Does metabolic rate drive population size?
All organisms must eat to sustain themselves, but some more so than others.
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Physical fitness of wild Pacific sockeye salmon unaffected by piscine orthoreovirus
The respiratory performance of wild Pacific sockeye salmon functions normally even when infected with piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), according to a new study released today.
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2021
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Resilience to climate change? New study finds octopuses adapting to higher ocean acid levels
With the impact of climate change increasing by the day, scientists are studying the ways in which human behavior contributes to the damage. A recent study at Walla Walla University, by a collaboration of researchers from ...
Ecology
Jan 13, 2021
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Torpor: a neat survival trick once thought rare in Australian animals is actually widespread
Life is hard for small animals in the wild, but they have many solutions to the challenges of their environment. One of the most fascinating of these strategies is torpor. Not, to be confused with sleep or Sunday afternoon ...
Ecology
Dec 30, 2020
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Fossil evidence of 'hibernation-like' state in 250-million-year-old Antarctic animal
Hibernation is a familiar feature on Earth today. Many animals—especially those that live close to or within polar regions—hibernate to get through the tough winter months when food is scarce, temperatures drop and days ...
Archaeology
Aug 27, 2020
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Echolocation is costly for small bats when they're calling loudly
Calling in the ultrasonic range enables small bats to orient themselves in the dark and track down tiny insects. Louder calls travel farther, improving a bat's ability to detect their prey.
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2020
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Newly modeled: Minimum energy requirements for microbial communities to live
A microbial community is a complex, dynamic system composed of hundreds of species and their interactions, they are found in oceans, soil, animal guts and plant roots. Each system feeds the Earth's ecosystem and their own ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 6, 2020
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Bornean treeshrews can take the heat
As human activity shapes Earth's climate, animals must increasingly adapt to new environmental conditions. The thermoneutral zone—the ambient temperature range in which mammals can maintain their body temperature without ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2020
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Exercise, exergy, and meateaters: Resolving the thermodynamic equilibrium of life
Life is about thermodynamic extremes. When scientists first began formulating the Laws of Thermodynamics and talking about disorder and entropy, it seemed that somehow living things were in breach of the laws. How could they ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 9, 2020
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Observational study reveals short-range interactions govern dynamics of microbial communities
Microbial communities are known to be indispensable for our planet. But surprisingly little is known about how they function. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology and ETH Zurich are ...
Ecology
Feb 11, 2020
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