A team of researchers from the U.S. and the U.K. has found that mountain hares in Scotland have not been changing their molt times in response to climate change. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society ...
We've all heard the term "survival of the fittest," which scientist Charles Darwin famously coined to explain how organisms with heritable traits that give them an advantage—such as avoiding predators or beating out others ...
Evolution
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New research from UBC Okanagan shows that salvage logging on land damaged by wildfires has negative impacts on a variety of animals.
Ecology
Sep 23, 2020
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Archaeological evidence shows that the first brown hares and chickens to arrive in Britain were buried with care and intact. There is no signs of butchery on bones examined and the ongoing research suggests the two animals ...
Archaeology
Apr 10, 2020
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Collaborative research led by the University of East Anglia has identified one of the causes of recent deaths in UK European brown hare populations.Working together with diagnostic laboratories in England, Scotland and Germany, ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2019
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Around 11,500 years ago, in what is now northeast Jordan, people began to live with dogs and may also have used them for hunting, according to a new study by archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen and University ...
Archaeology
Jan 16, 2019
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Researchers at the University of East Anglia have joined forces with Norfolk and Suffolk Wildlife Trusts to investigate the cause of mysterious hare deaths in the region.
Plants & Animals
Oct 11, 2018
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New study in the Journal of Applied Ecology shows mammals at less than one per cent of original levels.
Ecology
Aug 14, 2018
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Last year, to commemorate Canada's 150th birthday —and to lay a foundation for Canadian research excellence for the next 150 years—a group of scientists in our country embarked upon the Canada 150 Sequencing Initiative ...
Biotechnology
Jun 28, 2018
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Many animals have evolved fur or feather colors to blend in with the environment and hide from predators. But how do animals stay camouflaged when their environment changes with each new season? Researchers at the University ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2018
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