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Differences in fungus found in reared and wild ambrosia beetles suggest artificial method to...
A recent study in Japan has found that reared ambrosia beetles, Euwallacea interjectus, can have symbiotic fungi different to those found in the wild....
Introduced honeybee may pose threat to native bees
A study has found the introduced European honeybee could lead to native bee population decline or extinction when colonies compete for the same nectar...
Light pollution makes fish more courageous
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Plant cells eat their own … membranes and oil droplets
Biochemists have discovered two ways that autophagy, or self-eating, controls the levels of oils in plant cells. The study describes how this cannibalistic-sounding process...
Novel sex-determination mechanism revealed in mammals
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Where Siberian orchids thrive: New hotspot of orchids discovered near Novosibirsk
In Siberia, near Novosibirsk, scientists discovered a unique orchid hotspot, where they found 14 species, some of which had never been registered before in...
Decline in native fish species: Invasive species on the increase
The majority of Bavaria's watercourses are in poor ecological condition. A team has now conducted the first systematic analysis of long-term data on fish...
Common liverwort study has implications for crop manipulation
A new study on genetic pathways in the common liverwort could have future implications for crop manipulation.
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