Artificial light at night aids caterpillar predators
To save caterpillars, turn off your porch light.
Plants & Animals
Mar 20, 2023
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Researcher aims to assess ripple effects of rodent disease
Mice, voles and other rodents are small, but as carriers of disease, they can pack a mighty punch.
Ecology
Mar 16, 2023
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Hummingbirds use torpor in varying ways to survive cold temps, finds study
Hummingbirds have the fastest metabolism of any animal. The tropical hummingbirds that live in the Andes Mountains in South America must expend considerable energy to maintain their high body temperatures in cold environments.
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2023
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You're stuck with your same old genome, but corals aren't
Some corals live to be hundreds, and even thousands, of years old. They were born with genes that were successful back in their parent's generation, so how can these old corals still be successful now? Especially in a changing ...
Evolution
Mar 10, 2023
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Social bird species may be less competitive
Using Cornell Lab of Ornithology data, a new study finds that birds that have evolved to be more social are less likely to kick other birds off a bird feeder or a perch.
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2023
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Mediterranean hunter-gatherers may have relied on marine resources more than previously thought
New research has revealed humans living on the Mediterranean coast 9,500 years ago may have relied more heavily on a fish diet than previously thought.
Archaeology
Feb 22, 2023
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Study: Sunflower sea stars could help bring back kelp forests
Your average sunflower sea star can munch through almost five purple sea urchins in a week, and they don't seem to be picky about the quality of their food.
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2023
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What physicists can learn from shark intestines
In 1920, inventor Nikola Tesla patented a type of pipe that he called a "valvular conduit," which was built to draw fluid in one direction without any moving parts or added energy, and has applications ranging from soft robotics ...
General Physics
Feb 18, 2023
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Oldest fossil record of larval neuropterans found in Inner Mongolia
A team of paleontologists at the Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, working with a colleague from the State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, both in China, has identified the oldest known fossil record of ...
Mandrills teach their daughters good hygiene practices
Humans are not the only ones to teach their children good hygiene practices—mandrills do it too.
Plants & Animals
Feb 13, 2023
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