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Plants & Animals Mar 8, 2024

Egg-laying caecilian amphibians produce milk for their young, find scientists

Parental care for offspring occurs in many animals and is an essential part of the reproduction, propagation and development of an organism. An international research team from Brazil, the U.S. and Germany, including Dr. ...

Plants & Animals Mar 5, 2024

Discovering the world of dolphins and their three 'super senses'

Imagine that you're in a comfortable room with your cat. You're both sharing the same space, temperature and lighting. But while you're enjoying the décor, and perhaps a book or the taste of hot chocolate, the cat seems ...

Plants & Animals Mar 4, 2024

Yabby traps and discarded fishing tackle can kill platypuses. It's time to clean up our act

Recreational fishing is a popular pastime in Australia's inland rivers and streams. Unfortunately in the process, many people are unwittingly killing platypuses.

Plants & Animals Mar 4, 2024

No, overwintering turtles don't breathe through their butts: Getting to the bottom of a popular misconception

On a crisp February day, a filmmaker and I were walking across the 45-centimeter-thick ice covering Opinicon Lake, a small lake in eastern Ontario. We were heading for a very special spot where hundreds of northern map turtles ...

Paleontology & Fossils Feb 23, 2024

Larger-than-expected prehistoric mammal species uncovered in Patagonia

A multi-institutional team of archaeologists and paleontologists has unearthed and identified a new species of mammal from the Maastrichtian age. In their paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers ...

Plants & Animals Feb 2, 2024

Mathematical model reveals how a pit viper is able to find its dinner in the dead of night

In the animal kingdom, there are many grand examples of species that make sense of their world by expertly deciphering even weak signals from their surroundings.

Plants & Animals Dec 12, 2023

People worry Christmas beetles are disappearing. Researchers are gathering citizen data to see the full picture

In eastern Australia, the arrival of the summer holidays has traditionally been heralded by big iridescent beetles known as Christmas beetles due to their appearance during the Christmas season.

Plants & Animals Dec 3, 2023

Bottlenose dolphins can sense electric fields, study shows

A small team of bio-scientists from the University of Rostock's Institute for Biosciences and Nuremberg Zoo's Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Lab, both in Germany, has found evidence that bottlenose dolphins can sense ...

Plants & Animals Nov 10, 2023

Found at last: Bizarre, egg-laying mammal finally rediscovered after 60 years

More than 60 years after it was last recorded, an expedition team has rediscovered an iconic, egg-laying mammal in one of the most unexplored regions of the world. Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, named after famed broadcaster ...

Bio & Medicine Nov 7, 2023

Combined treatment using lipid nanoparticles shows promise against antibiotic resistant bacteria

A large Australian team led by Monash University has devised a new approach to killing antibiotic-resistant bacteria using lipid nanoparticles that target specific layers on the surface of the bacterial cell.

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