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#1303272021-09-09
New anthrophyopsis fossil material discovered in Sichuan Basin, China
Anthrophyopsis Nathorst is an extinct but representative Late Triassic gymnosperm genus. However, the taxonomic statuses and the leaf morphological variation of this fossil plant remain unclear.
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#1303282021-09-09
Elevated carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere negatively affects dung beetles size and survival
Climate change is a truth of the 21st century that is difficult to avoid. The burning of fossil fuels in industry, for transport, and other everyday life activities of Homo sapiens has resulted in elevated levels of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere. Extreme weather conditions as seen in recent floo ...
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#1303292021-09-09
How taste cells can control a whole animal's foraging strategy
Neuroscientists have developed a computer model to explain how a nematode worm searches for food, revealing that single brain cells can both sense the environment and control a whole animal's foraging strategy.
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#1303302021-09-09
Butterflies feed on live young to steal chemicals for 'wedding gifts'
For the first time, milkweed butterflies have been sighted feeding on live caterpillars—their own species' young. Researchers suggest they do this to increase their supply of mating pheromones.
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#1303312021-09-09
500-million-year-old fossil represents rare discovery of ancient animal in North America
Many scientists consider the "Cambrian explosion"—which occurred about 530–540 million years ago—as the first major appearance of many of the world's animal groups in the fossil record. Like adding pieces to a giant jigsaw puzzle, each discovery dating from this time period has added another pie ...
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#1303322021-09-09
How citizen scientists are restoring NSW's endangered seagrass meadows
Citizen scientist volunteers known as the "storm squad" collected seagrass fragments to successfully rehabilitate populations of NSW's endangered Posidonia australis.
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#1303332021-09-09
Enhancing revegetation of old fields in Western Australia
Wildflowers and native grasses are needed to boost revegetation in Western Australia's northern wheatbelt, according to new research from the Centre for Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Sustainability at Murdoch University's Harry Butler Institute.
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#1303342021-09-09
Marine Protected Area status can boost fish populations by almost 400%
Protecting areas of the ocean and coastlines with "whole-site" Marine Protected Area (MPA) status can result in four-fold increases in the abundance and diversity of fish populations, a new study has shown.
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#1303362021-09-09
NASA drought research shows value of climate mitigation, adaptation
Seasonal summer rains have done little to offset drought conditions gripping the western United States, with California and Nevada seeing record July heat and moderate-to-exceptional drought according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Now, new NASA research is showin ...
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#1302952021-09-07
Scientists discover two new species and a new genus of freshwater mussels in Borneo
Research led by the University of Nottingham has discovered two new species and a new genus of freshwater mussel in Borneo for the first time in almost 100 years.
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#1302962021-09-07
Possible evidence of paternal care in bigfin reef squid
A trio of researchers, two from Universidade de Lisboa, the other from the American Museum of Natural History, has found possible evidence of paternal care in a cephalopod. In their paper published in the journal Ecology, Eduardo Sampaio, Samantha Cheng and Rui Rosa describe recording bigfin ree ...
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#1302972021-09-07
Chemical signals discovered in starfish that stop feeding behavior
Starfish feed in a bizarre way—turning their stomachs out of their mouth when they come across a tasty meal like a mussel or oyster—and then digesting their chosen prey outside of their body.
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#1302982021-09-07
Anti-rust' coating for plants protects against disease with cellulose nanofiber
A water-absorbent coat to keep rust away? It may seem counterintuitive but when it comes to soybean plants and rust disease, researchers from Japan have discovered that applying a coating that makes leaf surfaces water absorbent helps to protect against infection.
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#1303012021-09-07
Spider silk inspires a new material with extraordinary mechanical properties
Inspired by extremely strong spider silk, researchers at NTNU have developed a new material that defies previously seen trade-offs between toughness and stiffness.
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#1303192021-09-07
Deadly koala virus being passed to joeys from mum
A deadly koala virus that can cause immune depletion and cancer, known as koala retrovirus, is being transferred to joeys from their mothers, according to University of Queensland scientists.
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#1303202021-09-07
New method makes it easier to predict algae blooms
Toxic algae can pose serious problems. Mussels become poisonous and aquaculture can be wiped out. But despite the monitoring of algae and toxins, it is very difficult to forecast when an algal bloom will occur. Now a research team at the University of Gothenburg in co-operation with Oslo Univers ...
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#1303212021-09-07
Conservation commitments should focus on the best places to protect rare species, new study suggests
The British Prime Minister has pledged to protect 30% of land to support the recovery of nature, but a new study finds that much of the new land that has been allocated to meet this aspiration is not in the highest priority areas for biodiversity conservation.
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#1303252021-09-07
Moth wingtips an 'acoustic decoy' to thwart bat attack, scientists find
Wingtips of certain species of silkmoth are structured to reflect sound and throw off attackers, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered that the tips of some saturniid moth forewings are curiously rippled and folded.
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#1302742021-09-03
Nitrogen-efficient wheats provide more food with fewer greenhouse gas emissions
An international collaboration has discovered and transferred to elite wheat varieties a wild-grass chromosome segment that causes roots to secrete natural inhibitors of nitrification, offering a way to dial back on heavy fertilizer use for wheat and to reduce the crop's nitrogen leakage into wa ...
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#1302752021-09-03
Sugar feeding may inhibit mosquitos' ability to get infected, transmit arboviruses
Sugar feeding prior to having an infected blood meal could protect a mosquito's ability to get infected and transmit arboviruses such as Zika, dengue and chikungunya, according to a new study.
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#1302762021-09-03
Wild cockatoos observed making and using tools to eat sea mango pits
A team of researchers from the University of Vienna working with a colleague at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences has observed wild Goffin's cockatoos making and using tools to crack open and eat sea mangos—the first-ever example of a wild non-primate making and using a set of tools. They've ...
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#1302772021-09-03
Coronavirus epidemics first hit more than 21,000 years ago
Sarbecoviruses have crossed into humans twice in the last decade, leading to the deadly SARS-CoV-1 outbreak in 2002-04 and the current COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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#1302782021-09-03
Identification of plant-parasitic nematode attractant
A research collaboration based in Kumamoto University, Japan has become the first to successfully purify and identify an attractant for crop-infecting root-knot nematodes from flax seeds. Their experiments revealed that rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I), a flaxseed cell wall component, can attract roo ...
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#1302792021-09-03
290-million-year-old shark with large petal-shaped teeth found in China for the first time
The fossil of a 290-million-year-old shark with petal-shaped teeth was found in China for the first time, according to Gai Zhikun, an associate researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Petalodus teeth were found i ...
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#1302802021-09-03
S.Africa's lions prosper with careful watch and fenceless parks
At sunset, a buffalo calf's distressed grunts reverberate through the bush. But it's a trick. The grunts are blaring from a loudspeaker, designed to lure lions to a tree and let a South African wildlife reserve carry out a census of its apex predator.
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#1302812021-09-03
Linking humans with blue carbon ecosystems
Social vulnerabilities of coastal communities and their reliance on blue carbon ecosystem services may be improved by addressing three major factors, according to a study led by Hokkaido University researchers.
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#1302832021-09-03
Social tiger sharks may hold the secret to impacts of dive tourism
A team of conservation scientists looking at the impact of tourism on tiger sharks have, for the first time observed them in social groups near an area called Tiger Beach off the north-west side of Little Bahama bank in the Bahamas, a popular spot for tourists.
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#1302842021-09-03
Experts split over effectiveness of climate emergency declarations
Politicians and activists should be cautious in their use of climate and biodiversity emergency declarations as their impact can be harmful as well as helpful in tackling the world's biggest problems, new research co-authored by the University of Sussex Business School warns.
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#1302872021-09-03
Freshwater lakes on the Tibetan Plateau act like lenses that accumulate heat from solar radiation
The largest alpine lake system in the world sits atop the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, commonly known as the Tibetan Plateau, which is the highest and largest plateau in the world. Researchers know the lakes influence the transfer of heat between the land and atmosphere, affecting regional temperature ...
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#1302202021-09-02
Research aims to prevent deadly environmental disasters involving mine waste
New research will help mining companies better understand the negative societal and environmental impacts of mine-waste disasters, known as tailings flows, and hopefully avoid them.
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#1302222021-09-02
Study shows impacts of deforestation and forest burning on biodiversity in the Amazon
A new study, co-authored by University of Arizona researchers and published in the Sept. 1 issue of Nature, provides the first quantitative assessment of how environmental policies on deforestation, along with forest fires and drought, have impacted the diversity of plants and animals in the Amazon.
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#1302232021-09-02
Study shows a whale of a difference between songs of birds and humpbacks
Decades of research have been dedicated to understanding humpback whale songs. Why do they sing? What and where is the intended audience of these songs? To help uncover the answers, many scientists have framed whale songs as something similar to bird songs: vocalizations designed for attracting ...
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#1302342021-09-02
Lonely mice more vocal, more social after isolation
Female mice exhibit a strong drive to socialize with other females following periods of acute isolation, significantly increasing their production of social calls that are akin to human emotional vocalizations, new Cornell psychology research finds.
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#1302352021-09-02
Effects of high temperature on two mirid predators in rice ecosystem
In recent years, atmospheric temperature has been on the increase and extreme heat events have occurred frequently, which may not only affect the growth and development of individual organisms but also disturb the inter-species balance in competition, predation and parasitism, thereby exerting d ...
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#1302362021-09-02
These geckos crash-land on rainforest trees but don't fall, thanks to their tails
A gecko's tail is a wondrous and versatile thing. In more than 15 years of research on geckos, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and, more recently, the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany, have shown that geckos use their tails to maneuver in m ...
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#1302372021-09-02
Going up: Birds and mammals evolve faster if their home is rising
The rise and fall of Earth's land surface over the last three million years shaped the evolution of birds and mammals, a new study has found, with new species evolving at higher rates where the land has risen most.
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#1302382021-09-02
High hopes for lowly pond scum
Pond scum generally isn't looked upon kindly. But the microalgae that make up these floating green mats of slime could get newfound respect as renewable sources of fuel, specialty chemicals, dietary supplements and other valued products.
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#1302392021-09-02
Flies like yellow, bees like blue: How flower colors cater to the taste of pollinating insects
We all know the birds and the bees are important for pollination, and we often notice them in gardens and parks. But what about flies?
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#1302402021-09-02
Benefits of pollinator-attracting companion plants
A recent interdisciplinary research project about how pollinator-attracting companion plants help increase yield in some horticulture crops showcases the intersection of excellence when researchers from diverse fields combine research, teaching and extension efforts to solve scientific questions.
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#1302412021-09-02
Tailored approach to fertilizer use can achieve triple-wins for smallholder farmers
A meta-analysis study assessed the performance of site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) applied to smallholder cereal cropping systems in Asia and Africa; the evidence points to triple-wins but weak extension, and unfavorable policies hamper adoption.
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#1302432021-09-02
Shy little wallaby has been overlooked for decades
For many people, the term "wallaby" may describe a single species, or rather just a small kangaroo. So you may be surprised to learn there are actually more than 50 known species of wallaby in Australia.
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#1301792021-09-01
Setting biodiversity and climate targets for national conservation action by 2030 in Asia
A research team led by Prof. Ma Keping from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS), in collaboration with scientists from multiple universities and research institutions, developed a scalable framework to identify complementary biodiversity and climate targets that ar ...
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#1301802021-09-01
Genetic probes give new clues about the stunning diversity of comb jellies
Comb jellies—known to scientists as ctenophores (pronounced "teen-oh-fours")—mesmerize with their beauty, but these captivating creatures remain poorly studied due to their delicate nature. MBARI researchers have used the power of genetics to learn more about these animals.
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#1301812021-09-01
Doubling the number of species of hand-standing spotted skunks
Picture a skunk. You're probably thinking of a stocky animal, around the size of a housecat, black with white stripes, like Pepé Le Pew. That describes North America's most common skunk, the striped skunk, but they also have smaller, spotted cousins. Scientists still have a lot to learn about sp ...
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#1301822021-09-01
Soil legacy effect of global change influences invasiveness of alien plants
Global change characterized by land use change and extreme precipitation has emerged as a challenge for tropical forests in Southeast Asia. Numerous studies have indicated that these changes could affect soil ecology. However, it remains unclear whether land use change and extreme precipitation ...
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#1301832021-09-01
A cocoa bean's 'fingerprint' could help trace chocolate bars back to their farm of origin, finds a new study
A new study from the University of Surrey has revealed that biotechnology could be the missing ingredient in helping cocoa farmers get a better deal for their beans. Chocolate is a £61billion-per-year global industry that has seen the volatile price of cocoa lead to a surge in traders seeking to ...
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#1301862021-09-01
Mystic Aquarium requests to resume research; whale improving
Officials at Mystic Aquarium are asking that they be allowed to resume research on four beluga whales, which was halted following the death of the fifth whale imported this spring from Canada.
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#1301882021-09-01
Increasing trends of warm and wet extremes slowed in China during recent global warming hiatus
Although annual concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases have increased continuously in past years, the global surface air temperature did not increase as much as expected during a period starting from 1997/1998 with a strong El Nino and ending around 2013.
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#1302022021-09-01
Mice, Hedgehogs and Voles Need Conservation Champions
Rodents often get a bad rap. Sure, some of them carry diseases or have become invasive pests — I’m lookin’ at you, Rattus rattus — but they’re also evolutionary marvels who have adapted to live in almost every region on Earth. They’re found in marshes, deserts, jungles and everything in between.
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#1302042021-09-01
Young infant's laughter found to share features with ape laughter
A team of researchers from Leiden University, University College London and the University of Amsterdam, has found that human infants laugh in ways that are more like chimpanzees than adult humans. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the group describes their study.