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Ancient toothed whale remains found near Santa Cruz

A 1,000-pound slab of sandstone lifted off a beach in Santa Cruz County, Calif., Wednesday may provide a better glimpse of what plied the seas 5 million years ago.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Sex: it's a good thing, evolutionarily speaking

(Phys.org) -- Sure, sex may be fun, but it’s a lot of work, and the payoff is by no means certain. Scientists have speculated for a long time on why all living things don’t simply make like amoebas ...

Biology / Evolution

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Genome provides new weapon against sea lice

An international team of researchers has now sequenced nearly the entire genetic material of the sea louse. On 1 March the Institute of Marine Research gave the world open access to this research source, which ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Uncovering the secret lives of fish in marine national parks

In a research partnership between Deakin University and Parks Victoria, marine scientists have captured rare video footage of fish and other marine creatures living on the seafloor off western Victoria.

Biology / Ecology

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Researchers film rare striped rabbit in Sumatra (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- With cameras set up in Sumatra looking for medium- and small-sized wild cats, such as leopards, a research group involving the University of Delaware's Kyle McCarthy, found images of something ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Deterring signals: Tobacco plants advertise their defensive readiness to attacking leafhoppers

Following herbivory, plants produce jasmonic acid, a hormone which activates several plant defense reactions. Scientists found that leafhoppers can evaluate whether tobacco plants are ready for defense when attacked. If jasmonate-signaling ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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How one strain of MRSA becomes resistant to last-line antibiotic

Researchers have uncovered what makes one particular strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) so proficient at picking up resistance genes, such as the one that makes it resistant to vancomycin, the last ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Mapping the genomes of crocodiles and alligators -- It's not for the faint of heart

(Phys.org) -- David Ray never turns his back on his research, and with good reason! "If it can't bite you, it's not interesting," he jokes.

Biology / Biotechnology

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New means of safeguarding world fish stocks proven

Powerful and versatile new genetic tools that will assist in safeguarding both European fish stocks and European consumers is reported in Nature Communications. The paper reports on the first system proven to identify popula ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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House mice put endangered petrels at risk of extinction

Common house mice are demolishing what could be the only breeding population of endangered Atlantic petrels in the world, scientists have found.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Separate species, shared genomes: Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous sharing of large regions of DNA code

A landmark effort to sequence the genome of a South American butterfly has revealed the key behind its unusual ability to mimic other butterflies.

Biology / Biotechnology

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