Infrared photographs of butterflies, where brightness correlates with the capability of radiative cooling. Credit: Nanfang Yu and Cheng-Chia Tsai/Columbia Engineering Researchers discover that butterflies have…
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Humans Not Always to Blame for Genetic Diversity Loss in Wildlife, New Conservation Research Reveals
Humans Not Always to Blame for Genetic Diversity Loss in Wildlife, New Conservation Research Reveals
Lion. Credit: simondures.com/ZSL Conservationists should be wary of assuming that genetic diversity loss in wildlife is always caused by humans, as new research published today…
Using cryo-electron microscopy, Furukawa’s lab compiled a 3D image detailing the exact arrangement of the proteins that shape each CALHM pore. Pictured: CALHM1 as seen…
Even small soil samples contain vast numbers of microorganisms. Soil samples from different layers of soil wait to be analyzed in staff scientist Ben Turner’s…
Alien lifeforms probably won’t look anything like this. Life is pretty easy to recognize. It moves, it grows, it eats, it excretes, it reproduces. Simple.…
These two white-tailed deer, a fawn on the left and a female wearing a GPS collar on the right, were observed during an aerial survey…
An Aedes mosquito with pollen sacs on its eyes feeding from Platanthera flowers. Credit: Kiley Riffell Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn’t get…
New UNSW research shows the possibility of the iconic Australian platypus becoming extinct because of threats including climate change and human-related habitat loss. Credit: UNSW…
A Malaysian spider, one of the small predators found in our study to be most affected by habitat loss. Credit: Tim Newbold Researchers Analyzed Over…
This is a broad-billed Hummingbird with bright turquoise feathers. Credit: (c) John Bates, Field Museum Hummingbirds are some of the most brightly-colored things in the…
Frogs, like mammals, originated as predominantly nocturnal animals, but maintained the ability to communicate acoustically after switching to being active during the day. Credit: Peter…
(Click image for full view.) Dinofelis, painting by Mauricio Antón. The picture shows a saber-toothed cat Dinofelis eating while one of our ancestors is watching.…
Argentine ant workers. Credit: Gert Brovad Sanitary care by social ants shapes disease outcome — study published in Ecology Letters. Who wins in a competition…
Biologists from The University of Manchester have explained for the first time why having a good night’s sleep really could prepare us for the rigors…
How did the monstrous giant squid – reaching school-bus size, with eyes as big as dinner plates and tentacles that can snatch prey 10 yards…
Cells being manipulated and assembled. Credit: Douglas Blackiston, Tufts University Tiny ‘xenobots’ assembled from cells promise advances from drug delivery to toxic waste clean-up. A…
Northern white rhinoceros. Credit: Ami Vitale In December 2019 the team of scientists and conservationists repeated the egg collection from the northern white rhinos in…
New viruses that cause diseases often come from animals. Well-known examples of this are the Zika virus transmitted by mosquitoes, bird flu viruses, as well…
Mussels are listed in the top 13 non-native species which could invade the Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: David Barnes @BAS A new study identifies the non-native…
View towards Khumbu and Cholatse from below Ama Dablam at about 4,900 m showing typical subnival vegetation in the foreground. Credit: Karen Anderson New research…