Crows keep special tools extra safe
Just like humans, New Caledonian crows are particularly careful when handling their most valuable tools, according to a new study. The research reveals that...
Plants as cold specialists from the ice age
Plants of the spoonweed group time-and-again quickly adapted to a changing climate during the Ice Ages of the last two million years. Evolutionary biologists...
Trees are important for cleaner air in cities
Air pollution levels vary greatly between different places in a city. This is the finding of a new study which concludes that trees contribute...
The Hitchhiker’s guide to the soil
The interaction of fungi and bacteria in the transport of viruses in the soil ecosystem has been examined in a recent study. The scientists...
How transparency in butterflies and moths helps ward off predators
Transparent wing patches may do more than allow butterflies and moths to hide -- they may also warn predators to leave them alone, suggests...
Extinct reptile discovery reveals earliest origins of human teeth, study finds
A new extinct reptile species has shed light on how our earliest ancestors became top predators by modifying their teeth in response to environmental...
An ancient relative of Velociraptor is unearthed in Great Britain
A new bird-like dinosaur that used brute strength to overcome its prey has been found by palaeontologists combing through fossils found on the Isle...
Looking at factors that accelerate mass extinction in the fossil record as climate changes
The Late Devonian mass extinction (roughly 372 million years ago) was one of five mass extinctions in Earth's history, with roughly 75% of all...
Desert shrubs cranked up water use efficiency to survive a megadrought
Shrubs in the desert Southwest have increased their water use efficiency at some of the highest rates ever observed to cope with a decades-long...
Air bubbles in Antarctic ice point to cause of oxygen decline
An unknown culprit has been removing oxygen from our atmosphere for at least 800,000 years, and an analysis of air bubbles preserved in Antarctic...
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