Rare bamboo flowering event could be followed by years of ecological change
Sep 1, 2023, 1:18 pm By NULLFlowering for some plants is a yearly occurrence; for others, it is a once-in-a-lifetime event. A…New fossil species suggests tropicbirds originated in Zealandia
Sep 1, 2023, 1:18 pm By NULLA team of paleontologists from the University of Canterbury has discovered a remarkably intact…In Mississippi, a tiny fish is reintroduced to the river where it disappeared 50 years ago
Sep 1, 2023, 12:22 pm By NULLA species of tiny fish that once flourished in a river running hundreds of miles from central…Mapping the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein could provide insight into vaccine development
Aug 31, 2023, 9:14 pm By NULLAlthough the COVID-19 pandemic was the first time most of humanity learned of the now infamous…Do artificial roosts help bats? Experts say more research needed
Aug 31, 2023, 8:41 pm By NULLArtificial roosts for bats come in many forms—bat boxes, condos, bark mimics, clay roosts, and…Could insights from ants help people build better transportation networks?
Aug 31, 2023, 8:37 pm By NULLCould ants' nests hold the secret to reducing traffic congestion on the 405 Freeway?Nearly half of dog owners are hesitant to vaccinate their pets, finds study
Aug 31, 2023, 8:35 pm By NULLA new study has found that US dog owners who harbor mistrust in the safety and efficacy of childhood…'Suicidal' mechanism discovered in ion channel receptors enables the sensing of heat and pain
Aug 31, 2023, 8:13 pm By NULLThe ability to accurately detect heat and pain is critical to human survival, but scientists have…New research on fruit flies provides key insights into the nutrients essential for embryo development
Aug 31, 2023, 8:13 pm By NULLIt is well known in development biology that a mother's egg provides abundant nutrients that are…Newly discovered fungus helps destroy a harmful food toxin
Aug 31, 2023, 8:12 pm By NULLPatulin (C7H6O4), a mycotoxin produced by several types of fungi, is toxic to a variety of life…Stoichiometric mismatch between phytoplankton and zooplankton under climate warming and eutrophication
Aug 31, 2023, 8:03 pm By NULLThe aquatic ecosystem functioning is at risk of being disrupted by the stoichiometric mismatch…Mutation rates in whales found to be much higher than previously reported
Aug 31, 2023, 7:16 pm By NULLAn international team of marine scientists, led by the University of Groningen in the Netherlands…Biological clocks: How does the body know that time goes by?
Aug 31, 2023, 7:03 pm By NULLIn April of this year, Spanish athlete Beatriz Flamini emerged into the light after a 500-day stay…Researcher reveals the secret life of bumble bees
Aug 31, 2023, 6:44 pm By NULLBees that build microbreweries, ride a miniature merry-go-round and possibly even wear diapers: In…Iceland to resume whaling under stricter conditions
Aug 31, 2023, 6:28 pm By NULLIceland's government said that whaling could resume Friday with stricter conditions and monitoring,…Using artificial methods to grow crops could help solve global food insecurity
Aug 31, 2023, 6:23 pm By NULLArtificial methods of growing lettuce produce twice the amount of the crop as traditional…Tracking the migration adventures of Black-winged Monarchs
Aug 31, 2023, 6:21 pm By NULLBlack-winged Monarchs (Monarcha frater) are songbirds that live in the rainforests of New Guinea and…Study connects greenhouse gas emissions to polar bear population declines
Aug 31, 2023, 6:00 pm By NULLNew research from the University of Washington and Polar Bears International in Bozeman, Montana,…Early ancestral bottleneck could've spelled the end for modern humans
Aug 31, 2023, 6:00 pm By NULLHow a new method of inferring ancient population size revealed a severe bottleneck in the human…Researchers determine how type II restriction endonuclease Sau3AI cleaves DNA
Aug 31, 2023, 5:37 pm By NULLSau3AI is a type II restriction enzyme widely used for genetic manipulation, such as genome library…
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