Untangling the complex taxonomic history of a Neotropical liana genus
How do you separate one species from another? Having remained a major challenge in biology as a whole, species delimitation becomes an especially daunting...
Global warming poses substantial flood risk increase for Central and Western Europe
Europe is expected to see a considerable increase in flood risk in coming years, even under an optimistic climate change scenario of 1.5°C warming...
Novel technologies reveal key information about depleted East Pacific green sea turtles
Using new technologies developed to extract life history information from bones, researchers are learning more than ever about populations of green sea turtles living...
Causes and consequences of the 2015 Wimberley floods in Texas
A new study by civil and environmental engineers delves into the 2015 Wimberley, Texas floods that destroyed 350 homes and claimed 13 lives. Scientists...
Warming climate shrinks British Columbia beetles
Some of British Columbia's beetles are shrinking as their habitats get warmer, according to new research. The study provides evidence that climate change is...
Paleontology: The eleventh Archaeopteryx
Researchers report the first description of the geologically oldest fossil securely attributable to the genus Archaeopteryx, and provide a new diagnostic key for differentiating...
Many second hand plastic toys could pose a risk to children’s health, study suggests
Scientists have discovered high concentrations of hazardous elements including antimony, barium, bromine, cadmium, chromium and lead in many second hand plastic toys.
Rainfall and ocean circulation linked in past and present
Research has found that changes in ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean influence rainfall in the Western Hemisphere, and that these two systems have...
The genome of vascular plants bears witness to the evolution of viruses of the...
Endogenous viral elements are viral sequences integrated into the nuclear genome of their host. They are veritable molecular fossils that prove infections that may...
Historical migrations left genetic footprints on the Irish genome
A genome-wide study of the people of Ireland reveals a previously hidden genetic landscape, shaped through geography and historical migrations.
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