Nearly a Third of Europe’s Islands Have Been Abandoned in Just 150 Years
A new study of 234 European islands finds that 29.5 percent were abandoned in the last 150 years, with small ...
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19th century museum specimen reveals hidden worm lizard species in Minas Gerais
A reidentified 19th century museum specimen reveals the first record of the Atlantic Forest worm lizard Amphisbaena hogei in Minas ...
Turks and Caicos Reptile Checklist Reveals Extinctions and a Single-Island Skink
The Turks and Caicos Islands, a scattering of more than 200 islands and islets at the southeastern tip of the ...
Humpback Dolphins Dive Short and Flee Fast: Vessel Traffic Alarms Xiamen Bay
A three-year study of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in Xiamen Bay records over 4,400 dives and shows speedboats and close approaches ...
Dry subtropics reveal stark imbalances in ecosystem service research
A systematic review of 528 studies shows that ecosystem service research in the dry subtropics has surged since 2005, yet ...
Four New Flightless Grasshoppers Emerge from Cameroon’s Vanishing Forests
Scientists have described four new flightless grasshopper species from Cameroon's lowland and highland forests and erected a new genus, Parapterotiltus, ...
Clever Trap Redesign Catches Threatened Salamanders Hiding in Texas Wells
Researchers modified a leaf litter trap with a retractable fine-mesh enclosure to safely capture federally threatened Salado Salamanders from a ...
Hidden Fish of the Tibetan Plateau: New Species Revealed by DNA and Teeth
Integrative taxonomy combining DNA sequencing, micro-CT scanning, and pharyngeal tooth morphology has revealed that a population long classified as Schizopygopsis ...
Georgia’s Caves Reveal a Hidden World of Twenty Bat Species
A two-decade survey of Georgia's caves and mines has documented twenty bat species, including a national first, and identified the ...
New Giant Groundsnake Species Hidden in Peru’s Cloud Forests Finally Gets a Name
A new species of giant groundsnake, Atractus paulus, has been described from the Peruvian Andes after researchers showed that specimens ...
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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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