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) ...
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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 ...
Forest loss forces langur species to interbreed, study finds
A juvenile hybrid langur in Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary, Bangladesh. The mixture of morphological characters is easily recognized. For example, the ...
Closely related plants show species use different methods to adapt to extreme environments, study finds
Overview of contrasting salinity tolerance strategies of northern and central coastal metapopulations of B. fruticulosa. Credit: Proceedings of the National ...
New species of flatworm discovered in the United States
Live specimen of Amaga pseudobama n. sp. collected in Kingston, North Carolina, in July 2020. Credit: PairJ (2024). DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17904 ...
Study of four crane species reveals complex relationships between birds and their environment
An adult white-naped crane wearing unique coloured bands to identify the individual in Mongolia. Credit: Wildlife Science and Conservation Center ...
Another new species of wasp discovered by researchers
Another new species of wasp, Chrysonotomyia susbelli, has been discovered by Rice researchers. Credit: Rice University. A newly identified species ...
Genetic analysis reveals new species of giant frog in the Philippines that is nearly identical to even larger species
Limnonectes cassiopeia. Credit: University of Kansas researchers Researchers from the University of Kansas published their findings in the journal Ichthyology ...
