Significant decline of snow cover in the Northern hemisphere over the last half century
A new study that uses rigorous mathematical models and statistical methods and finds declining snow cover in many parts of the northern hemisphere over...
Virus-like transposons wage war on the species barrier
Scientists have known for decades that genes can be transferred from one species to another, both in animals and plants. However, the mechanism of...
Expanding large-scale agriculture is escalating flooding in the largest South American breadbasket
Driven by soaring international demand, extensive areas of grasslands, and forests across South American plains have rapidly been converted to the production of annual...
How the cat nose knows what it’s smelling
Scientists have found the secret to felines' finesse at sniffing out food, friends and foes. A complex collection of tightly coiled bony airway structures...
A new species of mosquitoes found in Finland — official count of species now...
The mosquito species Culex modestus has been found in Finland for the first time. In Southern Europe it is known to spread West Nile...
Sponges and their microbiome: Interacting for millions of years
Researchers demonstrate that sponges react to changes in their microbiome with extensive modifications in gene regulation.
Birds and honey badgers could be cooperating to steal from bees in parts of...
The honeyguide bird loves beeswax, but needs help breaking open bees' nests to get it. So it shows a honey badger the way to...
A seed survival story: How trees keep ‘friends’ close and ‘enemies’ guessing
A new study that included millions of tree-year observations worldwide for the first time documents and analyzes the intricate balance between seed defense and...
New single-photon Raman lidar can monitor for underwater oil leaks
Researchers report a new single-photon Raman lidar system that operates underwater and can remotely distinguish various substances. They also show that the new system...
Worm named after a comedian impacting spiny lobster reproduction and could threaten a lucrative...
A species of nemertean worm discovered by a marine biologist five years ago affects the reproductive performance of Caribbean spiny lobsters, a critical species...
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