Study shows protecting lands slows biodiversity loss among vertebrates by five times
Sep 27, 2023, 11:00 am By NULLProtecting large swaths of Earth's land can help stem the tide of biodiversity loss—including for…Rare echidna noises could be the 'language of love'
Sep 27, 2023, 10:42 am By NULLCurtin University researchers have captured rare recordings of echidnas cooing, grunting and making…Migrating humpback whales around the world seen rolling in and playing with seaweed
Sep 27, 2023, 10:37 am By NULLFirst it was a sandy skin scrub, now it's been reported that migrating humpback whales are using…Structural biology—plastic degradation by using wax worm saliva
Sep 27, 2023, 10:30 am By NULLPlastic waste management is a pressing ecological, social, and economic challenge that has looked to…Neanderthals coexisting with Homo sapiens in Europe likely affected by herbivore carrying capacity
Sep 27, 2023, 10:30 am By NULLA team of evolutionary scientists at Universidad de Cantabria, in Spain, working with a colleague…Three new Jurassic-era dinosaur track sites found in Morocco
Sep 27, 2023, 10:19 am By NULLA small team of paleobiologists, with members from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Liverpool…Tiny CRISPR tool could help shred viruses
Sep 27, 2023, 10:13 am By NULLSmall and precise: These are the ideal characteristics for CRISPR systems, the Nobel-prize winning…Tanzania kills millions of birds to save rice fields
Sep 27, 2023, 10:12 am By NULLTanzania has culled millions of quelea birds to prevent them from destroying rice fields, using…Atlantic walrus more vulnerable than ever to Artic warming
Sep 27, 2023, 9:57 am By NULLPast cycles of climate change, along with human exploitation, have led to only small and isolated…New information on the most important early stage of embryonic development
Sep 27, 2023, 9:53 am By NULLA new discovery by researchers challenges our current understanding of gastrulation, the most…Genetically engineered, plastic-eating bacteria can give waste a new life
Sep 27, 2023, 9:38 am By NULLA group of synthetic bacteria that can efficiently turn plastic waste into useful chemicals is…Cutting the odds of drug-resistant pathogens emerging in wastewater
Sep 27, 2023, 9:23 am By NULLThe combination of chemical and physical stressors that bacteria face during wastewater treatment…Microplastics ingestion under the microscope in invertebrates
Sep 27, 2023, 7:25 am By NULLA study led by Griffith University researchers has exposed two generations of a sediment-dwelling…Fossils show widespread plant extinctions after asteroid wiped out dinosaurs
Sep 27, 2023, 6:44 am By NULLSixty-six million years ago, an asteroid the size of San Francisco crashed into a shallow sea off…Study clarifies how 'junk DNA' influences gene expression
Sep 27, 2023, 6:42 am By NULLFor decades, scientists have known that, despite its name, "junk DNA" in fact plays a critical role:…Double trouble: Infamous 'eagle killer' bacterium produces not one, but two toxins
Sep 26, 2023, 5:22 pm By NULLThe cyanobacterium Aetokthonos hydrillicola produces not just one, but two highly potent toxins. In…Fungus versus flies: Following a scent towards insecticide-free pest management
Sep 26, 2023, 3:15 pm By NULLWhile a blueberry with a fungal infection might end up in most people's compost bin, for a team of…South American bat rediscovered after a century
Sep 26, 2023, 1:33 pm By NULLThe Strange Big-eared Brown Bat, Histiotus alienus, was first described by science in 1916, by the…Study shows invertebrate decline reduces natural pest control and decomposition of organic matter
Sep 26, 2023, 1:24 pm By NULLThe decline in invertebrates also affects the functioning of ecosystems, including two critical…RNA recovered from extinct animal in world first
Sep 26, 2023, 12:24 pm By NULLScientists have for the first time recovered RNA from an extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger,…
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