Parasitic worms have armies, and produce more soldiers when needed
A research team demonstrated for the first time that the number of soldiers in a trematode colony depends on the local invasion threat, showing...
By gum! Scientists find new 110-million-year-old treasure
A remarkable new treasure has been found -- the first fossil plant gum on record. The beautiful, amber-like material has been discovered in 110-million-year-old...
‘Grand Challenge’ review stresses global impact of microplastics
Microplastics are not just an ocean problem.
Boost soybean yields by adapting photosynthesis to fleeting shadows, according to model
Scientists report a new mathematical computer model that is used to understand how much yield is lost as soybean crops grapple with minute-by-minute light...
One billion-year-old green seaweed fossils identified, relative of modern land plants
Paleontologists have made a remarkable discovery in China: 1 billion-year-old micro-fossils of green seaweeds that could be related to the ancestor of the earliest...
Citizen scientists discover a new snail, name it after Greta Thunberg
Participants in a citizen-science expedition in the Ulu Temburong National Park in Brunei, Borneo, named a new snail species after climate activist Greta Thunberg....
Ancient plant foods discovered in Arnhem Land, Australia
The new study includes the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens use of plant foods outside Africa and the Middle East.
5200-year-old grains in the eastern Altai Mountains redate trans-Eurasian crop exchange
Cereals from the Fertile Crescent and broomcorn millet from northern China spread across the ancient world, integrating into complex farming systems that used crop-rotation...
Fossilized insect from 100 million years ago is oldest record of primitive bee with...
Beetle parasites clinging to a primitive bee 100 million years ago may have caused the flight error that, while deadly for the insect, is...
Impact of oil contaminated water on tubeworms and brittlestars
A new study adds a new layer to understanding how an oil spill could impact marine life. A diverse community of worms and other...
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