Giant skink discovered in China’s mountains rewrites the record books for a genus of tiny lizards
Herpetologists working in Yunnan Province, China have described Scincella gigas, a giant ground skink more than 316 millimeters long that ...
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Zimbabwe’s century-old plant archive goes digital, revealing who owns biodiversity data
A new study of Zimbabwe's National Herbarium shows how digitising over 109,000 plant specimens is unlocking a century of botanical ...
From protection to persistence: rethinking biodiversity conservation in India
A new synthesis argues that India must move beyond expanding protected areas toward climate-adaptive, landscape-scale conservation that prioritises ecological quality, ...
Unknown Adult of a Filter-Feeding Mayfly Finally Revealed After Two Decades
Researchers in China have reared and described the previously unknown adult stage of the filter-feeding mayfly Potamanthellus unicutibius, revealing genital ...
Hidden Lichen Kingdoms Revealed in Ukraine’s Primeval Beech Forests
A comprehensive survey of Ukraine's UNESCO-listed primeval beech forests has revealed an entirely new class of lichen communities and confirmed ...
Warming Oceans Push Fish Into Lawless Waters, Boosting the Case for a High Seas Fishing Ban
A new study projects that climate change will push about 22 percent of straddling fish stocks into the high seas ...
Fungi Fall Through Legal Cracks Across the EU, First Pan-European Audit Reveals
The first consolidated audit of EU national legislation reveals 1,671 legally protected fungal taxa, but more than three-quarters are safeguarded ...
Two Striking New Crab Genera Discovered on Isolated Vietnamese Mountaintops
Freshwater crab surveys in southern Vietnam have revealed two new genera and species, Angiangmon nuicoto and Lamdongmon tanhlinhensis, each restricted ...
AI Learns to Read Fish Traits from Century-Old Museum Specimens in Zimbabwe
Researchers trained lightweight YOLO deep-learning models on just 53 smartphone images of preserved Zimbabwean museum fish to detect ecologically important ...
Hamburg’s Vast Crustacean Treasury Goes Digital in Landmark Cumacea Catalogue
Researchers at the Museum of Nature Hamburg have published the first annotated type catalogue and complete digital record of the ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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