New Research Shows World’s Most Venomous Spiders Are Cousins
Two groups of highly venomous spiders might be seeing more of each other at family reunions. A new study led by San Diego State University…
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Yale Study Shows Geoengineering the Climate Could Have Dangerous Consequences
One of the scientific tools being considered to reduce the impacts of climate change is solar geoengineering, or the injection of aerosols into the atmosphere…
Newly Discovered Dinosaur (Mansourasaurus shahinae) Links Africa and Europe
When it comes to the final days of the dinosaurs, Africa is something of a blank page. Fossils found in Africa from the Late Cretaceous,…
New Approach to Studying Biomarkers Helped Solve 500-Million-Year-Old Mystery
A postgraduate student of the Faculty of Geology of MSU, working with an international scientific group, participated in the chemical analysis of biomarkers — compounds…
Biologists Explore the Effect of Coral Restoration on Caribbean Reef Fish Communities
Spending hours a day diving around the coral reefs off St. Croix might sound like the stuff of a dream vacation, but for Annie Opel…
Super Black Gives Bird of Paradise an Edge
The mating display of the male bird of paradise owes its optical extravagance to a background so black it is the envy of telescope and…
Scientists Document a Surprising Trend in a Study on Extinctions
Sixty-five million years ago, clouds of ash choked the skies over Earth. Dinosaurs, along with about half of all the species on Earth, staggered and…
Biologists Reveal How Common Treeshrews Break Evolutionary ‘Rules’
A new study has exposed the common treeshrew, a small and skittish mammal that inhabits the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, as an ecogeographical rule…
Study Shows Droughts and Ecosystems Determined by Two Climate Phenomena
What is causing the droughts that the Iberian Peninsula regularly endures? Why are the winters sometimes mild and rainy and other times cold and dry…
Researchers Discover First-Known Hybrid Bird Species from the Amazon
In a newly published study, a team of University of Toronto Scarborough researchers have described the first known hybrid bird species to be found in…
Habelia Optata – A 508-Million-Year-Old Sea Creature
Paleontologists at the University of Toronto (U of T) and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto have entirely revisited a tiny yet exceptionally fierce…
Genetic Variability Supports Plant Survival During Droughts
In the first study to predict whether different populations of the same plant species can adapt to climate change, scientists from the Max Planck Institute…
Lack of Freshwater Places Colorado River Delta Fish at Risk of Extinction
A new study from UCLA shows that Colorado River delta fish risk extinction due to a lack of freshwater. The study is a warning for…
Yale Study Shows Disease-Bearing Mosquitoes Adapt to Winters
Near Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., a population of mosquitoes capable of transmitting tropical diseases is hunkering down for a sixth straight winter. A new…
3D Models Reveal How Tortoises Get Back Onto Their Feet
The Galapagos Islands are home to multiple species of giant tortoises. Two distinct shell forms can be observed among the different species: “domed” and “saddleback”….
New Research Shows Suburbanization Alters Small Pond Ecosystems
New research shows that human waste accounts for a high percentage of nutrients consumed by some animals and plants in suburban ponds. Researchers at Yale…
New Study Shows Skin Pigmentation Far More Complex Than Previously Thought
Many studies have suggested that the genetics of skin pigmentation are simple. A small number of known genes, it is thought, account for nearly 50…
New Butterfly Species Discovered in South Russia
What looked like a population of a common butterfly species turned out to be a whole new organism, and, moreover – one with a very…
