Evolutionary relationships among a group of arthropods from Gondwana, a supercontinent that existed between 510 and 180 million years ago, were investigated by EU scientists using molecular sequencing technology. The results ...
Ecology
Sep 17, 2012
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The family of small insectivores, Talpidae, includes the moles, shrew moles, and aquatic desmans. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal EvoDevo has found that the enlargement of moles' digging front ...
Biotechnology
Aug 8, 2012
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During the fall, hundreds of millions of monarch butterflies living in eastern North America fly up to 1,500 miles to the volcanic forests of Mexico to spend the winter, while monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains fly to the ...
Plants & Animals
May 31, 2012
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Maximum running speed is the most important variable influencing mammalian eye size other than body size, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2012
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In a culture awash in data, infographics -- visual representations of facts and figures -- are vital to communicating complicated information on websites, in books and newspapers and elsewhere.
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2012
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When battling an epidemic of a deadly parasite, less resistance can sometimes be better than more, a new study suggests.
Ecology
Mar 29, 2012
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Caring for children can be a tough job, particularly if you are a female cichlid fish.
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2010
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A UQ academic's research into whether nature or nurture influences the development of gut flora has been published in Nature and may hold the key to understanding obesity.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 20, 2010
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Researchers from the University of Sheffield have found that female damselflies prefer hot males.
Plants & Animals
May 20, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unnoticed by the nearby residents of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, tiny leaf beetles that flit among the maple and willow trees in the area have just provided some of the clearest evidence yet that environmental ...
Evolution
Oct 30, 2009
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