Study links three key variables to higher rural mortality rates in US
Credit: Health Affairs Since the 1980s, the all-cause mortality rate in the U.S for rural residents has exceeded that of ...
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Microbes linked to cancer in threatened California foxes, report Princeton researchers
Bridgett vonHoldt and Alexandra DeCandia find link between ear mites, staph microbes, and tumorsCredit: Edward Schrom, Princeton University Can staph ...
Scientists listen to whales, walruses, & seals in a changing arctic seascape
Multi-year, year-round acoustic study in northern Bering Sea records more than 30,000 whale, walrus, and seal callsCredit: Maxim Chakilev A ...
French mathematician and spider aficionado Cédric Villani honoured with a new orb-weaver
With their astonishingly precise spiral webs, orb-weaving spiders are the arachnid analogy of first-class mathematicians, note the researchers behind the ...
Research sheds light on the evolutionary puzzle of coupling
Credit: German Primate Center-Leibniz Institute for Primate Research A UTSA researcher has discovered that, whether in a pair or in ...
Trees struggle when forests become too small
Fragmented forests a problem for spreading seeds, supporting diversityCredit: Photo: Antti Miettinen Biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental problem we ...
Tougher start could help captive-bred game birds
Credit: Martin Clay Tougher early lives could help captive-bred game birds develop survival skills for adulthood in the wild, new ...
Pollination is better in cities than in the countryside
Plants benefit from more bees, especially bumble beesCredit: Henryk Niestrój /Pixabay Flowering plants are better pollinated in urban than in ...
Hungry for hutia? Our taste for Bahamas’ ‘most peaceable rodent’ shaped its diversity
Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Bahamian hutia, a large Caribbean rodent with a blissed-out disposition, presents a ...
Second of its kind ‘sharpshooter’ leafhopper from Brazil ‘strikes’ with its colouration
Credit: Gabriel Mejdalani When, in 2014, Brazilian researchers stumbled across a never-before-seen red-eyed leafhopper feeding inside the rosettes of bromeliads, ...
Unanticipated response to estrogen at the single cell level
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that not only do ...
19th-century bee cells in a Panamanian cathedral shed light on human impact on ecosystems
Credit: Paola Galgani-Barraza Despite being "neotropical-forest-loving creatures," some orchid bees are known to tolerate habitats disturbed by human activity. However, ...
Study reveals pre-Hispanic history, genetic changes among indigenous Mexican populations
Recent highlights from the journal Molecular Biology and EvolutionCredit: Ruben Mendoza, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity (LANGEBIO) - UGA, ...
‘Treasure trove’ of new discoveries highlights gaps in coral knowledge
Credit: Credit to Jeremy Horowitz/ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Scientists discovered dozens of new coral species on ...
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