Can rattlesnakes really climb trees in California? Swim? Here's what experts say
Jul 15, 2024, 1:10 pm By NULLYou're enjoying the evening breeze in your California backyard when you notice something dark and…How old are South African fossils like the Taung Child? Study offers an answer
Jul 15, 2024, 12:28 pm By NULLOne hundred years ago, the discovery of a skull in South Africa's North West province altered our…Wildfire smoke has a silver lining: It can protect vulnerable tree seedlings
Jul 15, 2024, 12:15 pm By NULLForest scientists at Oregon State University studying tree regeneration have found that wildfire…Using RNA technology to develop a chemical-free way for controlling flystrike in sheep
Jul 15, 2024, 12:14 pm By NULLA chemical-free method of controlling flystrike in sheep is a step closer, according to University…Idiotfruit and tree kangaroos: Why the ancient rainforests of Queensland's Wet Tropics are so distinctive
Jul 15, 2024, 11:30 am By NULLIn Queensland's northern reaches lie the Wet Tropics, spanning about 450 kilometers between…Zooplankton study challenges traditional views of evolution
Jul 15, 2024, 11:17 am By NULLIn new research, Arizona State University scientists and their colleagues investigated genetic…Ladybugs: Understanding the beneficial predators among us
Jul 15, 2024, 10:12 am By NULLLady beetles, also known as ladybugs, are distinct, varied and abundant, with approximately 500…Unlocking secrets of stomatal regulation: Phosphoactivation of SLAC1 in plant guard cells
Jul 15, 2024, 10:11 am By NULLIn a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the…DNA tests confirm shark that bit California swimmer was juvenile white shark
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Jul 15, 2024, 9:00 am By NULLStudying polar bears just became a lot easier with new "burr on fur" trackers which confirmed…Study unveils complexity of zoonotic transmission chains
Jul 15, 2024, 5:00 am By NULLResearchers from the Complexity Science Hub and the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna have…Big boost for new epigenetics paradigm: CoRSIVs, first discovered in humans, now found in cattle
Jul 14, 2024, 8:00 pm By NULLA study published in Genome Biology opens new possibilities to improve production efficiency in the…Gnatalie is the only green-boned dinosaur found on the planet. She will be on display in LA
Jul 14, 2024, 10:08 am By NULLThe latest dinosaur being mounted at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles is not only a member…3D genome extracted from 'freeze-dried' woolly mammoth
Jul 14, 2024, 5:50 am By NULLAbout 52,000 years ago, the skinned hide of a Siberian woolly mammoth was exposed to conditions so…375-pound loggerhead sea turtle returns to Atlantic Ocean after 3 months of rehab in Florida
Jul 13, 2024, 4:40 am By NULLA 375-pound (170-kilogram) sea turtle has been released back into the Atlantic Ocean after three…Study examines urban forests across the United States
Jul 12, 2024, 4:52 pm By NULLIn recent years, tree-planting campaigns have been underway in the United States, especially in…New technology could open up gene therapies to more patients at less cost
Jul 12, 2024, 2:21 pm By NULLA new technology aims to take gene therapies a step further, making it possible for the treatment to…Impacts of extreme drought on forest ecosystems reveal species-specific adaptation differences in Northeast China
Jul 12, 2024, 1:41 pm By NULLA recent study from China has shed light on the profound impacts of extreme droughts on forest…Selection processes play dominant role in shaping coexisting assemblages of trees and soil fungi: Study
Jul 12, 2024, 1:15 pm By NULLCommunity assembly is shaped by four main processes: selection—fitness differences between…
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