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Females supercharge sperm evolution in animals
Sperm size varies dramatically among different animal species. But why is sperm size so variable when they share the same job—to fertilize eggs? In a new article published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, researchers from ...
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The fine nose of storks: Birds are drawn to scent of grass, leafy greens
The sharp eyes of an eagle, the extraordinary hearing of an owl—to successfully find food, the eyes and ears of birds have adapted optimally to their living conditions. Until now, the sense of smell has played a rather ...
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One of the largest ever land mammals evolved into extinct dwarf elephant
An extinct species of dwarf elephant experienced a weight and height reduction of 8,000kg and almost two meters after evolving from one of the largest land mammals that ever lived, a new study has confirmed.
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An at-risk species of fish has established itself in lochs across Scotland
An at-risk species of fish has established itself in lochs across Scotland with the help of conservation managers and by rapidly adapting to its new environment, resulting in changes to their DNA, their ecology, and body ...
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Darwin got sexual selection backward, research suggests
Charles Darwin was a careful scientist. In the middle of the 19th century, while he was collecting evidence for his theory that species evolve by natural selection, he noticed it didn't explain the fancy tails of male peacocks, ...
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Jun 18, 2021
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Evolution: Fruit flies find two routes to the same destination
Fruit flies have found at least two solutions to the problem of sorting their sex chromosomes: a matter of life and death.
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Jun 18, 2021
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Molecular data uncovers living missing link in marine microorganisms
Biologists have identified a family of algae as a living missing link in the microscopic domain.
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Jun 18, 2021
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Scientists uncover genetic secrets of world's smallest diving mammals
New research by University of Liverpool scientists and international collaborators has revealed how the world's smallest diving mammal—the water shrew—evolved to survive for long periods underwater without breathing.
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Jun 18, 2021
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Wild chimpanzee orphans recover from the stress of losing their mother
The death of a mother is a traumatic event for immature offspring in species in which mothers provide prolonged maternal care, such as in long-lived mammals, including humans. Orphan mammals die earlier and have less offspring ...
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Jun 17, 2021
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New method could reveal what genes were inherited from Neanderthals
Thousands of years ago, archaic humans such as Neanderthals and Denisovans went extinct. But before that, they interbred with the ancestors of present-day humans, who still to this day carry genetic mutations from the extinct ...
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Jun 17, 2021
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Coelacanths may live nearly a century, five times longer than researchers expected
Once thought to be extinct, lobe-finned coelacanths are enormous fish that live deep in the ocean. Now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on June 17 have evidence that, in addition to their impressive size, ...
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Jun 17, 2021
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Smelling in stereo: The real reason snakes have flicking, forked tongues
As dinosaurs lumbered through the humid cycad forests of ancient South America 180 million years ago, primeval lizards scurried, unnoticed, beneath their feet. Perhaps to avoid being trampled by their giant kin, some of these ...
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Jun 17, 2021
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This deep-sea creature is long-armed, bristling with teeth, and the sole survivor of 180 million years of evolution
Let me introduce you to Ophiojura, a bizarre deep-sea animal found in 2011 by scientists from the French Natural History Museum, while trawling the summit of a secluded seamount called Banc Durand, 500 meters below the waves ...
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Jun 17, 2021
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New beetle-dwelling roundworm species discovered in Japan
Sometimes a dead log isn't just a dead log. This one in Japan turned out to be the habitat of a species previously unknown to science.
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Jun 17, 2021
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Heat spells doom for Aussie marsupials
When animals are hot, they eat less. This potentially fatal phenomenon has been largely overlooked in wild animals, explain researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) in a new article.
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Jun 17, 2021
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Damage control: Plants juggle genome maintenance and growth by being organized
Humans pride themselves on being able to multitask, especially under pressure. But it turns out that we aren't the only ones who are organized: Researchers from Japan have discovered that plants balance genome maintenance ...
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Jun 16, 2021
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Fossil research shows woodlice cousins roamed Ireland 360 million years ago
The old cousins of the common woodlice were crawling on Irish land as long as 360 million years ago, according to new analysis of a fossil found in Kilkenny.
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Jun 16, 2021
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Study of mangrove rivulus fish hints at mechanism for brain evolution of land animals
A pair of researchers at the University of Guelph has found that forcing mangrove rivulus fish to flip into the air regularly pushes them to develop more brain matter. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal ...
New epiphytic orchid species found in Indonesia
Tuberolabium is a genus of epiphytic flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The genus comprises of monopodial epiphytes that produce pendent, many- and small-flowered inflorescences.
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Primate ecology and evolution shaped by two most consumed plant families
By analyzing the relative proportion of different plant parts consumed by primates, researchers suggest that primates may be intricately and subtly shaped by two key families of plants: Moraceae and Fabaceae. The study, led ...
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Scientists detect signatures of life remotely
