Grain traits traced to ‘dark matter’ of rice genome
Research finds that a sizeable amount of domestication-related changes in rice reflects selection on traits that are determined by a portion of the genome...
Global urban growth typified by suburbs, not skyscrapers
An analysis of 478 cities with populations of more than 1 million people finds that urban growth across the world is predominantly moving outward...
Human management helps rare plants, butterflies survive hurricane
Ongoing habitat management could help prevent hurricane-driven extinctions. A rare Florida plant, the pineland croton, weathered the damage from Hurricane Irma better in plots...
Fossils of the future to mostly consist of humans, domestic animals
A paleontologist argues that the fossil record of mammals will provide a clear signal of the Anthropocene era.
Watered down biodiversity: Sample type is critical in environmental DNA studies for biomonitoring
A new study looking at macroinvertebrate diversity in shallow, open-water wetlands found that sample choice is a critical factor for a comprehensive assessment of...
Perpetual predator-prey population cycles
How can predators coexist with their prey over long periods without the predators completely depleting the resource that keeps them alive? Experiments performed over...
‘Like a video game with health points,’ energy budgets explain evolutionary body size
Budgeting resources isn't just a problem for humans preparing a holiday dinner, or squirrels storing up nuts for the winter. A new model of...
Dogs process numerical quantities in similar brain region as humans
The results of a new canine numerosity study suggests that a common neural mechanism has been deeply conserved across mammalian evolution.
Even resilient common species are not immune to environmental crisis
Researchers have found that the effective population size and genetic diversity of Singapore's Cynopterus brachyotis, believed to remain widely unaffected by urbanization, has shrunk...
Submarine cables to offshore wind farms transformed into a seismic network
A fiber optic network in the North Sea was used to record seismicity.
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