Water fleas, or Daphnia, could provide an important 'early warning system' for chemical pollution in our lakes and rivers.
Ecology
Sep 28, 2022
0
76
Every modern mammal, from a platypus to a blue whale, is descended from a common ancestor that lived about 180 million years ago. We don't know a great deal about this animal, but the organization of its genome has now been ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2022
7
4935
When the COVID pandemic started, it was a global crisis for humans—but as humans took shelter, reports of wildlife reclaiming what were once human-dominated spaces abounded. But biologists are noticing the patterns were ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2022
0
49
The genetic fingerprint of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis shows that the members of this evolutionarily very old animal phylum use the same gene cascades for the differentiation of neuronal cell types as more complex ...
Evolution
Sep 22, 2022
0
263
Sometimes getting to where you want to go is a matter of finding the right guide.
Ecology
Sep 21, 2022
0
30
Seventeen bodies found at the bottom of a mediaeval English well were likely Jews who were murdered in an anti-Semitic massacre more than 800 years ago, scientists have revealed.
Archaeology
Sep 4, 2022
0
18
These days, dragons are keeping "Game of Thrones" fans on their toes. But they are also providing important insights into vertebrate brain evolution, as revealed by the work of Max Planck scientists on the brain of the Australian ...
Evolution
Sep 2, 2022
0
545
From the slime coating slugs to the saliva in our mouths, many slippery bodily fluids contain mucus. So how did this marvel of biology evolve?
Evolution
Aug 26, 2022
0
171
Many mammals have a sweet tooth, but birds lost their sweet receptor during evolution. Although hummingbirds and songbirds independently repurposed their savory receptor to sense sugars, how other birds taste sweet is unclear. ...
Evolution
Aug 19, 2022
0
56
The spread of the mosquito species Anopheles stephensi across Africa poses a significant problem to a continent already heavily burdened by malaria. Most—90%—of the world's malaria deaths are on the continent.
Ecology
Aug 18, 2022
1
17
