A new species of giant marine insect named after Darth Vader
The head of Bathynomus vaderi. Credit: Nguyen Thanh Son. Giant isopods of the genus Bathynomus, which can reach more than ...
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Invasive species are often threatened in their natural habitat
The wild rabbit is an endangered species in its European homeland. In other parts of the world, such as Australia, ...
Biofilm study reveals how multiple species of bacteria manage to coexist
Dartmouth researchers studied how species of bacteria coexist in communities known as biofilms, which can cause serious infections and are ...
Grassland study shows high CO₂ levels have nearly tripled species losses attributed to nitrogen pollution
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain Dozens of studies have demonstrated that nitrogen pollution, mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels ...
Seven new species of frogs discovered in Madagascar
The Boophis genus of tree frog, found in the rainforests of Madagascar, makes special bird-like whistles when communicating with other ...
Invasive algae may adapt to changes better than native species in Hawaii’s waters
Plant material for each species studied. Credit: Scientific reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-74555-6 If you pass through certain shorelines in Hawaii ...
Ancient humans were so good at surviving the last ice age that they didn’t need to migrate like other species
Maps displaying the four main distribution patterns identified for private allelic richness identified after rarefaction at S = 10. (A) ...
A third of European plant species could be in trouble due to declining populations of seed dispersers
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain A team of ecologists from the University of Coimbra, the University of Aarhus and the University ...
New species may have hunted like modern hawks and owls
The three fossil specimens (from left to right), Avisaurus darwini, Avisaurus sp. and Magnusavis ekalakaensis, all represented by a tarsometatarsus. ...
Seal species bear ‘genetic scars’ after being hunted to the brink of extinction, new research reveals
Northern elephant seals. Credit: Bielefeld University, Martin Stoffel Northern elephant seals have made a remarkable comeback after narrowly escaping extinction ...
