For as long as humans have grown our own food, we have battled pest animals that destroy crops and take food for themselves.
Ecology
May 27, 2023
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in the US and Canada has found that frogs can learn to associate the smell of predators with danger, even as embryos.
Theories abound for why some people are mosquito magnets while others get off bite-free. A team of researchers from Virginia Tech report May 10 in the journal iScience that washing with some soaps attracted mosquitoes, while ...
Biochemistry
May 10, 2023
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Like many other insects, vinegar flies produce pheromones to call their conspecifics to an interesting food source. A research team of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, demonstrated in a new ...
Ecology
Sep 15, 2016
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Huge, slimy snails from Africa have overrun a Miami-area town and the US government said Tuesday a potent pesticide is the best way to get rid of their exploding numbers.
Ecology
Oct 12, 2011
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Biologists claim that humans can perceive and distinguish a trillion different odors, but little is known about the underlying chemical processes involved. Biochemists at The City College of New York have found an unexpected ...
Biochemistry
Sep 10, 2014
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For many meat eaters, summer barbecues wouldn't be the same without the mouthwatering aroma of burgers cooking on the grill. But many people are now open to trying plant-based alternatives, as long as they closely resemble ...
Biochemistry
Aug 23, 2021
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Mate choice is often the most important decision in the lives of humans and animals. Scientists at the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology at the Vetmeduni Vienna have found the first evidence that birds may choose their ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2014
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Birds use odor to identify other birds, and researchers at Michigan State University have shown that if the bacteria that produce the odor is altered, it could negatively impact a bird's ability to communicate with other ...
Ecology
Oct 29, 2019
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Breaking a longstanding impasse in our understanding of olfaction, scientists at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have created the first molecular-level, 3D picture of how an odor molecule activates a human odorant receptor, a crucial ...
Biochemistry
Mar 15, 2023
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