Biology
Scientists highlight safe access to the outdoors with naming of new plant species
A new species of Australian bush tomato described from the Garrarnawun Lookout in Judbarra National Park provides a compelling example...
The other paleo diet: Rare discovery of dinosaur remains preserved with its last meal
Microraptor was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards – and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare...
Shedding light on the origin of complex life forms
How did the complex organisms on Earth arise? This is one of the big open questions in biology. A collaboration...
Academy scientists describe 146 new species in 2022
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 20, 2022) — In 2022, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 146 new animal,...
Human activities degrade hippopotamus homes at Bui National Park, Ghana
The Bui National Park is one of the few areas where the common hippopotamus resides in Ghana. The combined resources...
Human empathy makes us better at understanding animal sounds
Those who do well on human empathy tests are also measurably better at decoding the emotional sounds of animals, according...
The clever glue keeping the cell’s moving parts connected
Researchers from Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have discovered how proteins in the cell can form tiny liquid...
Twin brothers of spotted hyenas are often attracted to the same new group when they disperse from their birth group
Press Release // Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) Berlin, Germany, December 19, 2022Credit: Hoener OP/Leibniz-IZW Press Release...
Male genitalia as an anti-predator defense
Predation can lead to the evolution of defensive devices in prey animals. Genitalia, which are used for mating between males...
Male wasps use genitalia to sting their predators
Female bees and wasps use modified ovipositors, formerly used in egg laying, to sting their attackers, including people. Now, a...
The Donnan Potential, revealed at last
– Stephen OrnesCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab – Stephen Ornes The Donnan electric potential arises from an imbalance of charges at...
Fossil CSI: Analysis of giant extinct marine reptile graveyard suggests mysterious site was ancient birthing grounds
Today’s marine giants—such as blue and humpback whales—routinely make massive migrations across the ocean to breed and give birth in...
Study examines bacteria living in and on mosquitoes
Avoiding mosquitoes to protect against bites is always a good idea. But a new North Carolina State University study shows...
Linking fossil climate proxies to living bacteria helps climate predictions
Microbial skins are made out of lipids – fatty molecules – which can be preserved as fossils telling us stories...
Genes & Cancer | Systems biology network reveals the correlation between COX-2 expression and Ch 7q copy number alterations in Ch 11q-deleted pediatric neuroblastoma tumors
BUFFALO, NY- December 16, 2022 – A new research paper was published in Genes & Cancer on December 2, 2022,...
Construction starts of innovative research vessel RV Anna Weber-van Bosse
Future-proof “Compared to the current RV Pelagia, the RV Anna Weber-van Bosse will be equipped with much larger laboratories, more...
Climate change played key role in dinosaur success story
Climate change, rather than competition, played a key role in the ascendancy of dinosaurs through the Late Triassic and Early...
Mammals island-hopped from Australia to colonise the world
Australia, home to the most unusual animal species on the planet that defy imagination, can now lay claim to being...
Flip-flopping cholesterol in the cell membrane
Cholesterol is an essential component of the membrane surrounding every human cell, despite its poor reputation as a health concern...
Wood-eating clams use their poop to dominate their habitat
Deep beneath the waves, tiny clams with shells usually about as big as a pea bore into pieces of sunken...
