Daylight study reveals how animals adapt between seasons
Scientists have discovered how a biological switch helps animals make the seasonal changes crucial for survival, such as growing a warm winter coat and adjusting body temperatures.
Scientists have discovered how a biological switch helps animals make the seasonal changes crucial for survival, such as growing a warm winter coat and adjusting body temperatures.
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2020
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Hormonal changes caused by motorboat noise cause clownfish to hide, skip meals and attack their neighbours—putting damselfish in distress.
Ecology
Apr 9, 2020
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Across the world, animals are kept in captivity for various reasons: in zoos for education and research, in research facilities for testing, on farms for meat and other products, and in people's homes as pets. Maintaining ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2020
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New insight on how a butterfly species developed the ability to adjust its wing eyespot size in response to temperature has been published today in eLife.
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2020
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Experts say they're pretty sure Berlin zoo's 6-year-old panda Meng Meng is pregnant.
Plants & Animals
Aug 14, 2019
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Across the world, schools are introducing programmes aimed at enhancing the well-being of students and helping them flourish. Such programmes aim to teach students how to cultivate positive emotions and relationships, find ...
Social Sciences
Jul 9, 2019
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Edinburgh Zoo says giant panda Tian Tian won't give birth this year.
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2017
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The only female giant panda in Britain is believed to be pregnant, Edinburgh Zoo said Thursday.
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2017
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The best natural chemists out there are not scientists—they're plants. Plants have continued to evolve a rich palette of small natural chemicals and receptors since they began to inhabit land roughly 450 million years ago.
Biotechnology
Aug 11, 2016
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Mice that are exposed to the powerful smell of cat urine early in life do not escape from cats later in life. Researchers at the A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russia, have discovered that mice that smell ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2015
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