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University of Alberta biologist Stephanie Green captures a lionfish for her research on invasive species. Green led a new study suggesting that managing invasive species…
There are 35 species of pepper in the Capsicum family, including five domesticated species. Credit: World Vegetable Center Scientists investigating the genetics of chili pepper…
Chimpanzee dung samples were collected across Africa to determine if populations were recently connected despite historical barriers to gene flow. Credit: © PanAf A new…
Small changes in form can lead to innovative breakthroughs in function, a new study reveals. Researchers have revealed how an ant’s trap-jaw — a powerful,…
New research suggests offspring of enormous carnivorous dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, may have fundamentally re-shaped their communities by out-competing smaller rival species. Credit: UNM…
Lions in the wild. Credit: Associate Professor Enrico Di Minin, University Of Helsinki Recreational hunting — especially hunting of charismatic species for their trophies —…
Sahas Barve, a Peter Buck Fellow at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, led a new study to examine feathers across 249 species of…
Vertebrate evolution timeline. Credit: Dr. Guojie Zhang People traditionally think that lungs and limbs are key innovations that came with the vertebrate transition from water…
A sidewinder snake is shown in a sand-filled arena that researchers used to understand the unique motion they use to climb sandy slopes. Credit: Rob…
Estimated increase in the local number of bat species due to shifts in their geographical ranges driven by climate change since 1901. The zoomed-in area…
This decade must be the turning point, where we transform humanity’s relationship with nature and put the planet on a path to recovery, argues a…
Reindeer lichen. Credit: Marta Alonso-García Genetic analysis shows that reindeer lichens reproduce sexually as opposed to asexually more often than researchers thought. In northern Canada,…
The rediscovered volcano mouse, thought to be extinct. Credit: (c) Danny Balete, Field Museum A small mouse rediscovered on a volcano that erupted 30 years…
Myotis nimbaensis, shown here, is a new species of bat named for the mountain range in which it is found, the Nimba Mountains in West…
Novel methods for culturing previously “unculturable” bacteria. Credit: Molina-Menor, Gimeno-Valero, Peretó and Porcar The culture-dependent study allowed to isolate a surprisingly large number of diverse…
This photo shows a brown tree snake in a tree. Credit: Bjorn Lardner, United States Geological Survey Researchers reporting in Current Biology on January 11, 2021,…
A Galápagos Toroise. Credit: Alexander Forryan New research has unlocked the mystery of how the Galápagos Islands, a rocky, volcanic outcrop, with only modest rainfall…
Four little brown bats. Credit: Joseph Hoyt of Virginia Tech Since 2006, a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome has caused sharp declines in bat populations…
Mollusks of a sample from Southern Israel: in red, those belonging to species of Red Sea origin, in blue, those of Mediterranean origin. Native species…