How cardiorespiratory function is related to genetics
How high altitudes affect people's breathing and its coordination with the heart beat is due to genetic differences say researchers. Clear physiological differences have...
Early worm lost lower limbs for tube-dwelling lifestyle
Scientists have discovered the earliest known example of an animal evolving to lose body parts it no longer needed.
Monogamous female sea turtles? Yes, thanks to sperm storage
Female sea turtles mate multiply to ensure fertilization. A study of nesting loggerhead female sea turtles in southwest Florida used genotyping to uncover how...
Helpful interactions can keep societies stable
Biologists have challenged old notions that communities with mutualistic interactions -- where the presence of one species benefits another -- are unstable. Their model,...
Freshwater flowing into the North Pacific plays key role in North America’s climate
Massive freshwater river flows stemming from glacier-fed flooding at the end of the last ice age surged across eastern Washington to the Columbia River...
Complex local conditions keep fields of dunes from going active all at once
New research on sand dunes in China describes how even neighboring dunes can long remain in different and seemingly conflicting states -- confounding the...
Super-urinators among the mangroves: Excretory gifts from estuary’s busiest fish promote ecosystem health
A new study of individually radio-tracked tropical fish in a Bahamian mangrove estuary highlights the importance of highly active individuals in maintaining ecosystem health.
Ancient meteorite site on Earth could reveal new clues about Mars’ past
Scientists have devised new analytical tools to break down the enigmatic history of Mars' atmosphere -- and whether life was once possible there. It...
Biodiversity increases the efficiency of energy use in grasslands
Plants obtain their energy from the sun. Other beings rely on eating to survive. Yet how does the energy flow inside ecosystems function and...
Motley crew: Rust and light a possible answer to the conundrum of hydrogen fuel...
Production of hydrogen fuel is a key goal towards the development of sustainable energy practices, but this process does not have feasible techniques yet....
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