New study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease
Global synthesis reveals bird traits that promote Lyme and flags high-risk speciesCredit: Credit: Fyn Kynd. Birds play an underrecognized role ...
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Concordia researchers find melatonin is effective against polycystic kidney disease
Hormone treatment can help reduce cysts in fruit fly renal tubules, according to Cassandra Millet-Boureima and Chiara GamberiCredit: Concordia University ...
New study: Malaria tricks the brain’s defence system
Credit: Colourbox. Every year, more than 400,000 people die from malaria, the majority are children under the age of five ...
The surprises of color evolution
Credit: Casper van der Kooi / University of Groningen Nature is full of colour. For flowers, displaying colour is primarily ...
Methods in studying cycad leaf nutrition found to be inconsistent and incomplete
Credit: University of Guam Collective research to date regarding nutrients found in the leaves of contemporary cycad species has been ...
Feral colonies provide clues for enhancing honey bee tolerance to pathogens
Credit: Katy Evans, Penn State Understanding the genetic and environmental factors that enable some feral honey bee colonies to tolerate ...
Constructing termite turrets without a blueprint
Researchers develop a mathematical model to explain the complex architecture of termite moundsCredit: (Image courtesy of Guy Theraulaz/Harvard SEAS) Following ...
Appreciating a flower’s texture, color, and shape leads to better drone landings
Credit: MAVLab/ TU Delft If you ever saw a honeybee hopping elegantly from flower to flower or avoiding you as ...
Latch, load and release: Elastic motion makes click beetles click, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Click beetles can propel themselves more than 20 body lengths into ...
CCNY’s David Lohman finds Asian butterfly mimics different species as defense mechanism
Credit: Photo credit: Gan Cheong Weei. Many animal and insect species use Batesian mimicry - mimicking a poisonous species - ...
GM plant grows insect sex pheromone compounds needed for green pest control in agriculture
GM plant to give boost to green insect controlsCredit: Kurt Miller Photography RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The camelina plant, a source ...
Bees respond to wildfire aftermath by producing more female offspring
Credit: Jim Rivers, OSU College of Forestry CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University have found that the blue ...
Shedding light on the secret reproductive lives of honey bees
Credit: Photo by Alison McAfee. Honey bee health has been on the decline for two decades, with U.S. and Canadian ...
A fly’s eye view of evolution
Research team led by Göttingen University investigates molecular basis of eye size variation in insectsCredit: Georg Bullinger The fascinating compound ...