Aug. 13, 2021 — Artificial nest experiments demonstrated that the raccoon dog, an alien species abundant in Finland, is a more common duck nest predator than any indigenous mammalian species. The species depredated ...
Aug. 5, 2021 — Scientists no longer have to worry about their bottles of mouse sperm breaking in transit. Researchers have developed a way to freeze dry sperm on a plastic sheet in weighing paper so that samples ...
Aug. 3, 2021 — Scientists have discovered evidence that giraffes are a highly socially complex ...
Aug. 2, 2021 — The dangers of neonicotinoid insecticides likely can't be watered down. That's the conclusion of a new study showing an insecticide made for commercial plant nurseries is harmful to a ...
July 30, 2021 — New research has found that two types of weevils, common yet invasive beetles in many parts of the world, have been using epigenetic changes to adapt and respond to different toxins in the plants ...
July 29, 2021 — Researchers have shown 'gene drive' technology, which spreads a genetic modification blocking female reproduction, works in natural-like ...
July 29, 2021 — New research finds that sexual reproduction and multicellularity drive diversity among different ...
July 28, 2021 — Climate conditions play a significant role in the reproductive success of mature female Antarctic krill and are a factor in fluctuations of the population that occur every five to seven ...
July 29, 2021 — New research has identified a 100-million-year-old weevil unlike any other known fossilized or living ...
July 26, 2021 — A genetic analysis of fruit in the mandarin family has unraveled a complex journey from the mountainous region of southern China to the markets of ...
July 26, 2021 — A new study sheds light on how organisms have evolved to address imbalances in sex chromosomes. The study looks at a species of softshell turtle, but the results could help to illuminate an important ...
July 21, 2021 — Rabbits were raised for over a thousand years in Mexico without becoming domesticated. A new study finds that their solitary lifestyle and greater species diversity made domestication ...
July 21, 2021 — Researchers at RIKEN, Japan have succeeded in creating the first genetically engineered marsupial. This study will contribute to deciphering the genetic background of unique characteristics observed ...
July 20, 2021 — A news study shows soil microbes boost 'hybrid vigor,' a well-known phenomenon where crosses between inbred lines of corn and other crops produce offspring that outperform their parents in ...
July 20, 2021 — The female tsetse fly, which gives birth to adult-sized live young, produce weaker offspring as they get older, and when they feed on poor quality ...
July 14, 2021 — For 30 years, University of Tokyo Associate Professor Hisayoshi Nozaki has visited the Sagami River to collect algal samples to understand how living things evolved different sexes. The threes sexes ...
July 9, 2021 — A new study provides a potential tool for unraveling the mystery of how experiences can cause inheritable changes to an animal's biology. By mating nematode worms, they produced permanent ...
July 8, 2021 — A new study indicates that smaller loggerhead and green sea turtles are nesting on Florida beaches than in the past; however, researchers aren't sure why. The findings give clues to the status ...
July 7, 2021 — The Arctic is warming at approximately twice the global rate. A new study finds that cold-adapted Arctic species, like the thick-billed murre, are especially vulnerable to heat stress caused by ...
July 7, 2021 — In mosquitofish, of the genus Gambusia, male fish are smaller than females -- sometimes only half the size. Biologists had previously assumed that smaller male mosquitofish had at least some ...
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