Too much male sexual attention harms attractive females, according to a new Australian and Canadian study on fruit flies.
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2015
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The bat's immune system works in a fundamentally different way to that of other mammals. This was the conclusion reached by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in a study of mastiff bats. The research ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 16, 2015
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UC Riverside scientists are betting an ancient solution will solve citrus growers' biggest problem by breeding new fruits with natural resistance to a deadly tree disease.
Plants & Animals
Dec 23, 2020
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Much like people, fruit flies must decide when the time and place are right to make a move on a mate. Male fruit flies use cues such as age and pheromones to gauge their chances of success, but just how they do that on a ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 22, 2020
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In experiments studying how fruit flies distinguish between ever closer concentrations of an odour, the researchers led by Professor Gero Miesenböck had previously identified a tiny minority of about 200 nerve cells in the ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 2, 2018
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Boston University researchers, Thomas Kepler, professor of microbiology; Stephanie Pavlovich, an MD/PhD student; and Elke Mühlberger, director, Biomolecule Production Core, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories ...
Biotechnology
Apr 26, 2018
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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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Scientists in Singapore and Spain have gained new insights into the activity of a tumor-suppressor protein in fruit flies that could aid the understanding of some human cancers. The study, published in PLOS Biology, might ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 19, 2022
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Wild capuchin monkeys readily learn skills from each other—but that social learning is driven home by the payoff of learning a useful new skill. It's the first demonstration of "payoff bias" learning in a wild animal, and ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2017
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The sweet, juicy peaches we love today might have been a popular snack long before modern humans arrived on the scene.
Archaeology
Dec 1, 2015
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