5+ hour, 53+ min ago  (626+ words) As coral reefs struggle to survive in warming oceans, scientists across the world are scrambling to find ways to help these vital ocean ecosystems. And an interdisciplinary team at the University of Miami discovered a new way to help lab-grown…...

20+ hour, 54+ min ago  (412+ words) A study by the University of Canterbury, in collaboration with the Institut de Neuroci'ncies de la Universitat Aut'noma de Barcelona, reveals how a disabled kea without an upper beak became the dominant male in his group through a unique fighting…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (328+ words) The results, which are now published in Nature Communications, show genetic signs of isolation in several populations, where elephant herds have been cut off from each other due to a history of hunting, as well as growing human populations and…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (350+ words) Birds that put more energy into parenthood age faster and die younger, new research shows. Scientists selectively bred Japanese quails into two groups: laying either relatively large or small eggs. As the quails don't do much "parenting" after eggs hatch,…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (475+ words) "But that heighted energy demand is only part of the story because as fish grow larger their bodies generate heat faster than they can lose it," adds Dr Payne. "This creates a mismatch driven by basic geometry and physics because…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1062+ words) Five species ranging from turtle doves to rare diamond-backed spider will receive a major funding boost The government has unveiled the first five species set to benefit from the largest ever amount of government funding for threatened species. The turtle…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (771+ words) By the time California Tower opens its doors to patients in 2030, its first residents will already have taken flight. Four years before the massive new medical facility is scheduled to welcome patients, four hummingbirds quietly claimed space inside the tower,…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (371+ words) Drought significantly reduces the reproductive success of bumblebee colonies. This is shown by a new study conducted by a research team at the University of W'rzburg. This also has consequences for plant pollination. "Our work is the first study to…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (407+ words) Published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, the JCU-led team of Australian scientists analysed two and half million plankton-eating fish observations, revealing fundamental differences in fish size, quantity and growth between the two reef realms. Researchers found that plankton…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (308+ words) Forests employ approximately 42 million people worldwide, with women accounting for one quarter of the workforce, according to new research from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Th'nen Institute of…...