Biology
Eastern wolves evolved separately from grey wolves
A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, provides interesting new evidence about the evolution...
HKU biologists determine the evolutionary age of individual cell types providing critical insights for animal development
A research team led by Dr Chaogu ZHENG from the School of Biological Sciences at The University of Hong Kong...
Oldest bat skeletons ever found described from Wyoming fossils
Scientists have described a new species of bat based on the oldest bat skeletons ever recovered. The study on the...
New 52 million-year-old bat species discovered in Wyoming, US, is the oldest bat skeleton known
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283505Credit: Rietbergen et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283505 Article Title: The oldest known bat...
The stripes of the Lesser Pacific Striped Octopus are as unique as our own fingerprints, enabling scientists to track individuals as they grow
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265292Credit: Saumitra Kelkar, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265292 Article Title: Individually unique, fixed stripe configurations of Octopus...
Scientists sequence genome of little skate, the stingray’s cousin
Rutgers geneticists, working with an international team of scientists, have conducted the most comprehensive sequencing yet of the complete DNA...
Insilico Medicine successfully discovered potent, selective, and orally bioavailable small-molecule inhibitor of CDK8 using generative AI
Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”), a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, today announced that it has successfully discovered a...
Scientists uncover the amazing way sandgrouse hold water in their feathers
Many birds’ feathers are remarkably efficient at shedding water — so much so that “like water off a duck’s back”...
Perfume component helps lure male moth pests
North Carolina State University researchers have shown that adding a small amount of a chemical used in perfumes – nonanal...
Genomic surveillance identifies global strain of emerging wheat disease fungus
Pests and diseases may reduce global wheat yields by over 20%. A study published April 11th in the open access...
Save Our Seas Foundation celebrates 20 years and announces a record 75 grants for 2023
It’s a milestone year for the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF). Twenty years has seen considerable changes in the shark...
An embarrassment of riches
Among Indigenous, rural non-industrial populations inhabiting the tropical forests of lowland Bolivia, researchers report, there appears to be an optimal...
Timely pandemic countermeasures reduce both health damage and economic loss
The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and continues to have, profound impacts on the world. In the early stages of the...
Family tree of ‘boring’ butterflies reveals they’re anything but
Walk a short distance through the Amazon Rainforest, and you might witness what look like dead leaves launch from the...
Tailings dams degrade the upstream variety and abundance of fish species
Streams are complex habitats that can be affected by changes further upstream or downstream. Even small dams and reservoirs can...
New airway cell type holds promise for respiratory diseases
During specialization, the individual cells form different airway cell types, a process that can include a period of uncertainty, although...
Male yellow crazy ants are real-life chimeras
The yellow crazy ant, or Anoplolepis gracilipes, has the infamous distinction of being among the worst invasive species in the...
Trees in areas prone to hurricanes have strong ability to survive even after severe damage
As their plane flew low on its approach to land at the airport on the island of Dominica, researchers from...
This elephant’s self-taught banana peeling offers glimpse of elephants’ broader abilities
Elephants like to eat bananas, but they don’t usually peel them first in the way humans do. A new report...
Scientists show how we can anticipate rather than react to extinction in mammals
Most conservation efforts are reactive. Typically, a species must reach threatened status before action is taken to prevent extinction, such...
