Study reveals crucial role of invertebrates as eco-custodians in global forest litter decomposition
Apr 30, 2024, 1:18 pm By NULLThe University of Hong Kong (HKU) has studied the role of invertebrates in forest litter…Gum arabic from Africa's acacia trees in the Sahel is used in hundreds of products: What's worth knowing
Apr 30, 2024, 1:10 pm By NULLThe conflict in Sudan has turned attention to a rarely discussed commodity: gum arabic. This…Study reveals floral resource partitioning among coexisting bumblebees at species, colony and individual levels
Apr 30, 2024, 1:06 pm By NULLUnderstanding how different species manage to coexist in the same community, especially when…Researchers reveal mechanisms of soil organic carbon accumulation in acidified forest soils
Apr 30, 2024, 1:05 pm By NULLSouthern forests contribute more than 50% of the soil organic carbon (SOC) in China's forest…Wild bees are under threat from domestic bees, invasive species, pathogens and climate change—but we can help
Apr 30, 2024, 12:50 pm By NULLCanada is home to more than 800 species of wild bees—few may have noticed the diversity of native…Researchers find pesticides in a third of Australian frogs tested. Did these cause mass deaths?
Apr 30, 2024, 11:40 am By NULLIn winter 2021, Australia's frogs started dropping dead. People began posting images of dead frogs…Mimicry allows lesser necklaced laughingthrush birds to benefit from living among larger related species
Apr 30, 2024, 11:30 am By NULLA team of ecologists, environmentalists and biologists from several institutions in China, working…Biodegradable 'living plastic' houses bacterial spores that help it break down
Apr 30, 2024, 11:00 am By NULLA new type of bioplastic could help reduce the plastic industry's environmental footprint.…A virus could help save billions of gallons of wastewater produced by fracking
Apr 30, 2024, 10:58 am By NULLAn estimated 168 billion gallons of wastewater—or produced water—is generated annually by the…Researchers suggest that mechanical pressure triggers a key event in HIV infection
Apr 30, 2024, 10:50 am By NULLIt has been more than 40 years since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and scientists still…Discovery of mechanism plants use to change seed oil could impact industrial, food oils
Apr 30, 2024, 10:50 am By NULLResearchers have discovered a new mechanism of oil biosynthesis and found a way to genetically…Missing link in species conservation: Pharmacists, chemists could turn tide on plant, animal extinction
Apr 30, 2024, 10:14 am By NULLAs the world faces the loss of a staggering number of species of animals and plants to endangerment…Inexpensive spring truffles or exquisite Piedmont truffles? New analytical method can detect food fraud
Apr 30, 2024, 10:11 am By NULLSome truffles are particularly expensive and therefore often the target of food fraud. For example,…Alpacas found to be the only mammal to directly inseminate the uterus
Apr 30, 2024, 10:08 am By NULLA pair of biologists from Mount Holyoke College, working with a colleague from North American…Study is first to describe and recreate lemurs' one-of-a-kind vocal structure
Apr 30, 2024, 10:01 am By NULLNew research has discovered that lemurs, the small primates native to Madagascar, are capable of…Engineered increase in mesophyll conductance improves photosynthetic efficiency in field trial
Apr 30, 2024, 9:39 am By NULLIt is possible to engineer increased mesophyll conductance in plants according to new research from…Adaptation of photosynthetic mechanism in air plants occurs through gene duplication, study finds
Apr 30, 2024, 9:31 am By NULLResearchers at the University of Vienna, along with collaborators from France, Germany, Switzerland…New tool decodes complex, single-cell genomic data
Apr 30, 2024, 9:27 am By NULLUnlocking biological information from complex single-cell genomic data has just become easier and…Genetic adaptations have impacted the blood compositions of two populations from Papua New Guinea, finds study
Apr 30, 2024, 5:00 am By NULLPapua New Guinea (PNG) has a wide range of environments, each presenting unique challenges to human…Team develops new type of anticoagulant whose action can be rapidly stopped
Apr 30, 2024, 5:00 am By NULLAnticoagulant treatments are crucial for managing many conditions, such as heart disease, stroke and…
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