Lactating grizzly bears use cooling baths to avoid heat stress, study finds
Taking a bath to relieve stress isn't unique to humans.
Plants & Animals
Jan 14, 2021
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Functional Ecology
The metabolism of clownfish decreases when their homes are damaged by climate change
The metabolism of clownfish—or anemonefish—decreases when their sea 'homes' are damaged by climate change, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Jan 12, 2021
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Study looks at the energetic impact of brain-infecting parasites on California killifish
Parasites are well known for sucking energy from their hosts, but can they drain energy from hosts even before infection? A new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2020
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Ants adapt tool use to avoid drowning
Researchers have observed black imported fire ants using sand to draw liquid food out of containers, when faced with the risk of drowning. This is the first time this sophisticated tool use has been reported in animals. These ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 8, 2020
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To mate or be eaten: Tree cricket behaviour in the presence of a predator
In the presence of predators, male tree crickets, but not females, change their mate-finding behavior, according to a new study from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
Plants & Animals
Sep 10, 2020
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Learning about penguin's diet may save marine life
The waters of south-eastern Australia are a climate change hotspot, warming at four times the global average. Understanding how to future-proof the prey of little penguins in these challenging conditions is essential for ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2020
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How fish got onto land, and stayed there
Research on blennies, a family of fish that have repeatedly left the sea for land, suggests that being a 'jack of all trades' allows species to make the dramatic transition onto land but adapting into a 'master of one' allows ...
Evolution
Jun 17, 2020
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Whether horseradish flea beetles deter predators depends on their food plant and their life stage
Horseradish flea beetles use plant defense compounds, so-called glucosinolates, from their host food plants for their own defense. Like their hosts, they have an enzyme which converts the glucosinolates into toxic mustard ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2020
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Microscopic partners could help plants survive stressful environments
Tiny, symbiotic fungi play an outsized role in helping plants survive stresses like drought and extreme temperatures, which could help feed a planet experiencing climate change, report scientists at Washington State University.
Ecology
Jan 30, 2020
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Global study finds predators are most likely to be lost when habitats are converted for human use
A first of its kind, global study on the impacts of human land-use on different groups of animals has found that predators, especially small invertebrates like spiders and ladybirds, are the most likely to be lost when natural ...
Ecology
Jan 21, 2020
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