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American soil losing more nutrients for crops due to heavier rainstorms, study shows
Phosphorus, a nutrient in soil essential for sustaining most forms of life, is increasingly disappearing from land as it is washed into waterways throughout the United States, according to a new study led by researchers at ...
Ecology
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Migrating birds have stowaways: Invasive ticks could spread novel diseases around the world, say scientists
Ticks travel light, but they carry pathogens with them. When they parasitize migrating birds, these journeys can take them thousands of miles away from their usual geographic range. Historically, they haven't been able to ...
Ecology
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Study shows how social bonds help tool-using monkeys learn new skills
Anthropologists and psychologists have studied wild monkeys' problem-solving for food to better understand how social dynamics can influence behavior and learning. The research team, led by Durham University's Department ...
Plants & Animals
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An unexpected mechanism could provide an alternative to animal models for exploring skin renewal
The mechanisms underlying skin renewal are still poorly understood. Interleukin-38 (IL-38), a protein involved in regulating inflammatory responses, could be a game changer.
Cell & Microbiology
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As Australia privatizes nature repair, the cheapest approach won't save our threatened species
Australia is a world-leader in species extinction and environmental decline. So great is the problem, the federal government now wants to harness money from the private sector to pay for nature repair.
Ecology
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The Serviceberry: This indigenous understanding of nature can help us rethink economics
In the tension between ecology and economics lies an uncomfortable truth: while both words share a root in "eco" (from the Greek oikos, meaning home), our modern economies often seem to overlook the home we all share—the ...
Ecology
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Largest and hairiest of its kind: New feather-duster-legged tarantula discovered in western Cuba
A new species of tarantula, Trichopelma grande, has been discovered in western Cuba by researchers David Ortiz of Masaryk University, Czechia, and Elier Fonseca of the Cuban Zoological Society, Cuba. The charismatic addition ...
Fossil finds: Footprints on South Africa's coast offer a glimpse into our ancestors' lives
Mention the word "fossils" to people and most will probably think of bones. Of course, body fossils make up a large part of the global fossil record. But humans and other species leave their mark in other ways too—for instance, ...
Paleontology & Fossils
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Tree islands restore nature in oil palm plantations: Researchers look into native species recovery in Sumatra
Southeast Asia's tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations. With global demand for palm oil rising, the urgency for effective ...
Plants & Animals
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Paper wasps study shows that body size is larger in habitats nearer the equator
A study of the correlation between environmental variables such as latitude and body size in paper wasps (genus Polistes) by a group of Brazilian researchers concludes that the nearer the habitat of a species to the equator, ...
Plants & Animals
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Traditional owners and scientists worked together on 'coral IVF' projects. Here's what we found
The Great Barrier Reef, which supports an estimated 64,000 jobs and has a social and economic value of around A$6.4 billion, is under threat due to human-induced climate change.
Ecology
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In collective animal movements, speed matters—scientists use 'force map' to investigate fish schools
Few things are as fascinating to look at a flock of starlings performing their aerial bird dance that is commonly seen, for example, above the West Pier in Brighton, UK, or in Rome when exiting the main train station, or ...
Plants & Animals
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Saber-toothed kitten preserved in ice for 35,000 years
Found encased in ice in 2020 along the Badyarikha River in the Republic of Sakha, a northeastern region of Russia that borders the East Siberian Sea of the Arctic Ocean, a well-preserved specimen offers a rare opportunity ...
Viscosity of materials key to cell differentiation: New insights could improve design of biomaterials
An IBEC-led study has revealed how mesenchymal stem cells respond to the viscosity of their environment, a key aspect in their differentiation process.
Cell & Microbiology
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A single cell's siesta: How non-moving single-celled organisms manage to avoid bright light
Too much of a good thing is no good at all. Living organisms enjoy sunlight—in fact, they need it to stay alive—but they tend to avoid light that is too bright. Animals go to their shelter, humans have a siesta, even ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Bee alert: Pesticides pose a real threat to more than 70% of wild bees
A new study reveals alarming risks that pesticides pose to ground-nesting bees, which are crucial for pollination and food production. As agriculture increasingly relies on pesticides to protect crops, the unintended consequences ...
Ecology
3 hours ago
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Human brain organelles study shows dopamine neurons must work a lot harder than those in primate relatives
A team of neurologists, bioengineers and radiologists has found that two neurons in the human brain that code for dopamine production have to work harder than similar cells in primate relatives. The group has posted a paper ...
Entomologists call on public for help in spotting invasive insects
The next time you see an interesting bug, take a photo on your smartphone, and post it online. You just might catch an invasive species new to your area.
Ecology
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Researchers characterize regulating mechanism of orderly zygotic genome activation in early embryos
Early development of an embryo is solely supported by maternally deposited RNAs and proteins until its own genome is activated through a process called zygotic genome activation (ZGA). Recent work by Chinese scientists has ...
Cell & Microbiology
4 hours ago
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Tiny worm makes for big evolutionary discovery: Scientists describe 'Uncus,' the oldest ecdysozoan
Everyone has a past. That includes the millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nematode worms that make up a major animal group called the Ecdysozoa.
Evolution
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