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Biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have released the first broad-scale, comparative, fine-grained analysis linking the amplitude, or volume, of a bird's song to its vocal frequency, or pitch. Though biologists have long wondered whether…

The impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is not a future threat: it is a present and escalating crisis that demands urgent, unified action. The new AMR Lens report, "Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Innovation in Australia," provides a timely and…

When pollinators visit flowers, they produce a variety of characteristic sounds, from wing flapping during hovering, to landing and takeoff. However, these sounds are extremely small compared to other vibrations and acoustics of insect life, causing…

Songbirds who make the arduous flight from their nesting sites in northern boreal forests to warm, southern climates in the winter may be rewarded for their journey with greater genetic diversity, according to a University of Michigan study.

University of Pennsylvania researchers have discovered a right-handed, antiparallel double-helix inside influenza ribonucleoprotein complexes that slides strand-against-strand as the viral polymerase copies RNA, offering a conserved target for future…

The bond between Amy Amos and her 9-year-old bullmastiff, Phina, runs deep.

Lions face a variety of threats. Humans are one of the biggest, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

A lithium mine could contribute to the extinction of a fish species in southwestern Nevada, the federal government acknowledged on May 20 in a document recommending its protection.

As Australia's east coast tourism industry dives into a new whale migration season, a UniSC study has revealed the emotional and behavioral effects on people who hear the sounds of the 'awe'-inspiring marine mammals.

A team of conservationists, zoologists and veterinary medicine specialists from Justus Liebig University Giessen, in Germany, the Department of Conservation, Kākāpō Recovery and the University of Otago, both in New Zealand, has successfully used artificial…

New research in Wildlife Monographs provides extensive details into the movement of white-tailed deer, with implications for deer management across North America.

A team of doctors and vets in Pakistan has developed a novel treatment for a pair of elephants suffering from tuberculosis that involves feeding them at least 400 pills a day.

Plants that reproduce exclusively by self-pollination arise from populations with extremely low diversity to begin with. Kobe University research not only adds a facet to possible evolutionary strategies, but also lends weight to Darwin's suspicion that this…

Researchers have discovered the genetic region responsible for blackberries' deployment of a type of pointy self-protection: thorns.

A new study published in Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems showcases how untreated wastewater released into the Chicago River during extreme rain events significantly altered the freshwater ecosystem.

A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has identified flavonoids, natural compounds found in plants, that are toxic to bladder cancer cells cultured in the lab.

Wolves in the Netherlands mainly feed on wild animals such as wild boar and red and roe deer. But in areas such as Drenthe where these are scarce, they also prey on free-roaming cattle used for nature conservation. This is according to new research analyzing…

Located about 600 kilometers off the coast of West Africa, the Cape Verde Archipelago is a biodiversity hotspot in the middle of the open Atlantic. Despite the generally oligotrophic environment, the waters around the islands are teeming with whales, dolphins,…

Bermuda's Walsingham cave system harbors a wide diversity of cave-dwelling animals not found anywhere else in the world. Now, one more joins their ranks as researchers at the University of Cambridge, the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences and Senckenberg am…

As global warming alters ecosystems, the need to predict the reorganization of Earth's biodiversity has become urgent. New research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that neglecting the ecological differences between…