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Ecology Aug 4, 2026

How the 'fecal revolution' changed Earth's ecosystems

An international study led by Flinders University has found a fertile area of inspiration to explain an important step in evolution—and it's a whole lot of poop. The new study describes the "fecal revolution" to explain a ...

Environment Aug 4, 2026

US Northwest battles wildfires after Spokane neighborhoods scorched

Wildfires supercharged by drought and intense heat tore through the northwestern U.S. city of Spokane, forcing the evacuation of 65,000 people and reducing hundreds of buildings to cinders as firefighters raced Monday to ...

Plants & Animals Aug 3, 2026

Forest floors reveal overlooked seed dispersers: Slugs, beetles and crabs spread viable seeds

A review led by the School of Biological Sciences at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has revealed that tiny ground-dwelling invertebrates are overlooked but important seed dispersers, challenging the traditional focus on ...

Plants & Animals Aug 3, 2026

Invasive rats are stopping small mammals from returning to Madagascar's regenerating forests: Study

In southeastern Madagascar, patches of forest that were once cut down to make way for farms are slowly regenerating naturally after being left to lie fallow. But recovering a native forest needs more than just gaining tree ...

Veterinary medicine Aug 3, 2026

Ten viral genome regions may explain why deadly chicken virus evades vaccines

A highly contagious herpes virus causes Marek's disease, a deadly illness that mainly infects chickens. While it does not make people sick, the virus causes tumors and paralysis in chickens and, if unchecked, can spread rapidly ...

Environment Aug 3, 2026

HOAs are often barriers to sustainable landscaping and solar energy. Here's how they could be bridges instead

If you build a house in the United States today, there's a good chance you'll be living under the dictates of a neighborhood homeowners association—roughly two out of every three new homes are in an HOA, as are a third of ...

Evolution Aug 3, 2026

New museum find shows nature can't stop inventing seahorses

At first glance, it looks exactly like a seahorse. It has the same horse-shaped head tilted down from the body, the same curled, grasping tail and, in the males, a fully enclosed pouch for brooding the young.

Evolution Aug 3, 2026

Some tropical butterflies live surprisingly long lives. Is it their high‑protein diet?

Butterflies are charismatic, colorful and cherished around the world. One of the most diverse groups of insects, with more than 19,000 described species, they inspire international organizations such as the North American ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 3, 2026

Life speaks one universal language to activate genes: It speaks many more to silence them

The signals that cells use to switch genes on have remained almost unchanged across 2 billion years of evolution, but the ones used to switch genes off vary dramatically from one branch of life to another, according to a ...

Molecular & Computational biology Aug 2, 2026

A cooperative approach to reproductive success

Fertilization is often imagined as a frantic race, with millions of sperm competing for a single prize. But new research by a team of evolutionary biologists from Syracuse University, the University of Siena in Italy and ...

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