Long-term study reveals warming climates threaten Florida scrub-jay
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Nov 25, 2024, 12:50 pm By NULLThe small industrious wood ant can do more than just build high nests in spruce forests. A newly…Fuji apple study finds genetic mechanisms behind high-yield trees
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Nov 25, 2024, 10:24 am By NULLThe ecological modeling platform EcoCommons Australia is transforming biodiversity protection and…Bird divorce rates may be linked to fluctuations in rainfall
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Nov 25, 2024, 9:59 am By NULLFloral fragrances are nature's allure, enticing pollinators and helping plants adapt to…Molecular morphers: DNA-powered gels shape-shift on command
Nov 25, 2024, 9:24 am By NULLJohns Hopkins engineers have developed gel strips that change shape when given chemical instructions…Researchers create high-resistant starch rice by impaired amylopectin synthesis
Nov 25, 2024, 9:17 am By NULLRice is one of the most important staple crops and an excellent starch-provider. Resistant starch…Bats employ instant compensation strategy when they can't hear, study shows
Nov 25, 2024, 8:29 am By NULLWhen bats can't hear, new research finds that these hearing-dependent animals employ a remarkable…International team studies the migration of the American woodcock
Nov 25, 2024, 7:22 am By NULLThe American woodcock, a plump harbinger of spring, is a well known shorebird found across eastern…New Zealanders save more than 30 stranded whales by lifting them on sheets
Nov 25, 2024, 5:00 am By NULLMore than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to…As baboons become bolder, Cape Town battles for solutions
Nov 25, 2024, 4:30 am By NULLOn a sunny afternoon in Cape Town's seaside village of Simon's Town, three young chacma baboons…Chimps are upping their tool game, says study
Nov 24, 2024, 2:10 pm By NULL"Planet of the Apes" may have been onto something.Slender-billed Curlew may be extinct, marking the disappearance of a third bird species from the Western Palaearctic
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Nov 24, 2024, 7:50 am By NULLWhile rates of evolution have appeared to accelerate over short time periods, new analysis suggests…
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