Gardens Can Be Havens for Soil Animals in Towns and Cities
Soil animal days 2019: Fewer ants but more millipedes, woodlice still on top The fifth edition of the Dutch Soil Animal Days saw earthworms almost…
Soil animal days 2019: Fewer ants but more millipedes, woodlice still on top The fifth edition of the Dutch Soil Animal Days saw earthworms almost…
The aquatic larvae of the net-winged midge have the unique ability to move around at ease on rocks in torrential rivers using super-strong suction organs….
With intensifying human activity, many species are threatened with extinction. However, many other species have expanded their range. Is there a general rule to identify…
Less than 10% of neurons in the mouse visual system behave the way scientists thought most such cells work to perceive the outside world. A…
Researchers find signatures of deep past in biodiversity patterns today. In the first study of its kind, researchers have discovered that events from 20,000 years…
The lack of signals of population decline found on its genome points to a human-mediated, abrupt extinction. Researchers from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE,…
Scientists find that unappetizing moths make less effort to escape attacking bats. You might think that prey would invariably flee in terror from a predator….
Described as “living rocks,” giant land tortoises are lumbering beasts with a reputation for being sluggish in both speed and brainpower. But new research carried…
Duke student Peishu Li ’19 remembers the first time he saw a baby panda being born, in a video for a class taught by biology…
Glacier National Park’s iconic mountain goats seek out vanishing snow patches where they cool and reduce their respiration. A new study in the journal PLOS…
Found as an ingredient in many processed and packaged foods, palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil. Now, researchers reporting in the journal…
“Cephalopods were the first intelligent animals on the planet.” This quote from Dr. Sydney Brenner, molecular geneticist and one of the founders of the Okinawa…
Artificial light influences the behavior of many nocturnal animals such as bats, which are very sensitive to all types of lighting. Particularly critical is the…
A new University of New South Wales (UNSW) study has shown that using a drone to film hippos in Africa is an effective, affordable tool…
University of Otago researchers have discovered how viruses that specifically kill bacteria can outwit bacteria by hiding from their defenses, findings which are important for…
Researchers assess direct and indirect effects of urban growth on a global scale. Leipzig/Halle/Arlington. In a rapidly urbanizing world, the conversion of natural habitats into…
Could Dark Carbon Be Hiding the True Scale of Ocean ‘Dead Zones’? Dead zones within the world’s oceans — where there is almost no oxygen…
Tiny Fossils, Big Findings: Paleontologists Discover Odd Mid-Cretaceous Shrimp Hundreds of tiny well-preserved fossils shed new light on one of the poorest fossil records of…