Large brains have long differentiated humans and primates from other mammals and there is a clear evidence that brain mass increased through time.
Evolution
Jul 9, 2020
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955
Over the past few months at least half of the world's population has been affected by some form of lockdown due to COVID-19, and many of us are experiencing the impact of social isolation. Loneliness affects both mental and ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 10, 2020
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53
When University of Ottawa biologists Kim Mitchell and Vance Trudeau began studying the effects of gene mutations in zebrafish, they uncovered new functions that regulate how males and females interact while mating. We sat ...
Ecology
May 25, 2020
1
787
A new study from Western identifies a specific gene in fruit flies that drives female mate acceptance and rejection—a vital discovery for understanding how all species, including humans, survive and thrive on Earth.
Evolution
May 22, 2020
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44
A study by researchers at the University of Jyväskylä demonstrate that the characteristic zig-zag pattern on a viper's back performs seemingly opposing functions during a predation event. At first, the zig-zag pattern helps ...
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2020
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551
A scientific article out of the University of Otago's Department of Zoology is calling for an end to the seemingly unkillable "nature versus nurture' debate, which the authors say creates damaging sways in the public's view ...
Evolution
May 13, 2020
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New research from Queen's University Belfast and Liverpool John Moores University reveals how the microplastic pollution crisis is threatening biodiversity.
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2020
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29
Close friendships improve the survival chances of rhesus macaques, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Dec 10, 2019
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176
Once a bully, always a bully?
Plants & Animals
Dec 2, 2019
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6
Leadership during cooperation runs in the family for tiny fish called Trinidadian guppies, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Nov 20, 2019
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