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Endangered orangutan crosses man-made bridge, a first for fragmented forest population
11+ hour, 44+ min ago (296+ words) A critically endangered Sumatran orangutan has been caught on camera for the first time using a treetop rope bridge to cross a forest'fragmented by a road. The Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) and local environmental group 'Tanggu Hutan Kaltulistiwa' announced on…...
[Science from the Cover] Satellite data reveals Earth's night is both brightening and dimming.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (347+ words) A satellite image of Earth's eastern hemisphere at night graced the cover of this week's international journal 'Nature'. Gold areas represent regions that have become brighter, purple indicates areas that have dimmed, and white shows places that have experienced both....
New citizen science teams to study urban bees, cats, and spiders
2+ week, 3+ day ago (419+ words) On April 9, the orientation for the 5th Citizen Science Pulssi was held at the auditorium of the Forest and Nanum Foundation (Chairman Chang Jae-yeon) in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Five research teams selected for the 5th Citizen Science Pulssi attended the event. Citizen…...
[Science from the Cover] How a male octopus's arm 'tastes' its way to a mate
3+ week, 1+ day ago (355+ words) This week's cover of the international journal 'Science' features a scene of octopuses mating. Surprisingly, the male octopus identifies a mate and delivers sperm using only the senses in its arm. A joint research team from Harvard University and the…...
Octopus's specialized arm can identify and mate with females by touch alone
3+ week, 3+ day ago (440+ words) It has been confirmed that octopuses can mate if their arms are within reach, even without seeing each other. This is because a male octopus's specialized "mating arm" can chemically recognize a female. A joint research team from Harvard University…...
[Science on the Cover] Innate thermal limits leave tropical insects vulnerable to climate change
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (287+ words) An international research team, including Kim Holzmann, a researcher at the Department of Animal Ecology at the University of W'rzburg in Germany, published their analysis on the thermal tolerance of about 2, 300 insect species in Africa and South America in Nature…...
[Science on the Cover] Sea lion brains reveal a direct neural pathway for vocal control
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (244+ words) This week's cover of the international journal 'Science' features a sea lion with its mouth wide open near the water's surface. Scientists have confirmed that marine mammals, specifically sea lions and seals, share a special neural circuit that directly controls…...
Vertebrate aging progresses in sudden steps, not as a gradual decline
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (286+ words) A new study has found that it's possible to predict how long a vertebrate will live by analyzing its behavioral patterns when young. It was also confirmed for the first time that aging is not a gradual decline but proceeds…...
DNA reveals pre-Inca Peruvians traded live parrots across the Andes
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (385+ words) DNA analysis has confirmed for the first time that a coastal Peruvian civilization operated a wide-ranging trade network about 1, 000 years ago, bringing live parrots from the Amazon across the Andes Mountains. This occurred even before the rise of the Inca…...
[Science from the Cover] A genetic paradox in koalas challenges conservation assumptions
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (302+ words) A mother koala and her 7-month-old joey are featured on this week's cover of the international journal 'Science'. The koala exhibits a 'genetic paradox' where genetically diverse populations are declining, while'less diverse populations are actually increasing in number.' A research…...