficking in luggage

Guest editorial by Dr Rebecca Chia-Chun Hsu, Professor Chi-Kuei Wang, and Dr Chung-Cheng Lee, the authors of a new Frontiers in Forests and Global Change article that describes their year-long endeavor to find Taiwan’s tallest tree.

AI use in research is now the norm, but the boundaries of acceptable use remain unclear.

Antipredator training for pregnant Pacific pocket mice makes pups more vigilant, preparing them better for release into the wild

Children aged 8–15 have collaborated with leading neuroscientists and winners of The Brain Prize to review articles explaining breakthrough brain research in a new Frontiers for Young Minds collection published today. Each article was reviewed by young reviewers aged 8-15, who worked with the scientists to make complex neuroscience topics easy to understand for their peers.

Frontiers wins a gold award and a silver award at the 2026 EPIC Awards of the Society for Scholarly Publishing – for a landmark whitepaper on AI in research and publishing, and a digital campaign making research integrity visible.

Enabled by global heating, mosquito-borne chikungunya virus is likely to spread into temperate regions

Disease in snakes could pile up following a first infection, with some species in the US particularly affected by certain pathogens, study of wild snakes shows

Seagrass seedlings come from sexual reproduction, not cloning, preserving essential genetic diversity

Soils store carbon, sustain ecosystems, and underpin global food and water systems. A new Frontiers in Science paper details how AI tools can help us adapt soils—and the systems they nurture—to a changing climate.

Accessible digital tool recording writing speed and number of strokes in complex handwriting tasks could aid diagnosis of cognitive decline, study shows

Scientists shows that simply sampling seawater can reveal health of dolphin populations, in a first for conservation

At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of thousands of articles published each year, it’s impossible to see all that research in the same way scientists do. Here are some images that showcase some of the newest findings published in the last month.

Leaffooted bug nymphs face ‘existential challenge’ that includes dangerous journey down trees to acquire bacterial symbionts needed to survive and grow, study shows

Helium isotope readings from geothermal springs indicate that the Kafue Rift has broken through the Earth’s crust