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Evolution Jun 14, 2024

Study on architecture of heart offers new understanding of human evolution

An international research team from Swansea University and UBC Okanagan (UBCO) has uncovered a new insight into human evolution by comparing humans' hearts with those of other great apes.

Plants & Animals Jun 14, 2024

Researchers map genome of the last living wild horse species

University of Minnesota researchers have successfully mapped the complete genome of the endangered Przewalski's horse. Once extinct in the wild, the species now has a population of around 2,000 animals thanks to conservation ...

Environment Jun 14, 2024

Converting cow manure to fuel is growing climate solution, but critics say communities put at risk

The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California's farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at home to counter the smell and, they say, fight ...

Plants & Animals Jun 14, 2024

Tiny New Zealand bird delivers a lesson in birdsong evolution

Parrots, songbirds, and hummingbirds can learn to make new sounds. No-one knew, but New Zealand's smallest bird, the rifleman or titipounamu, may have a rudimentary version of the same talent.

Plants & Animals Jun 14, 2024

Chimpanzees understand that they are sometimes relying on luck when making guesses, research suggests

Psychologists Benjamin Jones and Josep Call at the University of St Andrews, in the U.K., have found via behavioral experiments that chimpanzees know that they rely on luck when making guesses about certain things. Their ...

Plants & Animals Jun 14, 2024

Is magnesium the sleeping potion that enables sandhoppers to survive cold winters?

Magnesium compounds are a common ingredient of many remedies designed to help people wind down and escape the stresses of modern life. However, a new study has shown it is not only humans that are using forms of the chemical ...

Plants & Animals Jun 14, 2024

Makah Tribe will again be allowed to hunt gray whales off Washington coast

Not since the spring of 1999 have members of the Makah Tribe filed into a cedar canoe and paddled off Washington's coast to legally harpoon a gray whale, trailing its body back to shore for celebration and ceremony.

Paleontology & Fossils Jun 14, 2024

You can help name LA's newest dinosaur fossil?

The Los Angeles County Natural History Museum is seeking the public's help in naming a 70-foot-long sauropod skeleton unearthed by the museum's paleontologists.

Other Jun 14, 2024

Is there anybody out there? NATO hones Arctic subs' sonar skills

In the icy waters of the Arctic, NATO scientists are dissecting sound waves to improve the West's ability to track Russian submarines, as global warming alters acoustics underwater.

Molecular & Computational biology Jun 13, 2024

Sweaty cattle may boost food security in a warming world

Sweaty cows may not sound like the most exciting company, but in a warming world, researchers can't get enough of them. When cattle are too hot, they tend to stop eating, said Raluca Mateescu, University of Florida Institute ...

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