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July 23, 2021 Scientists have studied the characteristics determining the maximum running speed in animals. The model they developed explains why humans cannot keep up with the fastest sprinters in the animal ...
Sep. 3, 2021 Knowledge of the detailed accumulation profiles of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and POPs-like contaminants in wild animals is critical for ecological risk assessment. Comprehensive screening ...
Oct. 11, 2023 Both elegant and fierce, killer whales are some of the oceans' top predators, but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution. Now, in the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer ...
June 23, 2021 A new study provides an in-depth look into the rich diversity of prey that giant plumose anemones consume. This includes a surprising menu item: ants. And the occasional ...
Jan. 23, 2023 Protected natural areas of the UK are struggling to halt declines in insects and spiders that have occurred over the past 30 years, according to a new ...
Oct. 5, 2021 A new study gives insight into how limb development evolved in vertebrates. The findings identify a gene that plays a central role in the evolution of limb development in vertebrates. By manipulating ...
Mar. 30, 2023 Ancient 2m-long amphibians swam like crocodiles long before true crocodiles existed, according to a new ...
May 17, 2022 A new study has revealed that a large, complex molecule, called lipopolysaccharide, produced by bacteria is responsible for inducing larval marine tubeworms, Hydroides elegans, to settle to the ...
Sep. 6, 2022 Abrahamic texts treat slithering as a special indignity visited on the wicked serpent, but evolution may draw a more continuous line through the motion of swimming microbes, wriggling worms, ...
Oct. 4, 2023 Rivers across England have seen a significant improvement in river invertebrate biodiversity since 1989, shows a new ...