Sugar-poor diets wreak havoc on bumblebee queens' health
Without enough sugar in their diets, bumblebee queens can experience difficulty reproducing and shorter lifespans.
Ecology
Feb 27, 2020
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Molecular Ecology
Study reveals origin of endangered Colombian poison frog hybrids
The origin of an understudied hybrid population of poisonous frogs—highly endangered colorful animals that live deep in the Colombian jungle—is the result of natural breeding and not caused by wildlife traffickers moving ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2020
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Microbes linked to cancer in threatened California foxes, report Princeton researchers
Can staph microbes lead to cancer?
Plants & Animals
Feb 4, 2020
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The little duck that could: Study finds endangered Hawaiian duck endures
The endangered Hawaiian duck, or koloa, the only endemic duck remaining on the main Hawaiian Islands, is threatened with genetic extinction due to interbreeding with feral mallards. This has led to the creation of hybrid ...
Ecology
Nov 18, 2019
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Reef fish caring for their young are taken advantage of by other fish
Scroungers and parasites seem to show up in nature wherever life produces something useful, and that includes parental care. Among birds, for example, the practice of laying eggs in other birds' nests is surprisingly common.
Ecology
Oct 9, 2019
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Genomics provides evidence of glacial refugia in Scandinavia
Evolutionary research on a grass-like, flowering perennial called the northern single-spike sedge has offered some of the first proof of ice-free locations, or glacial refugia, in Northern Europe during Earth's most recent ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2019
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Functional changes of thermosensory molecules related to environmental adaptation
Animals have adapted to diverse thermal environments from cold to hot. During the course of thermal adaptation processes, preferred thermal ranges for survival shift among species adapted to different thermal niches. Accordingly, ...
Evolution
Sep 3, 2019
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The secret sex lives of stick insects
Massey University researchers have discovered more about the sexual lives of stick insects in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2019
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Monarch butterflies rely on temperature-sensitive internal timer while overwintering
The fact that millions of North American monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles each fall and somehow manage to find the same overwintering sites in central Mexican forests and along the California coast, year after year, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2019
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Flies may also spread disease among monkeys and apes
People the world over have a good sense that flies are filthy and that we do not want them landing on our food during our summer picnics. Research has justified that disgust, showing that flies associated with humans and ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 16, 2019
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