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#1348542022-06-02
The link between temperature, dehydration and tectonic tremors in Alaska
A Kobe University research group has shed light on how low-frequency tectonic tremors occur; these findings will contribute towards better predictions of future megathrust earthquakes.
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#1228362019-11-01
The largest seabirds in the North Atlantic travel hundreds of miles just to catch food
Gannets, the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, can travel hundreds of miles from their homes just to catch food for their chicks. However, with around a million square miles of ocean to choose from, it has always been a mystery how they decide where is best to search for fish.
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#1270742021-02-15
The keys to a major boost for hybrid wheat breeding
A new study, led by researchers from The University of Western Australia and scientists and expert plant breeders from Limagrain is set to revolutionize the future of wheat production, with three genes identified that will enable the breeding of hybrid wheat crops that promise higher yields and ...
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#1282102021-04-22
The intricate dance between waves, wind, and gliding pelicans is worked out for the first time
It's a common sight: pelicans gliding along the waves, right by the shore. These birds make this kind of surfing look effortless, but actually the physics involved that give them a big boost are not simple.
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#1335452022-02-25
The insect brain: We froze ants and beetles to learn how they remember their way home
We humans are versatile and accomplished navigators, but insects might have navigation skills that are even better. For them, it's literally a matter of life and death—and that's why we decided to freeze some ants and beetles (don't worry, they still survived) to learn more about how they rememb ...
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#1267112021-01-26
The inner ear hides clues on human evolution
A PNAS study led by the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) analyzed the kinship between two Miocene great apes (Hispanopithecus and Rudapithecus) based on the morphology of their inner ear semicircular canals.
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#1328602022-02-01
The impact of learning from ancestors on the rate of natural selection
Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo studied the impact of learning from ancestors on the rate of natural selection, and found that the evolutionary process can be accelerated, which may assist in the design of future evolutionary algorithms.
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#1317972021-11-18
The impact of flowering plants on the evolution of life on Earth
Researchers at the University of Bristol have identified the huge impact of flowering plants on the evolution of life on Earth. Flowering plants today include most of the plants humans eat or drink, such as grains, fruits and vegetables, and they build many familiar landscapes such as wetlands, ...
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#1203782019-03-14
The impact of extreme weather on biodiversity and pollinating insects
Markus Franzén, doctor in ecology at the department of biology and environmental science at Linnaeus University, has been granted SEK 3 million by Formas for his research project, "Cascading effects of drought on farming/grazing and farmland biodiversity."
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#1191722018-12-21
The idiosyncratic mammalian diversification after extinction of the dinosaurs
Mass extinction typically conjures a picture of a meteor falling to Earth and decimating the dinosaurs along with everything else. However, this is not exactly what happened. Different groups of living beings were affected differently by the various mass extinctions that have occurred during the ...
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#1197562019-02-04
The humble spade flower moonlights as the 'love shrub'
If you are observant enough in the Australian bush, you may be able to spot the spade flower, a member of the violet family. Spade flowers grow under the semi-shade of open eucalypt forest, among other little green herbaceous plants.
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#1337012022-03-03
The hidden footprint of low-carbon indoor farming
A new study challenges the universal land-saving claims of vertical farming, finding that there is no one size fits all approach for land use, food security and sustainable agriculture.
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#1224572019-10-01
The hidden ark: How a grassroots initiative can help save fish from extinction
Freshwater fish are a highly diverse group representing nearly half of all fish species. Due to accelerating human activities, they are also the most threatened vertebrate group, and are disappearing faster than they can be described. Currently, half of all freshwater fish species are still not ...
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#1283102021-04-28
The growing promise of community-based monitoring and citizen science
Over recent decades, community-based environmental monitoring (often called "citizen science") has exploded in popularity, aided both by smartphones and rapid gains in computing power that make the analysis of large data sets far easier.
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#1333442022-02-18
The great greenwashing scam: PR firms face reckoning after spinning for big oil
This week a peer-reviewed study confirmed what many have suspected for years: major oil companies are not fully backing up their clean energy talk with action.
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#1295072021-07-09
The giant panda's mystery revealed
Although the giant panda is in practice a herbivore, its masticatory system functions differently from the other herbivores. Through the processes of natural selection, the giant panda's dietary preference has strongly impacted the evolution of its teeth and jaws.
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#1276412021-03-10
The genetic underpinnings of plumage for Eurasian white wagtails
For birds, simple does not always equal simple—and that difference can create interesting variations in plumage, according to new findings from University of Colorado Boulder researchers and their colleagues.
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#1279562021-04-07
The future of biodiversity collections
Events such as the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the crucial role played by biodiversity collections in enabling rapid responses to crises and in facilitating ongoing research across numerous fields. Despite the recognized value of this infrastructure, the community nevertheless has further ...
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#1285542021-05-11
The formation of the Amazon Basin influenced the distribution of manatees
All three species of manatee now present on Earth share a common ancestor from which they split some 6.5 million years ago, when a huge lake in Amazonia, then linked to the Caribbean, was cut off from the sea.
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#1255772020-11-05
The first duckbill dinosaur fossil from Africa hints at how dinosaurs once crossed oceans
The first fossils of a duckbilled dinosaur have been discovered in Africa, suggesting dinosaurs crossed hundreds of kilometres of open water to get there
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#1277162021-03-16
The first angstrom-scale view of weathering
Sedimentary rocks and water are both abundant on Earth's surface, and over long stretches of time, their interactions turn mountains into sediment.
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#1330072022-02-08
The fastest population growth in the West's wildland fringes is in ecosystems most vulnerable to wildfires
The view from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Southern California can be beautiful—pine forests and chaparral spill across an often rugged landscape. But as more people build homes in this area, where development gets into wild land, they're facing some of the highest risks for wildfires i ...
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#1323302022-01-06
The evolutionary origins of why you're programmed to love sugar
The sweetness of sugar is one of life's great pleasures. People's love for sweet is so visceral, food companies lure consumers to their products by adding sugar to almost everything they make: yogurt, ketchup, fruit snacks, breakfast cereals and even supposed health foods like granola bars.
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#1327842022-01-27
The enduring buzz around bees inspires art and culture through the ages
New multi-disciplinary, international research has found that the appreciation of bees has been recognized throughout history and cultures, represented in diverse art forms from ancient carvings and historic cave art, to the big screen and across social media.
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#1294162021-06-21
The end of Darwin's nightmare at Lake Victoria?
Lake Victoria, which came under the spotlight in 2004 by the documentary "Darwin's Nightmare," is not only suffering from the introduction and commercialisation of the Nile perch. A study lead researchers from the University of Liège (Belgium) has highlighted other worrying phenomena, particular ...
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#1288282021-05-25
The earliest round-the-world marine research voyages give new insights on climate change
For the first time, scientists have used ocean measurements taken on research voyages almost 150 years ago to learn more about how human activity has impacted climate change.
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#1268242021-02-02
The dogs on the front line of wildlife conservation, from sniffing whale droppings and detecting invasive species to fighting off predators
Dogs are not just man’s best friend. They also play an increasingly important role in wildlife conservation, protecting endangered species and habitats, finding alien invaders, and catching and deterring smugglers and poachers.
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#1300892021-08-20
The diverse group of plant-eating dinosaurs that roamed Victoria 110 million years ago
During the Early Cretaceous period, 110 million to 107 million years ago, Australia was much further south than it is today. Yet fossils from several sites on the Otway Coast in Victoria show dinosaurs were common in the region.
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#1339812022-04-11
The discovery of two giant dinosaur species solves the mystery of missing apex predators in North America and Asia
The top predator of the Jurassic and Cretaceous landscapes was usually a species of meat-eating dinosaur. These predators walked on two legs, had powerful jaws lined with sharp teeth and included species from groups known as tyrannosaurs, spinosaurs and carcharodontosaurs.
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#1223862019-09-26
The dark giraffe, the new dark horse
Darker male giraffes have been found to be more solitary and less social than their lighter-colored counterparts, according to new research from The University of Queensland.
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#1334632022-02-23
The cost of inequality
Deciding on an equitable, inclusive, sustainable development path globally, instead of business as usual, is the only way out of the current crises and to avert future crises.
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#1237382020-01-15
The connection between water and human biology is more important now than ever
A researcher at Penn State is developing a way to consistently research water and its effects on human biology and health.
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#1274512021-03-02
The chicken-and-the-egg problem: tRNAs are key elements in the evolution of early life forms
A Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich team has shown that slight alterations in transfer-RNA molecules (tRNAs) allow them to self-assemble into a functional unit that can replicate information exponentially. tRNAs are key elements in the evolution of early life forms.
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#1245132020-03-04
The brains of shrimps and insects are more alike than we thought
New research shows that crustaceans such as shrimps, lobsters and crabs have more in common with their insect relatives than previously thought—when it comes to the structure of their brains.
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#1279222021-04-06
The brain may have evolved to regulate digestion in presence of light rather than food stimuli
Many life forms use light as an important biological signal, including animals with visual and non-visual systems. But now, researchers from Japan have found that neuronal cells may have initially evolved to regulate digestion according to light information.
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#1232562019-12-04
The bizarre and ecologically important hidden lives of mosquitoes
Mosquitoes. Hordes of them, buzzing in your ear and biting incessantly, a maddening nuisance without equal. And not to mention the devastating health impacts caused by malaria, Zika virus and other pathogens they spread.
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#1245162020-03-04
The birds and the bees: Transform your garden or balcony into a wildlife haven
Just like humans, animals like living near coastal plains and waterways. In fact, cities such as Sydney and Melbourne are "biodiversity hotspots"—boasting fresh water, varied topographies and relatively rich soil to sustain and nourish life.
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#1295272021-07-12
The big potential of little millet
Since humans began cultivating the land, we've prioritized one type of crop above all others: grain. With high amounts of minerals, protein, and vitamins, cereal grains form the foundation of diets worldwide.
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#1260912020-12-08
The better submerged vegetation develops, the greater nitrogen removal occurs in lake sediments
Sediment nitrogen (N) cycling is an important biological removal process for N permanently, which is driven by N-cycling microbial community. With the increasing interest in the interaction between submerged vegetation (SV) and sediment N-cycling bacterial community, there remains conflict opini ...
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#1227252019-10-24
The benefits that carnivorous animals bring to society are under-studied
Carnivores deliver important benefits for society, but it is their conflicts with humans that account for the majority of academic research publications, according to an international study led by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), in which a researcher from the University of Granada (U ...
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#1351492022-06-30
The art of getting DNA out of decades-old pickled snakes
Two levels underground, Chicago's Field Museum has a secret bunker. The sub-basement Collections Resource Center houses millions of biological specimens for scientists around the world to use in their research, including countless bottles and jars containing pickled fish, lizards, and snakes, ar ...
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#1284632021-05-06
The ants, bees and wasps of Canada, Alaska and Greenland - a checklist of 9250 species
Knowing what species live in which parts of the world is critical to many fields of study, such as conservation biology and environmental monitoring.This is also how we can identify present or potential invasive and non-native pest species.
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#1328552022-02-01
The ancient, intimate relationship between trees and fungi, from fairy toadstools to technicolour mushrooms
You may be familiar with the red toadstool with white spots, which are often the homes of fairies in children's stories. These toadstools are also a small part of grander magical story: they are striking examples of mycorrhizas.
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#1334012022-02-21
The Surprising Biodiversity Hidden in the World’s Fragile Mangrove Forests
Mangrove forests protect coastal ecosystems around the world from erosion and serve as habitats for an amazing array of fish, birds and other species. But because of the groves’ low levels of plant diversity, scientists have long assumed these famously twisty, salt-tolerant trees didn’t play hos ...
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#1255422020-11-04
The Somali man who has a scorpion named after him
The 66-year-old scientist from Somaliland has been honoured by the three researchers who discovered the new scorpion species in the region in recognition of his decades of work in conservation and environmental protection.
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#1298622021-08-10
The Size of A Bird’s Eye Can Be Pivotal To Conservation Efforts, Experts Say
Birds have a limited range of taste and smell, so they rely on their vision to navigate. Turns out, their eyes are also windows to their biology and behavior patterns, suggesting where they eat, hunt or mate. And if scientists look closely, they can chart a conservation map for bird species in t ...
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#1325302022-01-14
The Sixth Global Biodiversity Mass Extinction is Already Happening
Extreme natural phenomena have caused mass biodiversity extinction five times throughout the history of life on Earth. Many experts now believe that a Sixth Mass Extinction is underway, this time caused entirely by human activities.
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#1203812019-03-15
The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change
Nature is in freefall and the planet’s support systems are so stretched that we face widespread species extinctions and mass human migration unless urgent action is taken. That’s the warning hundreds of scientists are preparing to give, and it’s stark.
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#1196932019-01-31
The Ocean’s Gateway to Antarctica
The Antarctic Slope Current (ASC), which rings the continent, is a fascinating ocean flow for its local, regional, and global influence. A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics describes the spatial and temporal variability of the ASC and its influence on the global climate system. Here, the aut ...
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#1343282022-05-10
The Ocean Is Starting to Lose Its Memory, Scientists Warn
The oceans that surround us are transforming. As our climate changes, the world's waters are shifting too, with abnormalities evident not only in the ocean's temperature, but also its structure, currents, and even its color.