Biology
Human activity contributed to woolly rhinoceros’ extinction
Researchers have discovered sustained hunting by humans prevented the woolly rhinoceros from accessing favourable habitats as Earth warmed following the...
Frequent mowing puts poisonous weed into survival mode
By John LovettCredit: Courtesy Alejandro Vasquez By John Lovett University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station...
Microscopic defects in ice shape how massive glaciers flow, study shows
As they seep and calve into the sea, melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising global water levels at unprecedented...
‘life in the ocean touches everyone’: US rolls out first national ocean biodiversity strategy
Roughly 2 million species live in the world’s ocean. But scientists have only described a mere 10% of them. With...
Captivating blue-colored ant discovered in India’s remote Siang Valley
Nothing like the common red, black, or brown ants, a stunning blue ant has been discovered from Yingku village in...
Food, not sex, drove the evolution of giraffes’ long neck, new study finds
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Why do giraffes have such long necks? A study led by Penn State biologists explores how...
Suissa study has high hopes for plant-ant partnerships
Collaborations across research disciplines can lead to unexpected breakthroughs and discoveries. Collaborations across species lead to unexpected evolutionary paths of...
LJI scientists develop new method to match genes to their molecular ‘switches’
LA JOLLA, CA—Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have developed a new computational method for linking molecular marks...
Wire snare removal in protected areas is labor-intensive but effective – and essential to solving the Southeast Asian snaring crisis
Snaring – a non-selective method of poaching using wire traps – is widespread in tropical forests in Southeast Asia. Snaring...
Researchers unveil sperm release mechanism in bryophytes
Using liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) as a model, researchers led by Prof. LI Hongju from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental...
Fungus breaks down ocean plastic
A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV...
Paving the way for hydrogen from algae enzymes
Ligands on the cluster facilitate hydrogen productionCredit: RUB, Marquard Ligands on the cluster facilitate hydrogen production “Iron-sulphur () clusters are...
How sharks survived a major spike in Earth’s temperature
The sharks we know today as the open ocean’s top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode...
Genetic editing of ideal small grain size genes enables fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding
In a study published in Nature Plants, Prof. LI Yunhai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of...
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