Newly discovered ant species Strumigenys ananeotes. Credit: Jack Longino/University of Utah Jack Longino is a global ant expert and has traveled the world documenting and…
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SUNY Optometry researchers demonstrate that cortical maps for eye dominance are very diverse because the amount of cortex available to represent each binocular point varies…
A scribbled filefish, about 50 days old and 2 inches long, surrounded by plastics. Credit: David Liitschwager New research shows that many larval fish species…
The first app of its kind allows users to interact with biodiversity research through augmented reality. An ant the size of a lion isn’t as…
Great Barrier Reef anemonefish can see UV light and may use this to find anemones and other anemonefish. Credit: Prof Justin Marshall, University of Queensland…
Scientists have found there are likely millions of ways of storing biological information. But why does biology do it the way it does? Scientists computed…
Credit: Sebastian Spreizer Researchers have discovered how neuronal networks are able to generate activity sequences for meaningful behavior. Neuroscientists at the Bernstein Center Freiburg (BCF)…
New Zealand is a key area for understanding the diversity of the extinct penguins and has even revealed the existence of ‘giant’ penguin species (larger…
The fate of emperor penguins is largely tied to sea ice, making them particulary vulnerable to warming. Credit: Stephanie Jenouvrier, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Emperor…
Don’t let their cuteness fool you – these animals are not to be messed with. This week Reactions breaks down the chemistry behind what makes…
Drawn to life picture of head of Browse (or Black) Rhino. To the right both length and cross sections of slivers of its horn.Credit: Jonathan…
“The major research directions and technology platforms that [my] lab is known for today came out of this process where the students or I had…
The delicate flower and thread-like flower stalks of Psoralea cataracta, a type of fountain bush which only occurs close to mountain streams in the Tulbagh…
By creating protocells in hot, alkaline seawater, a University College London-led research team has added to evidence that the origin of life could have been…
No evidence of infection found in the bacterial community around shark wounds. A survey of the shark skin microbiome provides the first step toward understanding…
The Bog Bush Cricket, has struggled to expand its range. Credit: Gilles San Martin There’s no place like home: Many insects moving north in response…
Dense connectome from the mouse cerebral cortex, the largest connectome to date. Neurons in the cortex, densely reconstructed from 3-D electron microscopy data. Credit: Reprinted…
New Modeling Tool Has Implications for Better Understanding of Disease Remember domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species and Darwin’s tree of life metaphor…
This picture shows a tagged desmodus rotundus bat in the wild. Credit: Sherri ad Brock Fenton Vampire bats that share food and groom each other…
The image shows a single section from a mouse brain. Neurons in one layer of sensory cortex (the very dense yellow color on the right)…