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A Bit of Good Luck: A New Species of Burying Beetle from the Solomon Islands Archipelago
June 21, 2013 — Scientists discovered a new species of burying beetle from the Solomon Islands Archipelago. Nicrophorus efferens was discovered when one of the authors, Tonya Mousseau, decided to look through the ... > full story -
Why Closely Related Species Do Not Eat the Same Things
June 21, 2013 — Closely related species consume the same resources less often than more remotely related species. In fact, it is the competition for resources, and not their kinship, which determines the food ... > full story -
The Sun Moth: A Beautiful New Species Stenoloba Solaris from China
June 20, 2013 — Scientist describe a striking new species of moth from China with an engaging wing pattern. Only a single male specimen of the new species Stenoloba solaris has been found. This beautiful moth had ... > full story -
Biological Fitness Trumps Other Traits in Mating Game
June 19, 2013 — When a new species emerges following adaptive changes to its local environment, the process of choosing a mate can help protect the new species' genetic identity and increase the likelihood of its ... > full story -
Perching on the Cliffs of New Zealand, Endemic Lepidium Flora Faces Extinction Threats
June 17, 2013 — Cooks Scurvy Grass (Lepidium oleraceum) has an international claim to fame as the plant most commonly used by Captain James Cook and other 18th century explorers as an antiscorbutic. Formerly ... > full story -
New Findings Regarding DNA Damage Checkpoint Mechanism in Oxidative Stress
June 14, 2013 — Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown surveillance mechanism, known as a DNA damage checkpoint, used by cells to monitor oxidatively damaged DNA. DNA repair takes place approximately 10,000 ... > full story -
Researchers Sequence the Genome of Global Deep Ocean
June 12, 2013 — Biologists have started to sequence the genome of the global deep ocean. They are using more than 2,000 samples of microorganisms collected in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans during the ... > full story -
A Critically Endangered Beauty: The Passion Flower Passiflora Kwangtungensis
June 12, 2013 — The Chinese passion vine species Passiflora kwangtungensis strikes with the beauty of its clusters of white-greenish flowers and its small round fruit. Feared extinct for a long period of time, this ... > full story -
High Diversity of Flying Reptiles in England 110 Million Years Ago
June 12, 2013 — Pterosaurs are an extinct group of flying reptiles that are only abundant in very few deposits. One of these is situated in England, where hundreds of fossils of these animals, that covered the skies ... > full story -
Do Parasites Upset Food Web Theory?
June 11, 2013 — Parasites comprise a large proportion of the diversity of species in every ecosystem, but are rarely included in analyses or models of food webs. If parasites play different roles from other ... > full story
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