Paleontologists are trying to dispel a myth about what life was like when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. The false narrative has wormed its way into books, lectures and even scientific papers about this long-ago era.
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2019
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Dr. Rob Keyzers from the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences is leading a long-running, uniquely New Zealand research project to help find new sources of antibiotics.
Evolution
Jun 14, 2019
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Soil microbes are wild, unpampered and uncultured.
Cell & Microbiology
May 17, 2019
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Dinosaurs were unaffected by long-term climate changes and flourished before their sudden demise by asteroid strike.
Archaeology
Mar 6, 2019
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Endangered and invasive species may be better managed in the future with new techniques outlined by a Texas A&M University scientist and others.
Ecology
Feb 1, 2019
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How did a single species of rodent invade South America and then quickly branch off into 350 new species?
Ecology
Oct 3, 2018
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For every two species of mammal there is one species of cichlid fish, which goes to show that biodiversity is distributed rather unevenly among animals. But why? And to what extent can evolution be predicted? A variety of ...
Evolution
Jul 10, 2018
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A new study by scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other groups predicts that the effects of climate change will severely impact the Albertine Rift, one of Africa's most biodiverse regions and a place ...
Ecology
Mar 9, 2018
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New research shows that males and females of the same species can evolve to be so different that they prevent other species from evolving or colonising habitats, challenging long-held theories on the way natural selection ...
Evolution
Feb 21, 2018
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A group of ecologists has started creating a periodic table of ecological niches similar to chemistry's periodic table. And just as chemists have used their periodic table as a point of reference to understand relationships ...
Environment
Aug 30, 2017
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