Perfume component helps lure male moth pests
A small amount of a perfume component -- nonanal -- added to a traditional blend of sex pheromones captures the attention of male fall...
Trees in areas prone to hurricanes have strong ability to survive even after severe...
The island of Dominica took a direct hit from Category 5 Hurricane Maria. Nine months afterward, researchers found that while 89% percent of trees...
Male yellow crazy ants are real-life chimeras
Researchers discovered that males of the yellow crazy ant have maternal and paternal genomes in different cells of their body and are thus chimeras.
The 2022 Durban floods were the most catastrophic yet recorded in KwaZulu-Natal
Research shows flooding events in the province have doubled in the last century.
Cities will need more resilient electricity networks to cope with extreme weather
Dense urban areas amplify the effects of higher temperatures, due to the phenomenon of heat islands in cities. This makes cities more vulnerable to...
Your baby’s gut is crawling with unknown viruses
Babies tumble about with more than 200 previously unknown viral families within their intestines. This large number comes as a surprise to researchers, who...
Warm liquid spewing from Oregon seafloor comes from Cascadia fault, could offer clues to...
Oceanographers discovered warm, chemically distinct liquid shooting up from the seafloor about 50 miles off Newport. They named the unique underwater spring 'Pythia's Oasis.'...
Migratory birds can partially offset climate change
A new study demonstrates that birds can partially compensate for climate change by delaying the start of spring migration and completing the journey faster....
Family tree of ‘boring’ butterflies reveals they’re anything but
Important species often get overlooked if they lack flashy colors or charismatic behavior. This is true of euptychiine butterflies, one of the most common...
Early crop plants were more easily ‘tamed’
Borrowing a page from what we know about animal behavior, archaeologists say that we should reassess our understanding of the process of plant domestication.
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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