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Plants & Animals Jan 20, 2023

Researchers find that traded species have distinctive life histories with extended reproductive lifecycles

A new study by researchers from Durham University, UK, Queen's University Belfast, UK, University of Extremadura, Spain and Swansea University, UK have revealed that vertebrate species involved in the live wildlife trade ...

Environment Jan 19, 2023

Animals at risk from heat waves if global temperatures keep rising, says study

More than 40% of all land vertebrates may be subjected to extreme heat events by 2099 under current maximum estimates of future global temperatures, according to a study published in Nature. Prolonged exposure to high temperatures ...

Ecology Jan 17, 2023

Study on pesticide toxicity in Germany calls for action

Pesticide risks in Germany have shown notable trends over the last 25 years, as a study of environmental scientists from the RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau has recently found out. The risk for terrestrial vertebrates has decreased, ...

Ecology Jan 17, 2023

Rare fossilized feathers reveal secrets of paleontology hotspot during Cretaceous period

The site of Jehol Biota in China is famous for stunning fossils which preserve soft tissue—skin, organs, feathers, and fur. These fossils offer rare insights into the evolution of characteristics like flight, but they need ...

Plants & Animals Jan 5, 2023

Invasive rats transform reef fish behavior

Scientists have discovered for the first time that invasive rats on tropical islands are affecting the territorial behavior of fish on surrounding coral reefs.

Plants & Animals Jan 3, 2023

Most species evolve by adapting to similar, large-scale environmental pressures, study finds

Since the days of Charles Darwin, evolutionary biologists have widely believed that most new species form because they've adapted to different environments—but a new University of Toronto study suggests otherwise.

Evolution Dec 29, 2022

The vertebral column develops in the same way in modern animals as it did 300 million years ago

A study conducted by researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin revealed the evolution of ossification patterns in the backbones of four-legged vertebrates. Antoine Verrière and his colleagues were able to reconstruct ...

Paleontology & Fossils Dec 25, 2022

Dinosaurs were in their prime, not in decline, when fateful asteroid hit

Paleontologists agree that a massive asteroid strike triggered the end of the dinosaurs, but a debate has persisted over the reptiles' overall state at the time of the fateful collision.

Paleontology & Fossils Dec 21, 2022

First evidence found of a dinosaur eating a mammal

An international team of researchers has found the first evidence of a dinosaur eating a mammal. In their paper published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, the group describes their reexamination of a fossil found more ...

Plants & Animals Dec 20, 2022

A fish's life: How the short-lived killifish could reveal principles of human aging

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute trainees Jingxun Chen and Emma Costa found an unusual way to pass the time during lockdown.

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