Some species of pterosaurs flew by flapping their wings while others soared like vultures, demonstrates a new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Paleontology & Fossils
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Most animals live in intimate relationships with bacteria. Some of these bacteria live inside the cells of their hosts, but only very few are able to live inside cell organelles (structures inside the cell, like organs in ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2024
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A new book chronicling transformation on the plains of Kansas and western Colorado uses repeat photography—contemporary re-creations of 1870s photos—to reveal startling changes to the landscape.
Ecology
Sep 3, 2024
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With carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increasing in recent decades, there is a growing urgency to find strategies for capturing and holding carbon.
Ecology
Sep 4, 2024
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Researchers from the University of Kansas have published findings in the journal Ichthyology & Herpetology describing a new species of fanged frog, named Limnonectes cassiopeia, from the Philippine island of Luzon.
Plants & Animals
Sep 9, 2024
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Northern Elephant seals have staged a remarkable comeback after narrowly escaping extinction by hunting, but new research reveals lasting genetic effects in the present population.
Evolution
Sep 27, 2024
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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin and the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna have discovered a potential "pause button" in the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 26, 2024
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The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed by a UCL-led research team.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 6, 2024
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A team of climate, health and atmospheric specialists in Spain and Japan has found abundant live fungi, bacteria and viruses high in the Earth's atmosphere. In their study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
What can we learn from a fungus that eats most of the flies in your home from the inside, turns them into zombies and then lures other flies to necrophilic intercourse? Possibly quite a lot, according to researchers at the ...
Plants & Animals
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