San Diego Zoo welcomes 1st aardvark birth in years
An aardvark cub born at the San Diego Zoo is doing well and developing quickly, according to wildlife specialists.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2022
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Connecting fragmented wolverine habitat is essential for their conservation
Present day wolverines, which emerged during the ice age, have been declining globally despite their many adaptions to live in challenging, rugged environments.
Plants & Animals
May 18, 2022
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Researchers find eleven million-year-old fossils in southern Germany's Hammerschmiede clay pit
Researchers from the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt and the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen have discovered the fossil remains ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 9, 2022
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Exoskeletal microstructure of extremely hard coconut crab claws
The NIMS Research Center for Structural Materials and the Okinawa Churashima Foundation Research Center jointly ascertained the microstructure and chemical composition of the extremely tough exoskeletons of coconut crab claws, ...
Materials Science
Jun 23, 2021
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Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a seabird? Two marine biologists place their bets
If you're anything like us, you may have wondered if an octopus and a seabird would ever end up in a fight. Well they do, and it's a YouTube wormhole that can prove quite addictive.
Plants & Animals
May 7, 2021
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Researchers discover fossils of new species in Arizona
Researchers have discovered fossils of a tiny burrowing reptile among a vast expanse of petrified wood in eastern Arizona.
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 15, 2020
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Researchers find clues to clarify why cohesine has a role in cancer and cardiac development
Ana Losada, from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), is the scientist who identified cohesin in vertebrates, a protein that is essential in cell division. Losada has studied cohesin since she identified it ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 11, 2020
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Keeping cats indoors: How to ensure your pet is happy, according to science
By 2030, 60 percent of the world's population will live in cities, while one in three will share their city with at least half a million other inhabitants. With more and more people living in dense urban settings, what does ...
Veterinary medicine
Nov 25, 2019
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Functional changes of thermosensory molecules related to environmental adaptation
Animals have adapted to diverse thermal environments from cold to hot. During the course of thermal adaptation processes, preferred thermal ranges for survival shift among species adapted to different thermal niches. Accordingly, ...
Evolution
Sep 3, 2019
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Nuclear events make a flower bloom
Flowers are the reproductive organs of a plant. Their formation depends on strict nuclear events that, if compromised, can leave the plant sterile. A new study by researchers at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2018
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