Pachyderm perfume: How African elephants use odor to communicate
University of Queensland researchers have found African elephants use their acute sense of smell as a form of communication.
University of Queensland researchers have found African elephants use their acute sense of smell as a form of communication.
Plants & Animals
Apr 3, 2023
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Antibiotic resistance (ARE) is a threat to human health worldwide, as diverse proteins allow pathogenic bacteria to develop increasing levels of resistance to antibiotic medicines. Now, a team from the University of Tsukuba ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 30, 2023
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For the first time, leading researchers from the fields of health care, ocean science, and social science have collaborated to quantify plastic's considerable risks to all life on Earth. The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2023
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Six giant African land snails have been found in the luggage of a traveler who flew to Michigan from the west African country of Ghana.
Ecology
Mar 18, 2023
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Countries in the Horn of Africa have been hit by a multiyear drought. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda are expected to continue getting below-normal rainfall in 2023. Excluding Uganda, 36.4 million people are affected ...
Environment
Mar 14, 2023
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Microorganisms should be 'weaponized' to stave off conflicts across the globe, according to a team of eminent microbiologists.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 10, 2023
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As millions of tons a year of microplastic waste mounts in marine environments, Flinders University scientists warn the ramifications to wildlife, food webs and human health are still little understood.
Environment
Mar 7, 2023
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Metal oxide nanoparticles—ubiquitous in nature, and commonly used as food coloring and anti-caking agents in the commercial ingredients industry—may damage and disturb parts of the human intestine, according to new research ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 15, 2023
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Plastic pollution is now pervasive in our environment, contaminating everywhere from our homes and workplaces to the planet's deepest recesses. The problem regularly makes headlines, with the spotlight turned toward ocean ...
Environment
Feb 9, 2023
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Protected marine areas are one of the essential tools for the conservation of natural resources affected by human impact—mainly fishing—but are they enough to recover the functioning of these systems?
Ecology
Feb 8, 2023
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