Skin deep: Aquatic skin adaptations of whales and hippos evolved independently
Hippos and cetaceans are close relatives, but their shared "aquatic" skin traits did not come from a common ancestorCredit: Carl ...
Tag: Biodiversity
Study: Female monkeys use males as “hired guns” for defense against predators
Female putty-nosed monkeys use calls just to recruit males when certain predators are detectedCredit: C. Kolopp/WCS BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo ...
Seagrasses turn back the clock on ocean acidification
Expansive study shows seagrass meadows can buffer ocean acidificationCredit: Melissa Ward, UC Davis Spanning six years and seven seagrass meadows ...
Scientists pinpoint our most distant animal relatives
Credit: NOAA. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin believe they have pinpointed our most distant animal relative in the tree of ...
Scientists discover unique Cornish ‘falgae’
Credit: Mark Milburn/Atlantic Scuba Red algae that grow in Cornwall's Fal Estuary are genetically unique, new research shows. University of ...
Ever wondered what red foxes eat? There’s a database for that
Researchers create a free, online database on global carnivore diets to help conservationists and educatorsCredit: CarniDIET - Owen Middleton, University ...
UMD study suggests supporting Indonesian women in conservation supports biodiversity
Researchers explore the motivations and challenges of Indonesian women in conservation sciencesCredit: Erin Poor, University of Maryland In a new ...
Beetle outbreak impacts vary across Colorado forests
Credit: Sarah Hart/ Colorado State University It's no secret. Colorado's forests have had a tough time in recent years. While ...
Paying to clear-cut the rain forests
Credit: Hoang and Kanemoto In the last few years, as climate changes continues to become more severe, there has been ...
HKBU-led research unlocks the genomic secrets of organisms that thrive in extreme deep-sea
Credit: (Drawn by HKBU student Hu Juntong) A study led by scientists at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has decoded ...
Study analyses fish larval dispersal in western Mediterranean
Experts identify three large areas in which there is barely fish exchangeCredit: Enrique Ballesteros (CEAB-CSIC) A new study analyzes the ...
Gray’s beaked whales ‘resilient’ to ecosystem changes
Credit: Mark Camm An elusive whale species in the Southern Ocean could be resilient to near-future ecosystem changes, according to ...
Dogs (not) gone wild: DNA tests show most ‘wild dogs’ in Australia are pure dingoes
It's time to take dingoes out of the doghouseCredit: Chontelle Burns / Nouveau Rise Photography. Almost all wild canines in ...
When synthetic evolution rhymes with natural diversity
Credit: Parys/GMI/UNC-Chapel Hill Researchers at GMI - Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, ...
Study introduces 13 new, threatened species of sparkly moths from Hawaii
One of the islands' oldest animal groups, can these tiny insects survive the next century?Credit: Chris Johns/Florida Museum of Natural ...
Ocean’s mammals at crucial crossroads
Credit: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab The ocean's mammals are at a crucial crossroads - with some at ...
AllianThera Biopharma comes out of stealth and collaborates on AI with Insilico Medicine
AllianThera Biopharma lead by ex-pharma veterans, Dr. Yuan-Hua Ding and Dr. Javier Cote-Sierra partnered with an AI-driven drug discovery company, ...
Corona waste kills animals throughout the entire world
Dutch scientist want to know how bad the problem is, exactlyCredit: Alexander Schippers It all started when litter researchers found ...
Study of chilli genetics could lead to greater variety on our plates
Credit: World Vegetable Center Scientists investigating the genetics of chilli pepper species have discovered a whole host of new chilli ...
Automatic trail cameras keep wildlife research going during pandemic
Researchers share how trail cameras enabled science to continue even without fieldworkCredit: Austin Green/University of Utah For scientists, especially graduate ...
