A group of investigators at the College of Agder’s, Center for Coastal Study, functioning with an associate at the Institute of Marine Research, both in Norway, has discovered that when secured places for lobsters are developed in overfished parts of the ocean, the lobsters tend to grow greater. In their paper released in Proceedings of […]
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When the COVID pandemic began, it was an international crisis for humans– but as humans took shelter, reports of wildlife reclaiming what were once human-dominated spaces abounded. But biologists are noticing the patterns were not repeated around the world. Last year, a research group led by University of Manitoba conservation biology professor Nicola Koper found
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The 99-million-yr-old ant had scythe-like jaws that swung upward to pin prey against a horn-like head appendage. Some 99 million years back, an ant, unlike any alive today, was in the middle of a savage scythe-jawed strike when dripping plant resin froze the insect and its prey in a final predatory tableau. New study research
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Research suggests pollinators, like bees and hoverflies, find the fake pollen of at least one orchid species delicious. Orchids are among the most untrustworthy flowering plants on the earth. Lots of species fool pollinators into helping them reproduce. Some release sex pheromones that captivate male insects, whereas others make phony pollen to tempt bees and
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“In total, the expeditions to the Kutukú region in southeastern Ecuador involved 1,200 trap nights, but only one specimen of the new species Mindomys kutuku was found,” claims Dr. Claudia Koch, curator of herpetology at the LIB, Gallery Koenig Bonn, describing the effort that applied into locating the uncommon species. From the gathered specimen, the dehydrated skin,
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Its name sounds legendary, but the newly uncovered insect Neuroterus (noo-ROH’- teh-rus) Valhalla does not look or act the part. It is barely a millimeter long and spends 11 months of the year hidden in a crypt. N. Valhalla has the significant differential of being the first insect species to be characterized along with its
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Climate change is not only a human concern; animals have to adjust to it too. Some “warm-blooded” animals are shapeshifting and getting bigger beaks, legs, and ears to manage their body temperatures better as the planet’s temperature increases. Bird scientist Sara Ryding of Deakin University in Australia explains these modifications in a review released September
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Researchers at the University of Miami Rosenstiel College of Marine and Atmospheric Science (UM) and the Institute of Zoology at the Zoological Society London (ZSL) discovered that tiger sharks, often regarded as lone nomadic species, are social animals, having preferences for each other. A first of its kind, the study additionally evaluated if exposure of
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The White-tailed Swallow, Hirundo megaensis, and Ethiopian Bush-crow, Zavattariornis Stresemann, live in ‘climatic lifeboats’ with their small ranges restricted on all sides by temperature level as well as rains patterns. Also, under moderate climate warming, simulations predict a severe loss of ideal environment for these birds within the next half a century – substantially elevating