Nectar, the high-energy 'honey' produced by flowers, might be a brilliant distraction technique to help protect a flower's reproductive parts, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2017
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The shores of Lake Turkana, in Kenya, are dry and inhospitable, with grasses as the dominant plant type. It hasn't always been that way. Over the last four million years, the Omo-Turkana basin has seen a range of climates ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2017
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Move over, honeybee and seagull: it's time to meet Moabosaurus utahensis, Utah's newly discovered dinosaur, whose past reveals even more about the state's long-term history.
Archaeology
Apr 13, 2017
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A new study to be published in the scientific journal New Phytologist reveals that plants' odour bouquet changes depending on the type of enemy that attacks it. To the surprise of the researchers involved, native plants emit ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2017
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A new study published today in Botany demonstrates how herbaria can be valuable resources for studying the impact over time of large herbivores on perennial plant populations.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2017
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Coral reefs are among the most valuable natural assets on Earth. They provide an estimated US$375 billion worth of goods and services every year, such as supporting fisheries and protecting coasts. But reefs face many stresses ...
Environment
Dec 1, 2016
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Do bluebirds nesting in California's vineyards help grape growers by eating agricultural pests, or hurt them by eating insects that are beneficial? The researchers behind a new study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances found ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2016
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As an international study conducted by the University of Zurich based on 3-D reconstructions of animal skeletons reveals for the first time: Herbivorous mammals have bigger bellies than their usually slim carnivorous counterparts. ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 4, 2016
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Trophy hunting is the selective hunting and harvesting of wild game for human recreation—with the "trophy" being the portion of the animal that is kept, ranging from the entire animal to the head, skin, pelt, horns, or ...
Ecology
Oct 27, 2016
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Analysis of mammal teeth can reveal local environmental conditions. A new study employs data collected from Kenyan national parks over the past 60 years, combined with traits of the teeth of herbivorous mammals. The results ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2016
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