Experts warn of rapid loss of water in the Baltic Sea: ‘A vibrant reef is turning into an underwater wasteland’
While global water and ocean levels are rising, the Baltic Sea lost 275 billion tonnes of water at…
New finds shed light on diet and locomotion in Australopithecus deyiremeda
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Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor
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A Carnian theropod with unexpectedly derived features during the first dinosaur radiation
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pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists
In the 1960s, scientists classed chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans as a distinct family (Pongidae), thinking that these…
Assessing the spatial risk of wild birds in avian influenza transmission using global risk score
Datasets and study time frame The main island of Taiwan was divided into 4,762 squares, each measuring 3Â km…
Lifetime expression of egg rejection behaviour in Eurasian magpies is associated with variation in a polymorphic genetic marker
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Exploring the behavioral causal chain in free ranging dogs feeding patterns in Southern Iran
The causal chain underlying FRD feeding behavior is fundamentally rooted in attitudes toward FRDs, which are influenced by…
Twenty years of tuberculosis-driven selection shaped the evolution of the meerkat major histocompatibility complex
Fijarczyk, A. & Babik, W. Detecting balancing selection in genomes: limits and prospects. Mol. Ecol. 24, 3529–3545 (2015).…
Are fireflies going extinct? Actually, they seem to be thriving.
Rainy, damp weather along the eastern United States in summer 2025 has one upside: Fireflies love it. “Fireflies…