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As part of the "VeWA" research consortium, researchers from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, along with international colleagues, have investigated the precipitation and flora of Central Asia during the Eocene period. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-team-vegetation-rainfall-central-asia.html Earth Sciences Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:37:48 EST news625747065 To reach the only place in the world where cave paintings of prehistoric marine life have been found, archaeologists have to dive to the bottom of the Mediterranean off southern France. https://phys.org/news/2022-05-undersea-stone-age-cave-art.html Archaeology Mon, 30 May 2022 03:45:46 EDT news573101139 Ecologists estimate that 15 to 37 percent of plant and animal species will go extinct as a direct result of the rapidly changing climate. But new University of Arizona-led research published in the journal Ecology Letters shows that current models don't account for the complexities of ecosystems as they are impacted by climate change. As a result, these extinction rates are likely underestimated. https://phys.org/news/2021-12-climate-only-underestimate-species-extinction.html Ecology Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:34:36 EST news558257672 An international team, led by researchers from the Universities of Vienna and Tübingen, and the Max Planck Society, has identified five new human fossils from the key site of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia. The remains, which include three Denisovans and one Neanderthal, were found in a secure and well dated ~200,000-year-old context. Surrounded by archaeological remains such as stone tools and food refuse, the finds shed light on the adaptation strategies of these early hominins as they spread across Eurasia. https://phys.org/news/2021-11-molecular-analysis-reveals-oldest-denisovan.html Archaeology Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:29:38 EST news557486968 An international team of 92 scientists and conservationists has joined forces to create the first-ever global atlas of ungulate (hooved mammal) migrations, working in partnership with the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a UN treaty. https://phys.org/news/2021-05-international-team-partners-global-ungulate.html Ecology Thu, 06 May 2021 14:00:06 EDT news539507530 Walls and fences designed to secure national borders could make it difficult for almost 700 mammal species to adapt to climate change, according to new research. https://phys.org/news/2021-02-man-made-borders-threaten-wildlife-climate.html Ecology Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:00:09 EST news531994513 Four years ago, more than 200,000 endangered saiga antelope dropped dead on the remote steppe grassland of Central Asia in the species' worst recorded mass mortality event. https://phys.org/news/2019-06-framework-endangered-species-pathogen.html Ecology Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:04:09 EDT news479541843 New research has shed light on the origin and extinction of a giant, shaggy Ice Age rhinoceros known as the Siberian unicorn because of its extraordinary single horn. https://phys.org/news/2018-11-climate-siberian-unicorn.html Ecology Tue, 27 Nov 2018 06:29:11 EST news462522539 The sudden death of over 200,000 saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan in May 2015, more than 80 percent of the affected population and more than 60 percent of the global population of this species, baffled the world. https://phys.org/news/2018-01-scientists-uncover-secret-mass-antelope.html Ecology Thu, 18 Jan 2018 06:46:49 EST news435480382 Charles Darwin, Mr. Evolution himself, didn't know what to make of the fossils he saw in Patagonia so he sent them to his friend, the renowned paleontologist Richard Owen. https://phys.org/news/2017-06-darwin-strangest-animal-family.html Archaeology Thu, 29 Jun 2017 05:11:33 EDT news417931886 Black swan events are rare and surprising occurrences that happen without notice and often wreak havoc on society. The metaphor has been used to describe banking collapses, devastating earthquakes and other major surprises in financial, social and natural systems. https://phys.org/news/2017-03-black-swan-events-animal-populations.html Ecology Tue, 07 Mar 2017 15:00:01 EST news408113941 Researchers at Murdoch University have used new DNA sequencing technology to reveal the animal and plant composition of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). Some of the TCM samples tested contained potentially toxic plant ingredients, allergens, and traces of endangered animals. https://phys.org/news/2012-04-deep-sequencing-reveals-undeclared-potentially.html Biotechnology Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:00:05 EDT news253445142 (PhysOrg.com) -- A vast reduction in grasslands may have been the primary cause of the decline of mammals such as the woolly mammoth according to Durham University scientists. https://phys.org/news/2010-08-dwindling-green-pastures-mammoth.html Archaeology Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:30:57 EDT news201360639 With the Jewish holiday of Passover beginning at sundown next Wednesday, April 8, a staple of the traditional dinner -- chicken soup with matzoh balls -- may take on medicinal importance based on findings published in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. https://phys.org/news/2009-04-passover-matzoh-ball-soup-good.html Other Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:42:27 EDT news157894915 Chicken soup, that popular home remedy for the common cold sometimes known as "Grandma's Penicillin," may have a new role alongside medication and other medical measures in fighting high blood pressure, scientists in Japan are reporting. Their research is scheduled for the October 22 issue of ACS' biweekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. https://phys.org/news/2008-10-grandma-penicillin-high-blood-pressure.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:40:20 EDT news143109620