Brightly colored beetles that feed on a wide range of plants possess robust metabolic capabilities, thanks to bacteria residing in specialized organs in their digestive tract. The bacterium Stammera provides essential enzymes ...
Evolution
Feb 20, 2024
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Australia is home to about one in 12 of the world's species of animals, birds, plants and insects—between 600,000 and 700,000 species. More than 80% of Australian plants and mammals and just under 50% of our birds are found ...
Ecology
Feb 20, 2024
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There haven't been many long-term studies on urban forests, but data collected from the Thain Family Forest, which the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) has been stewarding for more than a century, has provided an opportunity ...
Ecology
Feb 20, 2024
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It's an early morning in January and we're walking through a patch of native heathy woodland in southwest Victoria, a few kilometers west of the town of Casterton, known as the birthplace of the kelpie.
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2024
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The reproduction of giant sea spiders in Antarctica has been largely unknown to researchers for more than 140 years, until now. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists traveled to the remote continent and saw first-hand ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 19, 2024
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Valentine's day is over but love's call lingers: the Skywalker gibbons' mating song, scientists reported this week, has revealed a previously unknown population—the largest in the world—of the endangered primate in the ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2024
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Plant leaves come in many different shapes, sizes and complexities. Some leaves are large and smooth, while others are smaller and serrated. Some leaves grow in single pieces while others form multiple leaflets. These variations ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 16, 2024
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England's new environmental policy, biodiversity net gain, went live on February 12. Most new developments—everything from a few houses to large solar farms or new roads and railways—will now have to provide a 10% net ...
Environment
Feb 16, 2024
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The world is facing three planetary crises: biodiversity loss, climate change and environmental pollution. Recognized threats to biodiversity include habitat loss and overexploitation but new analyses suggest that migratory ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2024
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Charlotte, a rust-colored stingray the size of a serving platter, has spent much of her life gliding around the confines of a storefront aquarium in North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains.
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2024
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