South Africa's rare succulent plants are threatened by illegal trade—how to stop it
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Jan 7, 2025, 12:04 pm By NULLRecycling takes place in our cells at all times: in a process called autophagy, cell components that…Spiders 'smell' with their legs, new research finds
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Jan 7, 2025, 11:01 am By NULLScientists at Yale and the University of Connecticut have taken a major step in understanding how…Models predict climate change will lead to increase in invasive spongy moth outbreaks
Jan 7, 2025, 10:14 am By NULLComputer models developed by the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory predict that…Why the scarlet velvet ant's sting is so painful to so many different species
Jan 7, 2025, 9:35 am By NULLA team of biologists, neurologists and chemists at Indiana University has discovered why the velvet…Research reveals cost to recover Australia's threatened species
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