A trio of researchers, two from Queen Mary University of London, the other from the University of Tehran, has found evidence that suggests insects might be able to feel pain. In their paper published in Proceedings of the ...
How hard can insects bite? Having a strong chewing apparatus makes it easier to crush harder food and to succeed in fights with enemies. Biologists at the University of Bonn now present a mobile system (forceX) for measuring ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2022
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Clad in waders and knee-deep in a clear stream, fly fishers pay attention to everything swimming, crawling and flying around them, often getting a close look at nature's wonders.
Ecology
Jun 8, 2022
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Resource pulses, i.e., occasional episodes of ephemeral resource superabundance, represent a fundamental mechanism by which energy, nutrients, and biomass are transported across ecotones. They are widespread in extant ecosystems; ...
Ecology
Jun 7, 2022
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Like ants, termites and bees, some bacteria work together as a multicellular group. There is a strict division of labor in such colonies, to make the group more resilient to the outside world. Now researchers have found that ...
Evolution
Jun 7, 2022
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Plants in Great Salt Lake wetland ecosystems are able to pull hazardous metal pollution from the lake and sometimes pass it up the food chain, according to work by a team of researchers from the Department of Watershed Sciences ...
Ecology
Jun 1, 2022
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Edible insects and plant-based alternatives to meat will be discussed with children as part of new research.
Social Sciences
May 30, 2022
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Based on an early geochronological study, the Lvhe coal mine strata were identified as late Miocene and belonging to the Xiaolongtan Formation. Previous research on the Lvhe sediments has led to the discovery of numerous ...
Paleontology & Fossils
May 25, 2022
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Most people recognize a wasp as those stripy insects who ruin our summer picnics. They live in huge societies, much the same as the honeybee; you might even have a nest in your loft or shed. But there's a lot more to wasps ...
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2022
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A pair of researchers at Kobe College has found that in one species of wasp, cannibalization of sibling larvae is common. In their study, published in PLOS ONE, Yui Imasaki and Tomoji Endo describe the insects and what they ...
