When wild flowering plants are sizing up others they may often end up in a marriage between close relatives rather than neighbors, a new study has revealed.
Plants & Animals
Apr 12, 2023
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Sexual selection provides an answer to the existence of lavishly ornate signals in animals, but not to the question of why such signals are attractive—for example, why do females prefer the extravagant plumage of peacocks? ...
Evolution
Apr 4, 2023
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How do we tackle world hunger, hidden hunger and climate change? It's possible to address both world hunger and hidden hunger while reducing agricultural greenhouse emissions at the same time. And we can do it without having ...
Environment
Mar 10, 2023
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All animals need energy to live. They use it to breathe, circulate blood, digest food and move. Young animals use energy to grow, and later in life, to reproduce.
Evolution
Mar 5, 2023
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How did early humans first learn to build? It's quite possible that it was by observing animals that had already mastered the art. Indeed, when you look at the animal world many birds, insects and mammals are excellent architects ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2023
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The meat-eating dinosaurs known as theropods that roamed the ancient Earth ranged in size from the bus-sized T. rex to the smaller, dog-sized Velociraptor. Scientists puzzling over how such wildly different dinosaur sizes ...
Evolution
Feb 23, 2023
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The World Health Organization called Wednesday for vigilance after the recent detection of bird flu in mammals, but tried to calm fears that large-scale human outbreaks could be looming.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 8, 2023
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You might think that only DC Comics superhero The Flash could run at a speed of 200 strides per second. But in the animal world, special muscles—called "superfast muscles"—can move as fast as Barry Allen.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 6, 2023
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Scientists used to think power in animals played out in a tidy and simple way. Nature is a dog-eat-dog place. Rams butt heads in a thunderous spectacle, and the winning male gets to mate with a female. Bigger, stronger, meaner ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 30, 2023
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The benefits of zoos to society and local communities are largely underestimated by the wider population, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2023
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