Discovered: 150-year-old platypus and echidna specimens that proved some mammals lay eggs
Jars of tiny platypus and echidna specimens, collected in the late 1800s by the scientist William Caldwell, have been discovered ...
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Some mammals shift their schedules in urban environments
When visiting cities, coyotes seem to prefer the nightlife while deer and squirrels would rather be home before dark. That’s ...
Mammals put brawn before brains to survive post-dinosaur world
Prehistoric mammals bulked up, rather than develop bigger brains, to boost their survival chances once dinosaurs had become extinct, research ...
Ancient DNA confirms TB strains associated with marine mammals also found in inland peoples
Tuberculosis is the second most common cause of death worldwide by an infectious pathogen, COVID-19 being the first. However, many ...
Large mammals can help climate change mitigation and adaptation
When it comes to helping mitigate the effects of climate change by absorbing carbon, flora rather than fauna usually comes ...
NYITCOM researcher: Early killer whales ate fish — not other marine mammals
Only two species of cetaceans (dolphins, whales, and porpoises), prey on other marine mammals: the true killer whale, or orca, ...
Common traits of the species vulnerable to extinction identified in new analysis of mammals, birds and plants
Common traits of the species vulnerable to extinction identified in new analysis of mammals, birds and plants Credit: Jacob Plumb, ...
Balkanatolia: the forgotten continent that sheds light on the evolution of mammals
A team of French, American and Turkish palaeontologists and geologists led by CNRS researchers1 has discovered the existence of a ...
Gene regulation in mammals offers clues connecting pregnancy and cancer metastasis
Researchers from UConn Heath and Yale University have made new advances connecting the evolution of pregnancy and cancer metastasis. Publishing ...
Lost birds and mammals spell doom for some plants
HOUSTON – (Jan. 13, 2022) – In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers have gauged how biodiversity ...
Venoms in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common origin
Snakes, some lizards and even a few mammals can have a venomous bite. Although these lineages split more than 300 ...
Rewilding the Arctic with mammals likely to be ineffective in slowing climate change impact
A new study has shed new light on why large mammals died out at the end of the ice age, ...
New phenomenon: Forest mammals eavesdrop on messy monkeys
Eavesdropping doesn’t just belong in the playbooks of police officers and spies. It is also a phenomenon that plays out ...
Some colleges are mammals, others are cities
Higher education in the United States spans five orders of magnitude, from the tiny institutions like the 26-person Deep Springs ...
Fungal outbreak in marine mammals began on land
In the early 2000s, a fungus infected hundreds of animals and people in British Columbia and Washington State. Scientists found ...
One water bucket to find them all: Detecting fish, mammals, and birds from a single sample
In times of exacerbating biodiversity loss, reliable data on species occurrence are essential, in order for prompt and adequate conservation ...
How birds, mammals and children learn sounds
Alex the grey parrot, who famously asked “what color?” when looking in the mirror, had astonishing abilities to mimic human ...
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Climate change reveals unique artefacts in melting ice patches
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University of Kentucky receives renewed $11.4 million grant to further cancer research
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Congratulations to the 2022 American Ornithological Society (AOS) award winners
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Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot
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Community-led science uncovers high air pollution from fracking in Ohio county
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Dutch researchers teleport quantum information across rudimentary quantum network