Green is the new black: Study sheds light on reforestation and post-fire recovery
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Feb 3, 2025, 11:00 am By NULLThe octopus just revealed another one of its secrets: what determines its sex. University of Oregon…High-yield rice breed emits up to 70% less methane
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Feb 3, 2025, 9:25 am By NULLThe Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than…Global warming makes French reservoir a winter resort for migrating cranes
Feb 3, 2025, 4:20 am By NULLThe Lac du Der was once just a passing glimpse for hundreds of thousands of cranes flying from…American bald eagles are having a moment, ecologically and culturally
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Feb 1, 2025, 5:12 am By NULLScientists have cast doubt on the reliability of America's most celebrated rodent forecaster—whose…Grasshoppers' size shifts reveal climate change winners and losers
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Jan 31, 2025, 11:40 am By NULLA team of chemists and microbiologists at Michigan State University has found that an all-optical…Discovery of collagen in fossil bone could unlock new insights into dinosaurs
Jan 31, 2025, 11:38 am By NULLFor many years, it was widely believed that fossils no longer contained any original organic…Genomic evidence confirms white shark liver is on Australian killer whales' menu
Jan 31, 2025, 11:30 am By NULLFor the first time, DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for…Ribosomes team up in difficult situations, new imaging method reveals
Jan 31, 2025, 11:00 am By NULLResearchers from the Tanenbaum group at the Hubrecht Institute have developed a new microscopy…Life as a cascade of machines making machines: Living matter framework extends from atomic scale to entire biosphere
Jan 31, 2025, 10:14 am By NULLLiving matter remains the quintessential puzzle of biological sciences, a question that embodies the…Researchers partner with Indigenous Knowledge holders to protect threatened great desert skink Tjakuṟa
Jan 31, 2025, 9:46 am By NULLIn Central Australia, the Tjakuṟa (great desert skink, Liopholis kintorei) is a culturally…While you sleep, these insects are working hard on the night shift to keep our environment healthy
Jan 31, 2025, 9:02 am By NULLAs night falls over Australia's forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal…
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