Tessa Koumoundouros is a Journalist and editorial assistant at ScienceAlert. She is fascinated by all living things and primarily writes about biology, health, and the environment, with a keen interest in topics such as anthropology, archaeology, and ecology. Tessa's science reporting has also been featured in Yahoo News, highlighting her expertise in medicine and healthcare.
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By: Tessa Koumoundouros
A brutal confluence of environmental change and human fishing habits left tens of thousands of adult African penguins off South Africa's coast without enough food to survive, reducing their population by around 95 percent in just eight years, a new study reveals.
By: Tessa Koumoundouros, Toa Heftiba
The taming of fire is credited with sparking humanity's evolutionary journey towards our modern levels of intelligence. Fire gave early humans access to a broader range of safe foods, fueling the development of larger brains and paving the way for the birth of Homo sapiens, so the cooking hypothesis goes.
By: Tessa Koumoundouros, Daniel Day
Most of us can relate to feeling uncomfortable when someone scrapes their nails down a chalkboard.
By: Tessa Koumoundouros
Scientists have used a specially engineered virus to help track the brain changes caused by psilocybin in mice, revealing how the drug could be breaking loops of depressive thinking.
By: Tessa Koumoundouros
From missing dinosaur feathers to fictitious pack-hunting behaviors, many details of the Jurassic Park movie franchise belong firmly in fantasy.
By: Tessa Koumoundouros
Even a boneless, gelatinous sack lacking a dedicated anus and brain needs its beauty sleep, a new study by researchers from Bar-Ilan University in Israel finds.
By: Tessa Koumoundouros
An uncannily spider-like creation in the Philippines. (George Olah)
By: Tessa Koumoundouros
Illustration of bacteria on the colon epithelium. (Nanoclustering/Science Photo Library/Getty Images)
By: Tessa Koumoundouros, Daniel Day
When someone scrapes their nails down a chalkboard, many of us might feel uncomfortable.
We can now hear one of the largest and most ancient living organisms on Earth whisper with the tremble of a million leaves echoing through its roots.
