They might not be able to leap tall buildings with a single bound, but leaf-cutting ants are insect superheroes, capable of carrying leaf pieces up to six times their body mass to cultivate fungus in their borrows. But how ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2023
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Grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have been able to gain the body fat they need for hibernation even as population densities have increased and as climate change and human impacts have changed the availability ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2023
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Exposing female house mice (Mus musculus) to the scent of male urine is known to accelerate their sexual development in what scientists call the Vandenbergh effect. A study recently published in Scientific Reports led by ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2023
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Tropical oceans are typically nutrient-poor, yet they host vast biologically diverse reef ecosystems built by symbiotic cnidarians (including corals and anemones). This apparent contradiction, known as the Darwin Paradox, ...
Ecology
May 15, 2023
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The diverse swimming techniques of the ancient reptiles that ruled the Mesozoic seas have been revealed for the first time by scientists at the University of Bristol.
Evolution
Apr 18, 2023
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A team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently made a surprising discovery, with the help of a wind tunnel and a flock of birds. Songbirds, many of which make twice-yearly, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 17, 2023
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Female giant African pouched rats, used for sniffing out landmines and detecting tuberculosis, can undergo astounding reproductive organ transformations, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2023
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New research shows how the body condition of fledglings in a colony of shearwaters has rapidly declined in just over a decade, with human impacts thought to be the most likely cause.
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2023
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World sports has been convulsed over the past few months—indeed years—by questions about trans athletes, especially trans women, competing in their acquired gender.
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2023
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Angling, a type of fishing, is a popular pastime across the world, and is known to be 40,000 years old. Angling usually takes place in natural bodies of water, which may have populations of wild fish, or be stocked with cultured ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 20, 2023
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