Researchers have identified an invasive blood-sucking parasite on mud shrimp in the waters of British Columbia's Calvert Island. The discovery represents the northern-most record of the parasite on the West Coast and is likely ...
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Sep 17, 2020
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Some male butterflies go to extreme lengths to ensure their paternity—sealing their mate's genitalia with a waxy "chastity belt" to prevent future liaisons. But female butterflies can fight back by evolving larger or more ...
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Sep 3, 2020
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You might think the buffest frogs would be high jumpers, but if you want shredded pecs, you should train like a burrowing frog. Though famously round, these diggers are the unsung bodybuilders of the frog world. We bring ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2020
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Scientists have described a new native Hawaiian land snail species, sounding a rare, hopeful note in a story rife with extinction.
Plants & Animals
Jul 23, 2020
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A large fruit-eating bird from Tonga joins the dodo in the lineup of giant island pigeons hunted to extinction.
Plants & Animals
Jul 22, 2020
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In a surprise twist, a major group of flowering plants is evolving twice as quickly in temperate zones as the tropics. The finding runs counter to a long-held hypothesis that tropical regions, home to the planet's richest ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2020
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Move over, Linnaeus: There's a new way of naming organisms.
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2020
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According to a well-studied but controversial principle known as Bergmann's Rule, species tend to be larger in cold climates and smaller in warm ones. As human impacts heat the planet, will animals shrink over time?
Plants & Animals
Jun 1, 2020
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The iconic eyespots that some moths and butterflies use to ward off predators likely evolved in distinct ways, providing insights into how these insects became so diverse.
Plants & Animals
May 6, 2020
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More than a thousand years ago, people from across the Southeast regularly traveled to a small island on Florida's Gulf Coast to bond over oysters, likely as a means of coping with climate change and social upheaval.
Archaeology
May 1, 2020
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