Climate and changes in it have direct impacts on species of plant and animals—but climate may also shape more complex biological systems like food webs. Now a research group from the University of Helsinki has investigated ...
Ecology
Jan 14, 2021
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Ultra-thin, super-absorbent and extraordinarily designed to detract attention, the wings of moths could hold the key for developing technological solutions to survive in a noisy world.
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2020
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Sometimes insects show signs of monster behavior.
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2020
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A research team from the Nanjing Agricultural University in Nanjing, China, and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, showed that isothiocyanates produced by cruciferous plants to fend off pests ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 10, 2020
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Scientists have uncovered the earliest known evidence of an insect mimicking a lichen as a survival strategy, according to new findings published today in eLife.
Archaeology
Sep 1, 2020
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Researchers have been working for decades on improving the anti-icing performance of functional surfaces. Ice accumulation on aircraft wings, for instance, can reduce lifting force, block moving parts and cause disastrous ...
Nanophysics
Aug 4, 2020
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When most insects reproduce, they lay eggs that hatch into juveniles known as larvae. To provide good sources of food for the larvae, the adult insects have to carefully select where to lay the eggs. Host plants produce specific ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2020
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Moths are important pollen transporters in English farmland and might play a role in supporting crop yields, according to a new UCL study.
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2020
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The iconic eyespots that some moths and butterflies use to ward off predators likely evolved in distinct ways, providing insights into how these insects became so diverse.
Plants & Animals
May 6, 2020
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The discovery of new, still unnamed animal species in a well-researched European region like the Alps is always a small sensation. All the more surprising is the description of a total of three new to science species previously ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 27, 2020
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