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Conservationists are collecting semen from endangered wild sharks

Fri, 12/06/2024 - 06:00
Scuba divers will attempt to collect semen from at least nine wild male leopard sharks for the first time, for use in captive breeding programmes aiming to boost wild populations
Categories: Fossils

Plants laced with a variety of fungi are more popular with bees

Thu, 12/05/2024 - 10:00
Bees visited flowers on plants inoculated with diverse fungi more than plants without this treatment – but not every combination of fungus had the same effect
Categories: Fossils

Intricate 18th-century illustrations of stunning flora and fauna

Wed, 12/04/2024 - 12:00
Mark Catesby's work documents the plants and animals he saw while journeying in North America and the Caribbean
Categories: Fossils

The theory of evolution can evolve without rejecting Darwinism

Wed, 12/04/2024 - 12:00
Alternative thinking on the evolution of species is a welcome way to highlight some neglected aspects of life on Earth, but it doesn't mean Darwin was wrong
Categories: Fossils

The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

Wed, 12/04/2024 - 10:00
Natural selection isn't just something that happens to organisms, their activities also play a role, giving some species – including humans – a supercharged ability to evolve
Categories: Fossils

New forms of animals made by fusing several comb jellies together

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 13:00
Parts from dozens of different individual comb jellies have been fused together to create strange new animals unlike anything seen before
Categories: Fossils

Why surrounding your plants with crushed eggshells won't deter slugs

Wed, 11/27/2024 - 12:00
Want to protect your young plants from the ravages of slugs and snails? A classic gardening tip is to use crushed eggshells to discourage them. Shame it doesn't work, says James Wong
Categories: Fossils

Fossilised droppings tell the story of dinosaurs' rise to power

Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:00
An analysis of hundreds of bromalites – fossilised faeces and vomit – shows how changes in diet enabled dinosaurs to take over the world in the early Jurassic
Categories: Fossils

Inside 'Puppy Kindergarten': Science-based ways to train your dog

Wed, 11/27/2024 - 06:37
Scientists studying puppy cognition explore the impact of breeding versus training, shed new light on milestones in dogs' cognitive development and reveal science-backed methods to train a "good" dog
Categories: Fossils

Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why

Tue, 11/26/2024 - 11:00
About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and now the craze is back
Categories: Fossils

How a unique puppy kindergarten lab put the science into dog training

Mon, 11/25/2024 - 10:01
Most dogs aren't bred to feel at ease in our homes, but scientists studying puppy cognition have found ways you can help yours adapt
Categories: Fossils

Worm-like fossil is the oldest ancestor of spiders and crustaceans

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 13:41
Arthropods belong to an evolutionary branch – the ecdysozoa – that contains about half of all animal species, and the earliest fossil evidence of the group now dates back 550 million years
Categories: Fossils

Chimpanzees seem to get more technologically advanced through culture

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 13:00
Groups of wild chimpanzees with more complex tool-using behaviours tend to be genetically linked, providing evidence for cumulative culture in other apes
Categories: Fossils

Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 13:00
In the first hearing test of live baleen whales, the animals detected much higher frequency sounds than expected, forcing researchers to reconsider how these mammals respond to predators – and humans
Categories: Fossils

A sliver of lab-grown wood has been made from stem cells

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:30
Growing wood directly from stem cells could offer an alternative to cutting threatened hardwood trees, but it isn't clear if it has same properties as actual wood
Categories: Fossils

Nectar-loving Ethiopian wolves may be the first carnivore pollinators

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 04:17
Endangered Ethiopian wolves feed on the nectar of red hot poker plants, and may transport pollen from flower to flower as they do so
Categories: Fossils

How military sonar impacts dolphin social dynamics

Wed, 11/20/2024 - 02:00
Research highlights impacts of military sonar devices on dolphin behaviour
Categories: Fossils

Heart-shaped mollusc has windows that work like fibre optics

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 10:00
Tiny, solid windows in the shells of heart cockles let in light for the photosynthetic algae inside them – and they could show us how to make better fibre-optic cables
Categories: Fossils

A giant hornet from Asia has appeared in Europe for the first time

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 04:58
Four southern giant hornets have been identified in northern Spain, leading to concerns that the species could harm native insects if it becomes widespread
Categories: Fossils

Wild cavefish can somehow survive with almost no sleep at all

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 04:00
Several populations of Mexican tetra fish that live in darkness have independently evolved to need hardly any sleep, but the reason why is a mystery
Categories: Fossils

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