New research by Dr John Alroy in the Department of Biological Sciences suggests that current models describing the commonality and dominance of a few species in any one community are incorrect, and that there is actually ...
Ecology
Sep 28, 2015
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New research has brought us a step closer to untangling the complex reasons why certain plant species triumph over others.
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2011
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Evolution has produced a wondrously diverse variety of lifeforms here on Earth. It just so happens that talking primates with opposable thumbs rose to the top and are building a spacefaring civilization. And we're land-dwellers. ...
Astrobiology
Feb 28, 2024
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Some of the first animals on Earth were connected by networks of thread-like filaments, the earliest evidence yet found of life being connected in this way.
Archaeology
Mar 5, 2020
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(Phys.org) —Asian carp are knocking on the door of the Great Lakes, but managers now can better pinpoint strategies to control their rapidly increasing population, according to a new model for tracking carp eggs developed ...
Ecology
Jul 30, 2013
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The Atacama desert, which stretches for approximately 1,600 km along the western coast of the cone of South America, is the driest place on Earth. Some weather stations there have never recorded rainfall throughout their ...
Evolution
Oct 21, 2022
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Early action could be crucial to addressing the problem of major increases in jellyfish numbers, which appears to be the result of human activities.
Ecology
Jun 8, 2009
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A large team of marine, molecular and genetic biologists affiliated with a number of institutions in China has conducted what they describe as a high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly of the black sea cucumber (Holothuria ...
Previous research has shown that infanticide by males is widespread in many mammal species, but most commonly occurs in those species where females live in social groups dominated by one or a few males.
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2014
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Primate species with better color vision are not more likely to have red skin or fur coloration, as previously thought.
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2023
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