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Dengue and Zika viruses make infected hosts smell more delicious to mosquitoes. New research shows that when humans and mice are infected with dengue or…
Dengue and Zika viruses make infected hosts smell more delicious to mosquitoes. New research shows that when humans and mice are infected with dengue or…
Using thousands of chimp fecal samples, researchers have created the first catalog of genomic diversity for endangered chimpanzees in the wild. This catalog allows them…
“Wandering salamanders” live in some of the tallest trees in the world. They also are known to jump when disturbed. Now, scientists report in the…
Most research looking at the impact of climate change on human life has focused on how extreme weather events affect economic and societal health outcomes…
According to a paper published in the journal Cell Reports Methods by Cell Press on May 16th, 2022, researchers devised a CRISPR-Cas9 technique to enable…
In Batesian mimicry, a harmless species imitates a more dangerous one in an evolutionary “ruse” that protects the mimic from would-be predators. Now, researchers reporting…
Soil on the moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels, according to a new study by scientists in China…
Researchers revealed in the journal Cell Host & Microbe on April 28th, 2022, that the health benefits of dietary fiber vary between individuals and may…
According to a single-cell analysis of autopsied human testes, abnormalities associated with aging sperm cells may be exacerbated by elevated body mass index (BMI). The…
These male spiders catapult at impressive speeds to flee their mates before they get eaten. After males of the orb-weaving spider Philoponella prominens mate with…
Dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago, mammoths 4,000 years ago, and the Christmas Island Rat 119 years ago. Since becoming a popular concept in…
Marcel Dicke already knew that insects are an excellent source of protein for humans, but he didn’t expect to learn that they have such a…
For the first time, researchers observed chimpanzees in Gabon, West Africa applying insects to their wounds and the wounds of others. In a study published…
When a person tries to access a memory, their brain quickly sifts through everything stored in it to find the relevant information. But as we…
A review in the Cell journal reveals that the negative health impacts of obesity are not merely due to excess fat, but rather a loss…
Hippopotamuses are rather vocal animals. Their “wheeze honk” calls can be heard over long distances, leading researchers to suspect the calls play an important role…
Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on January 13, 2022, have discovered a massive breeding colony of notothenioid icefish in Antarctica’s southern Weddell Sea….
The air in a zoo is full of smells, from the fish used for feed to the manure from the grazing herbivores, but now we…