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Soundscape study shows how underground acoustics can amplify soil health
Barely audible to human ears, healthy soils produce a cacophony of sounds in many forms—a bit like an underground rave concert of bubble pops and clicks.
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Blind cavefish have extraordinary taste buds that increase with age, research reveals
Over thousands of years, cavefish evolved and lost their vision, earning the moniker "the blind cavefish," but some cavefish also developed an inordinate number of taste buds on the head and chin.
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Hong Kong welcomes birth of first giant panda cubs
Hong Kong on Thursday announced the birth of a set of giant panda twins, the first cubs to be born in the city.
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Tiny South American deer debuts at New York City zoo
A tiny South American deer that will weigh only as much as a watermelon when fully grown is making its debut at the Queens Zoo in New York City.
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Why do plants wiggle? New study provides answers
In a new study, physicists from the United States and Israel may have gotten to the bottom of a quirky behavior of growing plants—and a mystery that intrigued Charles Darwin himself during the later decades of his life.
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Wildly divergent skinks provide a window into how evolution works
A diverse group of lizards known as the social skinks is helping scientists answer questions about some of the fundamental workings of evolution.
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Implementing a new pathway to measure and value biodiversity
In October, world leaders will gather at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Cali, Colombia, to put an ambitious plan to halt human-induced species extinction into action. The conference, COP16, will focus on the ...
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Cactus dreams: Revealing the secrets of mescaline making
Mescaline, a natural hallucinogen known since ancient times, was not only a favorite of artists and bohemians but also a mainstay of brain research throughout the first half of the 20th century, until it was eclipsed in the ...
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Rare butterfly only found on Pa. military base should be listed as endangered, feds say
The eastern subspecies of the regal fritillary butterfly, marked by orange forewings and dark hindwings, is found in only one location in North America and is threatened with extinction.
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Scientists spot girls-only shark slumber party in Bass Strait's Beagle Marine Park
Scientists on a return journey to Beagle Marine Park in central Bass Strait have spotted thousands of sleepy Port Jackson sharks blanketing the seafloor.
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Rat birth control programs may not be the most efficient way to address urban rat infestations
Rats are present in almost every city in the world, building their own rat settlements in parallel with human urban infrastructure.
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Lake Erie walleye growth is driven by parents' size, experience
Parent size and the conditions in which actively spawning adults lived are the most influential factors affecting growth of Lake Erie walleye, a new study has found.
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'Monster plants': An expert guide to alien invasive species and the epic battles they win
A lot of people think of plants as pretty to look at, but defenseless and passive as far as organisms go. However, the many alien species—or "monster plants"—around us show we should never underestimate plants and the ...
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Studying the journey, not the destination, provides new insight into songbird migrations
Migration is an adaptive phenomenon, typically triggered by a change of season, that is vital to ecosystem health. Animals may journey thousands of miles, in some cases, in search of food, better living conditions, or to ...
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Bumblebees' sense of direction rivals that of humans, study shows
Bumblebees have a great capacity to navigate despite their small brain size. This is borne out of new research conducted at Lund University in Sweden. The research results can potentially benefit the development of navigation ...
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How color shapes which animals we fear—and which we protect
Around the world, animals that exhibit rare color morphisms—including lighter-colored variants with albinism or leucism and dark-colored variants with melanism—are often the subject of both veneration and fear in humans.
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Fish in Greenland consume more jellyfish than previously assumed, researchers discover
For a long time, scientists assumed that jellyfish were a dead-end food source for predatory fish. However, a team from the Alfred Wegener Institute together with the Thünen Institute has now discovered that fish in Greenland ...
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Consumer-grade insecticide sprays fail to control cockroaches, study shows
A common variety of consumer insecticide sprays is mostly ineffective and of "little to no value" in eliminating cockroach infestations, a study in the Journal of Economic Entomology shows.
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Scientists cook up a plan to save freshwater crocodiles from toxic cane toads
Scientists from Macquarie University working with Bunuba Indigenous rangers and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) in Western Australia have trialed a new way to protect freshwater crocodiles ...
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Study reveals urban trees suffer more from heat waves and drought than their rural counterparts
A recently published study in Ecological Applications details how trees in New York City and Boston are more negatively impacted by heat waves and drought than trees of the same species in nearby rural forests. The finding, ...
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