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Spotting, pursuing and catching prey - for many animals this is an essential task for survival. Scientists now show in zebrafish that the localization...
A renewable solution to keep cool in a warming world
Month-after-month, year-after-year, the world continues to experience record high temperatures. In response to this and exacerbated by a growing global population, it is expected...
Advancing wildlife genomics through the development of molecular methods
A team of scientists report a new method for identifying any genome sequence located next to a known sequence. Sonication Inverse PCR (SIP) can...
Odors as navigational cues for pigeons
Volatile organic compounds identified that can be used for olfactory navigation by homing pigeons.
Losing flight had huge benefits for ants
Researchers have taken detailed scans of worker ants to examine the hypothesis that the loss of flight is directly connected to the evolution of...
Early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon take the brunt of sea lion predation
A new study found that sea lions have the largest negative effect on early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon in the lower Columbia River.
Deep sea coral time machines reveal ancient CO2 burps
The fossilized remains of ancient deep-sea corals may act as time machines providing new insights into the effect the ocean has on rising CO2...
A controllable membrane to pull carbon dioxide out of exhaust streams
A system developed by chemical engineers could provide a way of continuously removing carbon dioxide from a stream of waste gases, or even from...
Arctic Ocean sediments reveal permafrost thawing during past climate warming
Sea floor sediments of the Arctic Ocean can reveal how permafrost responds to climate warming. Researchers have found evidence of past permafrost thawing during...
Ground-breaking discovery finally proves rain really can move mountains
A pioneering technique which captures precisely how mountains bend to the will of raindrops has helped solve a long-standing scientific enigma.
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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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