These male spiders catapult at impressive speeds to flee their mates before they get...
After males of the orb-weaving spider Philoponella prominens mate with a female, they quickly launch themselves away, researchers report. Using a mechanism that hadn't...
Cheaper hydrogen fuel cell could mean better green energy options
Researchers have developed a hydrogen fuel cell that uses iron instead of rare and costly platinum, enabling greater use of the technology.
Researchers discover drug-resistant environmental mold is capable of infecting people
A new study finds that drug-resistant mold is spreading from the environment and infecting susceptible people's lungs.
Managing UK agriculture with rock dust could absorb up to 45 per cent of...
A major new study shows adding rock dust to UK agricultural soils could remove between 6 and 30 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2)...
Study identifies gaps in monitoring of streams
'We find that gauges are located disproportionally in large, perennial rivers draining more human-occupied watersheds,' the authors write in their paper, which will be...
Bean cultivation in diverse agricultural landscapes promotes bees and increases yields
Pollination by insects is essential for the production of many food crops. The presence of pollinators, such as bees, depends on the availability of...
When male bees don’t get lucky
Do pesticides have anything to do with the decline in bee populations? A research team has now found a connection between fenbuconazole and the...
Automated analysis of animal behavior
Researchershave developed a new method that uses artificial intelligence to analyze animal behavior. This opens the door to longer-term in-depth studies in the field...
Ecotourism is having a negative effect on primate’s behavior
New research shows that the increase in primate ecotourism is having a negative effect on monkey's behavior. The study found that this fast-growing tourism...
Marine mollusc shells reveal how prehistoric humans adapted to intense climate change
A study reveals the impact and consequences of the '8.2 ka event', the largest abrupt climate change of the Holocene, for prehistoric foragers and...
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