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Jan 24, 2024, 3:42 pm By NULLHumpback whale singing dominates the marine soundscape during winter months off Maui. However,…Sparrows uniquely adapted to Bay Area marshes are losing their uniqueness
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Jan 24, 2024, 2:00 pm By NULLModeling shows how microplastics may bioaccumulate in the Galápagos Islands' food web, with…Jujube witches' broom phytoplasmas inhibit ZjBRC1-mediated abscisic acid metabolism to induce shoot proliferation
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Jan 24, 2024, 1:09 pm By NULLSouth Korean researchers led by Director Cho Minhaeng at the IBS Center for Molecular Spectroscopy…Analyses provide new insights into the evolution, domestication and ornamental traits of crape myrtle
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Jan 24, 2024, 12:10 pm By NULLThe areas used by six threatened marine megafauna species overlap with a myriad of human activities…
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