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Plants & Animals Jan 3, 2023

Reef fish must relearn the 'rules of engagement' after coral bleaching

Mass coral bleaching events are making it harder for some species of reef fish to identify competitors, new research reveals.

Plants & Animals Dec 22, 2022

California county sees highest number of monarch butterflies in more than 20 years

There's some hope fluttering around San Luis Obispo County this holiday season.

Condensed Matter Dec 15, 2022

Using the power of symmetry for new quantum technologies

By taking advantage of nature's own inherent symmetry, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have found a way to control and communicate with the dark state of atoms. This finding opens another door toward ...

Plants & Animals Dec 14, 2022

Years of monarch butterfly research shows how adding habitat will help conservation

When the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium was formed seven years ago, Iowa State University researchers faced two big questions about reestablishing the milkweed and other wildflowers needed for the iconic butterfly's ...

Ecology Dec 12, 2022

Cabbage white butterflies utilize two gut enzymes for maximum flexibility in deactivating mustard oil bombs

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, together with their colleagues at the Universities of Stockholm and Tokyo, report in a new study in PNAS that larvae of the cabbage white butterfly use ...

Plants & Animals Dec 8, 2022

Botanical gardens are 'hot spots' for butterflies amid climate change

Despite their relatively small footprint in urban areas, botanical gardens are important hotspots for butterfly biodiversity in the arid Southwest, according to a new study by University of Arizona scientists published in ...

Plants & Animals Nov 30, 2022

White butterflies are filling Johannesburg's skies earlier than usual. Climate change is to blame

Each year around mid-summer, somewhere between December and mid-January, the skies of South Africa's Gauteng province, including the city of Johannesburg, fill with small white butterflies. Some land in people's gardens, ...

Biotechnology Nov 22, 2022

What mirrored ants, vivid blue butterflies and Monstera house plants can teach us about designing buildings

Almost all buildings today are built using similar conventional technologies and manufacturing and construction processes. These processes use a lot of energy and produce huge carbon emissions.

Plants & Animals Nov 6, 2022

Monarch butterflies return to Mexico on annual migration

The first monarch butterflies have appeared in the mountaintop forests of central Mexico where they spend the winter, Mexico's Environment Department said Saturday.

Evolution Nov 1, 2022

Rare and iconic Atala butterflies retain an ancient pattern of wing symmetry

Nature seems to have an inexhaustible supply of inspiration when it comes to butterflies. With over 18,000 species, each with a unique geometry and color combination, butterflies look as though they're trying their best to ...

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