July 1, 2022 —DNA testing reveals that the wild ancestors of the common domestic and feral pigeons, now extinct in many parts of the world, are still living on islands in Scotland and ...
Feb. 15, 2021 —A new study examines feathers across 249 species of Himalayan songbirds, finding that birds at higher elevations have more of fluffy down than lower elevation birds. Finding such a clear pattern ...
Dec. 3, 2020 —The coastal protection coral reefs currently provide will start eroding by the end of the century, as the world continues to warm and the oceans acidify. The rate of erosion of calcium carbonate on ...
Nov. 12, 2020 —我们不知道准确的热的东西将如何得到climate change marches on, but animals in the tropics may not fare as well as their temperate relatives. Many scientists think tropical ...
Jan. 31, 2023 —A new study found that small amounts of silver nanoparticles combined with a low dose of a common antibiotic inhibited the growth of resistant ...
Jan. 18, 2023 —A new study shows that North American bird communities containing functionally diverse species have changed less under climate change during the past 50 years than functionally simple ...
June 24, 2022 —New research shows how migratory birds are declining globally because of the way that humans have modified the landscape in recent decades. A total of 103 species of migrating birds were studied, ...
May 12, 2022 —主要研究的作者曾经critically endangered pink pigeon say boosting the species' numbers is not enough to save it from extinction in the future. Despite the population ...
May 31, 2023 —Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a study has found. In a set of experiments, individual plant cells responded to the touch of a very fine glass rod by sending slow waves of calcium signals to other plant cells, and when that pressure was ...
May 23, 2023 —A global phase 3 clinical trial found that a year-long immunotherapy through a skin patch safely desensitized toddlers with peanut allergy, lowering the risk of a severe allergic reaction from accidental ...
May 17, 2023 —令人惊讶的是,未能重新基因组比较solve a major question in animal evolution: Which living animals are the descendants of the earliest animals to evolve in the world's oceans? Scientists performed a detailed chromosomal analysis that comes down definitively in favor of comb jellies, ...
May 10, 2023 —Surveying the body sizes of Earth's living organisms, researchers found that the planet's biomass -- the material that makes up all living organisms -- is concentrated in organisms at either end of the size ...
June 15, 2023 —192 countries and 125 different foods: A recent study reveals interdependencies in the global food supply. Here, the researchers have uncovered the ...
June 14, 2023 —Have you ever noticed an ant in your home, only to find that a week later the whole colony has moved in? The traps you set up catch only a few of ...
June 14, 2023 —A survey of groundwater samples drawn from aquifers beneath more than 80,000 square miles of Canadian prairie reveals ancient groundwaters harbor not ...
June 14, 2023 —Researchers have identified the major mechanism behind the transition between chronic and acute P. aeruginosa infections. Their research findings can inform the development of future treatments for ...
June 12, 2023 —Keto diets shrink pancreatic and colorectal tumors by starving them of the glucose they need to survive. But they also speed up development of a lethal wasting disease called cachexia. In mice, ...
June 12, 2023 —Researchers are describing the results of a recent clinical trial -- a breakthrough in glioblastoma treatment with the help of a modified cold virus injected directly into the tumor. When combined ...
June 8, 2023 —The largest survey and data compilation of its kind --- from more than 21,000 dog owners --- has revealed the social determinants that may be tied to ...
June 13, 2023 —The first image of the structures that power human cilia -- the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways -- has now been produced and it could lead to much-needed treatments for people with ...