The 'unknome': A database of human genes we know almost nothing about
Aug 8, 2023, 6:00 pm By NULLResearchers from the United Kingdom hope that a new, publicly available database they have created…If this heat isn't bad enough, new study says snakebites are another risk
Aug 8, 2023, 4:50 pm By NULLIt's hot out there. How hot? Hot enough to scald a lizard. Hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk.…Meet the Persian Gold Tarantula: A new species discovery just in time for tarantula appreciation day 2023
Aug 8, 2023, 4:38 pm By NULLThe Persian Gold Tarantula (Chaetopelma persianum) is a newly described species recently discovered…Good smells, bad smells: It's all in the insect brain
Aug 8, 2023, 4:35 pm By NULLEveryone has scents that naturally appeal to them, such as vanilla or coffee, and scents that don't…Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods
Aug 8, 2023, 4:30 pm By NULLHumans have physically reconfigured half of the world's land to grow just eight staple crops: maize…Successfully managing forests must include stewarding the hidden life belowground
Aug 8, 2023, 3:50 pm By NULLHalf of the biodiversity in forests is unseen because it lives belowground. These organisms are…Pause in recent coral recovery on much of Great Barrier Reef
Aug 8, 2023, 3:42 pm By NULLIn-water monitoring by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) shows hard coral cover…Ivy, dandelions and other common wildflowers are a crucial resource for pollinating insects
Aug 8, 2023, 3:40 pm By NULLSince the end of the second world war, factors such as more intensive farming and urbanization have…Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of cattle in the Americas
Aug 8, 2023, 3:36 pm By NULLCattle may seem like uniquely American animals, steeped in the lore of cowboys, cattle drives and…City-dwelling wildlife demonstrate 'urban trait syndrome'
Aug 8, 2023, 3:24 pm By NULLCity life favors species that are adaptable and, among other things, not too fussy about what they…Common ancestors of bats were omnivorous, according to resurrection of ancestral sweet receptors
Aug 8, 2023, 3:19 pm By NULLThe origins of powered flight and laryngeal echolocation in bats are widely cited as evidence that…Martynoside found to rescue 5-fluorouracil-impaired ribosome biogenesis by stabilizing RPL27A
Aug 8, 2023, 3:19 pm By NULLMyelotoxicity is the primary dose-limiting effect of the commonly used chemotherapeutic agent…Discovery of two new specimens suggests Hupehsuchus was an ancient filter feeder
Aug 8, 2023, 3:10 pm By NULLA combined team of paleontologists and geoscientists from China University of Geosciences and Hubei…A biochip that can be used to perform rapid genetic screening of thousands of molecules
Aug 8, 2023, 2:54 pm By NULLA team of materials scientists and engineers at Stanford University, working with a colleague from…Pacific wasp named as a new species more than a century after first being spotted
Aug 8, 2023, 1:05 pm By NULLImproving our knowledge of the Samoan swallowtail butterfly, and the relationships it has with other…Hip bone found in cave in France may represent a previously unknown lineage of Homo sapiens
Aug 8, 2023, 12:29 pm By NULLA bone found in a cave by an international team of anthropologists in France may represent a…Two-thirds of the world's biodiversity lives in the soil
Aug 8, 2023, 11:06 am By NULLCoral reefs, the deep sea or the treetops of the rainforests are considered the main hotspots of…War-damaged urban environment in Kharkiv is fatal for bats: Loss of roosts and lethal traps in destroyed buildings
Aug 8, 2023, 11:06 am By NULLRussia's war in the Ukraine has severe consequences not only for humans, it also has detrimental…Understanding the role of sociality and implications for disease transmission among bighorn sheep populations
Aug 8, 2023, 11:00 am By NULLSociality plays a pivotal role in the lives of many animal species, influencing mating success,…How turtles developed over the past 200 million years: Diversity of body size in turtles studied
Aug 8, 2023, 10:26 am By NULLInternational researchers, including Dr. Gabriel Ferreira of the Senckenberg Center for Human…
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