Loveless monkey adopts chicken at Israeli zoo
A lonely monkey at an Israeli zoo has found a way to soothe her maternal urges: by adopting a chicken.
Ecology
Aug 25, 2017
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Biology news
Crows caught on camera fashioning special hook tools
Dr Jolyon Troscianko, from the University of Exeter, and Dr Christian Rutz, from the University of St Andrews, have captured first video recordings documenting how these tropical corvids fashion these particularly complex ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2015
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1 ranch, 26 wolves killed: Fight over endangered predators divides ranchers and conservationists
When Washington ranchers find that gray wolves have attacked their cattle, they can call the state wildlife agency, which has killed 31 of the protected predators since 2012 under a program intended to save vulnerable livestock.
Ecology
Dec 19, 2019
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Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history
(AP) -- Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history. Not that the avowed atheist has any doubts himself.
Evolution
May 26, 2012
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'Dragon man' fossil may replace Neanderthals as our closest relative
A near-perfectly preserved ancient human fossil known as the Harbin cranium sits in the Geoscience Museum in Hebei GEO University. The largest of known Homo skulls, scientists now say this skull represents a newly discovered ...
Evolution
Jun 25, 2021
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It's mathematically impossible to beat aging, scientists say
Aging is a natural part of life, but that hasn't stopped people from embarking on efforts to stop the process.
Evolution
Oct 30, 2017
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New banana disease is spreading and poses threat to Africa's food security
A new banana fungus is rapidly spreading across the globe. It hit Africa a decade ago, and the advance of the disease poses a threat to Africa's food security, a genetic study conducted by Wageningen University & Research ...
Ecology
Sep 23, 2022
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Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
An international team of researchers led by SMU paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs has found matching sets of Early Cretaceous dinosaur footprints on what are now two different continents.
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 25, 2024
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Researchers crack COVID-19 genome signature
Using machine learning, a team of Western computer scientists and biologists have identified an underlying genomic signature for 29 different COVID-19 DNA sequences.
Biotechnology
Apr 28, 2020
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The energetic origins of life
(Phys.org) —Imagination is perhaps the most powerful tool we have for creating the future. The same might be said when it comes to creating the past, especially as it pertains to origin of life. Under what conditions did ...
