Which Animals are most resilient to Climate Change?
A new study looks at how various mammals react to climate change. Animals that live for a long time and/or have fewer offspring, such as…
Zoology
“Sweet Spots” for Fishing are Created by the Movement of Plankton Between Tropical Marine Ecosystems
According to a recent investigation, the migration of plankton and plankton-eating fish is crucial in causing localized increases in extreme biological productivity in tropical coral…
Tiny Marine Animal Provides New Evidence of Long-Theorized Genetic Mechanism in Evolving to Outpace Climate Change
According to recent research that answers a long-standing conundrum in the field of genetics, some copepods, tiny crustaceans with a disproportionately large position in the…
Scientists Now Comprehend the Genetics Underlying Butterfly Wing Leaf Mimicry
Bright bands of deep blue, black, and orange can be seen on the top side of the Kallima butterfly’s wings. The undersides of this butterfly’s…
Climate Change may Erode the Ability of Frogs to Withstand Salt Pollution
According to experts at Binghamton University, State University of New York, climate change may weaken frogs’ resistance to exposure to road salt pollution. The northeastern…
66 Million Years Ago, Following a Mass Extinction, the Diversity of Snake Diets Exploded
The progenitors of modern snakes presumably mostly consumed insects and lizards while coexisting with dinosaurs. Then, 66 million years ago, a miles-wide asteroid wiped out…
Rattlesnakes Use Genetically Diverse Venom Toolbox to Keep Up With Evolving Prey
Rattlesnakes and their prey compete in an evolutionary arms race, and in order to survive, rodents, birds, and other reptiles acquire tolerance to the snakes’…
A Newly Known Polar Bear Population in Southeast Greenland Provides Insights on the Future of the Species in a Warming Arctic
Southeast Greenland is home to a hitherto unrecognized subpopulation of polar bears, according to researchers. The polar bears hunt on the freshwater ice that Greenland’s…
When Invasive Fish are Native to the Area
Exotic fish are a threat to river ecosystems, but what happens when invasive species are native to a territory and have been introduced into waters…
Research Suggests that Pacific Whiting Skin has Anti-Aging Properties that Prevent Wrinkles
According to a recent Oregon State University study, the gelatin in the skin of Pacific whiting, a common fish on the Pacific Coast of North…
The Human Brain and the Octopus Brain Both Possess the Same “Jumping Genes”
The octopus is a remarkable creature with incredible brain complexity and cognitive abilities that are unmatched by other invertebrates. So much so that it resembles…
A Rethink of the Evolution of Insects and Spiders is Prompted by the Discovery of 500-Million-Year-Old Stanleycaris Fossilized Brains
The brain and nervous system of Stanleycaris, a marine predator from the Burgess Shale that is 500 million years old, were found in a hoard…
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