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Shells of land snails from Rurutu (Austral Islands, French Polynesia) — recently extinct before they were collected and described scientifically. Credit: O. Gargominy, A. Sartori…
Researchers explored the evolution of metal-binding proteins across billions of years. Addressing one of the most profoundly unanswered questions in biology, a Rutgers-led team has…
Nests of icefish. Credit: AWI OFOBS Team Researchers detect around 60 million nests of Antarctic icefish over a 240 square kilometers area in the Weddell…
In a new study, Neil Hammerschlag, Ph.D., and colleagues used multiple approaches to evaluate the effects of ocean warming on tiger shark movements in the…
From our first breath, our lungs are exposed to microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses. Thanks to immune cells in the lungs, so-called macrophages, we…
Confocal microscopy image of an adult zebrafish head with neural crest-derived cells in red. The Crump lab has used single-cell sequencing to understand how these…
This photograph shows dingos at Hamerton Zoo in the UK eye air sampling equipment with curiosity. Credit: Elizabeth Clare The air in a zoo is…
Dolphins in action. Credit: Dara Orbach Like humans, female dolphins have a functional clitoris, according to a study appearing today (January 10, 2022) in the…
Global port-to-port traffic network of all ships that visited Antarctica from 2014-2018. Credit: David Aldridge Marine life hitching a ride on ocean-crossing ships poses a…
Where the microbe Prochlorococcus, pictured in green, lives is not determined primarily by temperature, as previously thought. An MIT study finds that a relationship with…
Two independent research groups detect the presence of animals by collecting DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of nucleotides…
Using a mathematical model, two scientists of the University of Innsbruck and the University of Helsinki were able to determine that in predator-prey dynamics, both…
This new species of sea slug, Limacia inesae, can be found in the Atlantic off the coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Credit: Miguel Pontes ©…
Fresh lychees. Radiant and flavorful, lychees were so beloved that they were domesticated not just once in ancient times, but independently in two different regions…
Researchers at the University of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England that is made up of 39 constituent colleges,…
The new peptide shows promise as a drug precursor to treat Parkinson’s disease, often known for its distinctive hand tremors. A peptide known to prevent…
Roar supercomputer provides computational power for data-intense gene expression studies. While most people in the U.S. may think of bumble bees as the standard yellow…
Shifting transmission of physical stimuli plays key role in cell differentiation. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered how the sponginess and stickiness of stem…