‘Freeze or flee’ reactions run in fish families
Families of fish tend to share similar reactions to stressful situations, new research shows.
Forgotten species ‘go extinct’ twice
New research explores the phenomenon of societal extinction. Societal extinction is the loss of species from our collective memory and attention. Species can disappear...
Accelerated ammonia synthesis holds promise for conversion of renewable energy
Scientists reveal a way to make ammonia from its constituent molecules of nitrogen and hydrogen at ambient pressure.
Scientists report breakthrough in transuranium actinide chemical bonding
Scientists have managed to successfully make a transuranium complex where the central metal, here neptunium, forms a multiple bond to just one other element....
Lichens are in danger of losing the evolutionary race with climate change
To learn how lichens might be able to adapt to climate change, researchers examined the evolutionary history of the algae that's a part of...
Reacting to a changing environment involves inhibiting previous behavior
Researchers teamed up to understand the role of flexibility and inhibition in problem solving and how they relate to each other in a behaviorally...
Ending the debate: New research solves longstanding Antarctic climate change mystery
New research definitively resolves a long-standing discrepancy in the geologic record that pitted studies of marine ice-sheet behavior against those that reconstructed past conditions...
Dead or alive: Seagrasses continue to release methane after their die-off
Seagrass meadows play an important role in the marine carbon cycle and our climate. On the one hand, they sequester carbon dioxide from the...
What lies beneath: Roots as drivers of South African landscape pattern
Research findings suggest that alternative stable states can be maintained through biotic mechanisms, such as root traits, in addition to the commonly understood abiotic...
Tilting of Earth’s crust governed the flow of ancient megafloods
As ice sheets began melting at the end of the last ice age, a series of cataclysmic floods called the Missoula megafloods scoured the...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
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Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
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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10 magical places saved by endangered species
In our efforts to save animals at risk of extinction, we've saved some extraordinary places as well.
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