Giant extinct burrowing bat discovered in New Zealand
The fossilized remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions of years ago have been found by a UNSW Sydney-led...
Three new species of zoantharians described from coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific
Three new species of zoantharians -- relatives of the better-known hard corals and sea anemones - were discovered in southern Japan. One of them,...
Agricultural parasite takes control of host plant’s genes
Dodder, a parasitic plant that causes major damage to crops in the US and worldwide every year, can silence the expression of genes in...
Lethal fungus that causes white-nose syndrome may have an Achilles’ heel
In the course of genomic analyses of the fungus behind white-nose-syndrome, a devastating disease that has killed millions of bats in North America, US...
Life in marine driftwood: The case of driftwood specialist talitrids
The rare and difficult-to-sample driftwood talitrids, also called driftwood hoppers, have been reviewed. Scientists noq link these crustaceans' trend to small size (dwarfism) to...
Isolating blood-feeding and non-biting genes in mosquitoes
Researchers have taken the first step on a path that eventually could result in female mosquitoes that no longer bite and spread diseases. A...
Mysterious new seafloor species sheds light on early animal evolution
Researchers have described a new species of the enigmatic marine worm Xenoturbella, named Xenoturbella japonica. Two specimens of this new species were dredged from...
It’s all in the ears: Inner ears of extinct sea monsters mirror those of...
A new study has revealed that an extinct group of marine reptiles called sauropterygians evolved similar inner ear proportions to those of some modern...
Invasive ‘supervillain’ crab can eat through its gills
Invasive green shore crabs can 'eat' by absorbing nutrients across its gills -- the first demonstration of this ability in crustaceans -- scientists have...
New species discovered in Malaysian rainforest during unprecedented, top-to-bottom survey
This fall, the California Academy of Sciences partnered with The Habitat Penang Hill and colleagues to conduct a rainforest survey on Malaysia's island state...
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