Why Did Six Highly-Endangered Whales Suddenly Die? : Animals : Nature World News

Six North American right whales have mysteriously turned up dead within the past few weeks and now conservationists are doing everything they can to find out why.


Researchers claim the whales seemed relatively healthy, leaving no explanation of how they washed up in the Gulf of St....

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Scott Disick Cozies Up to Mystery Woman at Vegas Club

Another day, another Las Vegas visit for Scott Disick.
The self-proclaimed Lord headed to Sin City on Saturday for some fun in the sun, dinner and a show. Of course, he capped off his Vegas visit with a little nightclub mingling at his go-to spot, 1 OAK.
After entering the nightclub just...

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Scientists Use DNA to Crack Ancient Case of Bizarre Creature : Animals : Nature World News

Thousands of years ago, a creature existed that didn’t really seem to fit into any classification. Their body parts were a mish-mash of characteristics from different animals: legs of a skinny rhino, face like an antelope and a body like a humpless camel, a report from...

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Woman with Rare Disorder That Causes Baggy Skin Dreams of Becoming a Model

Sara Geurts is done hiding her skin. The 26-year-old has Ehlers-Danlos, a rare genetic disorder that causes her skin to sag. After spending many years embarrassed by her condition, Geurts is now showing off her skin — and hopes to inspire others through modeling.
Geurts says she first...

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America’s Arctic could soon open up to a new wave of risky offshore oil and gas drilling | Stories

Despite protections put in place last year, America’s fragile and treasured Arctic could soon open up to a new wave of risky oil and gas drilling.
Every five years, the US Department of Interior creates a plan that says where oil and gas companies can purchase leases for offshore drilling....

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Aggressive Tick Could Cause Meat Allergy in Humans : Animals : Nature World News

Health experts are warning everyone to be extra cautious this summer due to the increasing incidence people getting bitten by ticks and suddenly developing an allergy to red meats.


The bite of the so-called Lone Star tick can trigger certain antibodies that can result to severe reactions...

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Lily Collins Hits Beach in Italy After Regaining Weight

Lily Collins is taking a break from her busy schedule to enjoy some fun in the sun!
Collins, 28, was spotted in Italy on Monday, where she attended the Ischia Film Festival to promote her new Netflix drama To the Bone.
The actress lost a significant amount of weight to play a woman battling...

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Increasing Urban Temperature Could Negatively Affect Wild Bee Population : Animals : Nature World News

It has been well established that the use of toxic pesticides and disease outbreaks are the main driver of the declining bee population. However, a new study from North Carolina State University revealed that the increasing urban temperatures can also contribute to the decreasing bee...

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FULL EPISODE | People Now Monday July 17, 2017

Julianne Hough Rings in Honeymoon With Special Pic, Plus We’re Live With RHOC‘s Vicki Gunvalson!
Come back every day at 8:30 a.m. EST to watch People Now streaming live from Time Inc. headquarters in New York City, and rebroadcast at 11:30 am EST. Get the absolute latest in celebrity...

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80-Year-Old Badass Fights Rabid Bobcat and Wins : Animals : Nature World News

For the second time this month, a woman in New England has taken down a rabid critter and lived to tell about it.


New Hampshire woman Elise Dabrowski was gardening on Sunday at her Sunapee home when a raging bobcat jumped from the bushes and started biting her face, arm, and back.
Of all...

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Sylvester Stallone Posts Rare Photo of Rocky Deleted Scene

Made on a budget of just over $1 million and shot in less than a month, Rocky is one of Hollywood’s biggest success stories — becoming the highest-grossing film of 1976, spawning a series of sequels and spinoffs, and going on to win three Oscars including Best Picture.
Though Sylvester...

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Movie "47 Meters Down" Gets Sharks All Wrong : Animals : Nature World News

The new movie “47 Meters Down” is an affront to science and ocean biology. It stars Mandy Moore, so I will assume it is also an affront to acting in general. But I’ll stick to the science, which is bad enough.


The basic premise: Two sisters go shark cage diving in Mexico....

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Rob Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian Have 'Dance Party' 1 Week After Meltdown

 
While Rob Kardashian‘s famous family has yet to publicly comment on his ongoing drama with Blac Chyna, it appears that he’s been spending time with at least one of his sisters in the wake of the news: Khloé.
While she didn’t capture him on camera, Khloé indicated on Snapchat on...

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‘Sea Pickles’ Are Invading The West Coast : Animals : Nature World News

Sea cucumbers (also known as “sea pickles” or pyrosomes) are slimy, translucent creatures. And lately they’ve become a nuisance along the US West Coast, leaving scientists confused and slightly hungry.


In fact, some fishermen claim that they’re unable to catch...

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Texas Teen Electrocuted While Trying to Use Phone in Bathtub

A 14-year-old Texas girl is dead after she was electrocuted while trying to use her cell phone as she took a bath on Sunday, the family says.
Madison Coe, of Lubbock, was at her father’s home in Lovington, New Mexico, over the weekend when she either plugged her phone into a bathroom outlet...

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Birds in Mexico City Have Taken Up Cigarettes to Protect Their Young : Animals : Nature World News

Urbanization has all sorts of side effects. Birds have been shown to adapt their calls, their nesting places and activity rhythms to fit the urban environments. In Mexico City, urbanization is forcing birds to use what they can find to help build their nests and keep parasites away.


One...

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Nanoengineers create liquid-solid composites using clues from nature -- ScienceDaily

Materials scientists at Rice University are looking to nature — at the discs in human spines and the skin in ocean-diving fish, for example — for clues about designing materials with seemingly contradictory properties — flexibility and stiffness.

In research appearing...

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Study warns about the impact of the carp in shallow lakes with high ecological value for the preservation of waterbirds -- ScienceDaily

The presence of the carp, a freshwater invasive species spread worldwide, is alarmingly reducing the populations of diving ducks and waterbirds, according to a study published in the journal Biological Conservation by the researchers Alberto Maceda Veiga, from the Biodiversity Research...

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Identifying hotspots is essential to managing mosquito-borne disease -- ScienceDaily

A new study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology reports that in Baltimore, Maryland, neighborhoods with high levels of residential abandonment are hotspots for tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus). This environmental injustice may leave low-income urban residents more vulnerable to...

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Baker's yeast can help plants cope with soil contamination -- ScienceDaily

Most plant species, including crops, cannot tolerate the toxic effects of soil pollutants, which dramatically impair their growth and development. In a study now published in Scientific Reports*, a research team led by Paula Duque from the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal)...

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3 Kids Shot, 1 Woman Killed at Gender Reveal Party in Ohio

Three children were hospitalized in Ohio Saturday night after a shooter allegedly opened fire on a gender reveal party in Cincinnati, killing one woman and injuring nine total, according to multiple reports.
Police arrived at the home on Capstan Drive at around 11:20 p.m. to find a woman...

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How do bats out-maneuver their prey? -- ScienceDaily

Bats catch food ‘on the wing’ without touching the ground, but how do they do it? A new study by Per Henningsson at Lund University, Sweden is the first of its kind to analyse the aerodynamics of bats performing manoeuvers during flight.

“This physically demanding feat...

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Scientists have found that the odds of dying with a malaria infection are lower when the host eats lower amounts of food -- ScienceDaily

Even though malaria still kills one child every minute, the vast majority of those infected still survive, with roughly 200 million new infections every year. A new study has shown that the infectious agent responsible for malaria, the Plasmodium parasite, is able to to sense and actively...

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Why does a Yellowstone microorganism prefer meager rations over rich ones? -- ScienceDaily

Arizona State University geoscientist Everett Shock has collaborated with a team of life scientists from Montana State University to discover a puzzle at the junction of geochemistry and biology.

The puzzle, which has no solution yet, is: Why would a microorganism thriving in a hot spring...

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Climate change threatens domestic bee species -- ScienceDaily

There are around 550 different bee species in Germany. Most of them are solitary bees. They don’t live in large beehives like the honeybee, but each female bee often builds multiple nests and feeds her offspring alone. Solitary bees use their short lifespan of a few weeks exclusively to...

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Saving the paintbrush lily from extinction -- ScienceDaily

A major effort is underway to conserve the last remaining 60 individual paintbrush lilies (Haemanthus pumilio) in the Duthie Nature Reserve in Stellenbosch, South Africa, as well as increase the population through micropropagation.

Martin Smit, curator of the Stellenbosch University...

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New research provides the first biological map of priority areas that capture several dimensions of mammalian biodiversity -- ScienceDaily

Right now, a prairie dog in Colorado is busy increasing soil carbon retention, increasing water infiltration, and clipping vegetation that will help maintain local grasslands and provide nutritious forage for large herbivores like cattle and bison. And, somewhere in Mexico, a pollinating bat...

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Fish prefer to swim with sporty shoalmates -- ScienceDaily

Just like humans, many fish like to surround themselves with active companions — but frisky friends also make for fierce competition. New research from PhD student, Ms Anna Persson, and a team of researchers from the University of Glasgow, UK reveals that minnows would rather swim with...

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Largest study of its kind helps illuminate unseen connections between whale populations -- ScienceDaily

Scientists conducting the first circum-global assessment of mitochondrial DNA variation in the Southern Hemisphere’s humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) have found that whales faithfully returning to calving grounds year after year play a major role in how populations form,...

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Birds' migration genes are conditioned by geography -- ScienceDaily

The genetic make-up of a willow warbler determines where it will migrate when winter comes. Studies of willow warblers in Sweden, Finland and the Baltic States show that “migration genes” differ — depending on where the birds breed in the summer. The willow warblers that...

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Findings suggest that Spiroplasma bacteria use arsenal of toxins to defend against several enemies -- ScienceDaily

Bacteria of the Spiroplasma genus produce toxic, ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) that appear to protect their symbiotic host flies against parasitic wasps, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens.

Spiroplasma bacteria were already known to protect some Drosophila flies...

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Dragline silk from golden orb weaver spiders dissipates energy to prevent spinning -- ScienceDaily

The last time you watched a spider drop from the ceiling on a line of silk, it likely descended gracefully on its dragline instead of spiraling uncontrollably, because spider silk has an unusual ability to resist twisting forces.

In a new paper appearing this week in Applied Physics Letters,...

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Fern fossil data clarifies origination and extinction of species -- ScienceDaily

Throughout the history of life, new groups of species have flourished at the expense of earlier ones and global biodiversity has varied dramatically over geologic time. A new study led by the University of Turku, Finland, shows that completely different factors regulate the rise and fall of...

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Lorde Doesn't Consider Herself in Taylor Swift's Squad

It may no longer be a green light to consider Lorde a member of Taylor Swift’s squad.
The 20-year-old New Zealand pop star revealed to Australian Yahoo affiliate Sunrise that, for her, the allure of a celebrity friend circle doesn’t fit her social life.
“I don’t hang out with these people at...

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Mountain Lions Are Terrified Of One Thing -- The Sound Of A Human Voice : Animals : Nature World News

Apparently, Rush Limbaugh’s voice is scary enough to send a mountain lion running the other way.


According to a new study conducted by the University of California, mountain lions (also known as pumas) flee at the sound of humans. In this case, it was the sound of Rush Limbaugh and...

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How cats and cows protect farm children from asthma -- ScienceDaily

It is a known fact that microbes on farms protect children from asthma and allergies. But even non-microbial molecules can have a protective effect: Immunologists from the University of Zurich have shown that a sialic acid found in farm animals is effective against inflammation of lung...

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Exposing threatened species to predators improves evasive behaviors -- ScienceDaily

A study of burrowing bettongs in the Australian desert has shown for the first time that exposing threatened native animals to small numbers of predators in the wild teaches them how to avoid their enemies.

The little Australian marsupials, Bettongia leseuer, were once widespread across...

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A leaf-litter frog has twice the bacterial richness in continuous forest than in fragments -- ScienceDaily

The diversity of microbes on the skin of frog species in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest can vary with habitat, according to a study published July 5, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ananda Brito de Assis from University of São Paulo, Brazil, and colleagues.

Skin bacteria can help...

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Controlling memory by triggering specific brain waves during sleep -- ScienceDaily

Have you ever tried to recall something just before going to sleep and then wake up with the memory fresh in your mind? While we absorb so much information during the day consciously or unconsciously, it is during shut eye that a lot of facts are dispatched to be filed away or fall into...

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Long-term sexual intimidation may be widespread in primate societies -- ScienceDaily

After observing the mating habits of chacma baboons living in the wild over a four-year period, researchers have found that males of the species often use long-term sexual intimidation to control their mates. The findings reported in Current Biology on July 6 suggest that this mating strategy...

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Restoration efforts bolster population of endangered piping plovers -- ScienceDaily

High water on Lake Ontario, urbanization of the New Jersey shore and a growing predator population are among the challenges facing one of America’s iconic shorebirds and the conservationists determined to restore the bird’s population.

Piping plovers are found along the Atlantic...

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Hot imagery of wintering bats suggests group behavior for battling white-nose syndrome -- ScienceDaily

Hot new imagery from temperature-sensing cameras suggests that bats who warm up from hibernation together throughout the winter may be better at surviving white nose syndrome, a disease caused by a cold-loving fungus ravaging insect-eating bat populations in the United States and Canada. The...

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New pestivirus that attacks the nervous system of Austrian pigs -- ScienceDaily

So-called “shaking piglets” have symptoms that resemble those of the classical swine fever, with extensive damage to the brain and the spinal cord. The viral origin of the disease was clarified only recently with the discovery in Europe and the USA of an atypical porcine...

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In the egg, American bullfrogs learn how to avoid becoming lunch -- ScienceDaily

When exposed to potential predators as an embryo, the invasive American bullfrog becomes harder to kill when it becomes a tadpole, according to a new study by Oregon State University researchers.

Tadpoles that hide more and develop faster when predators are present have better chances at...

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Flying fish give clues to 'tandem wing' airplane design -- ScienceDaily

Ribbon halfbeak are a species of fish with the ability to fly above the sea surface — but unlike true ‘flying fish’, they lack the necessary hind wing fins. So how do they fly? Dr Yoshinobu Inada from Tokai University, Japan says, “Investigating the design of ribbon...

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Removal of invasive shrub could be an easy way to help reduce malaria transmission -- ScienceDaily

Removing the flowers of an invasive shrub from mosquito-prone areas might be a simple way to help reduce malaria transmission, according to a new study published in the open access Malaria Journal. Removing the flowers from villages in Mali decreased the local mosquito vector population by...

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New plant species discovered in new national park in Australia -- ScienceDaily

A team of botanists from the US has named a new bush tomato species, based on collections made by their Australian colleagues, during government-funded surveys in a brand new national park.

After looking at collections from biodiversity surveys of a 10,000 km2 area now known as Limmen...

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Prince Philip Charms the Ladies in Top Hat at Scottish Tea Party

Prince Philip was in top form in his top hat and long tailcoat as he met guests at a garden party alongside Queen Elizabeth at their Scottish palace, Holyroodhouse on Tuesday.
The royal, 96, was all smiles as he chatted to former Wrens — members of the Women’s Royal Naval Service  — about...

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Praying mantises hunt down birds worldwide -- ScienceDaily

A study by zoologists from Switzerland and the US shows: praying mantises all over the globe also include birds in their diet. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology has just published the results.

Praying mantises are carnivorous insects with powerful raptorial front legs that usually depend on...

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88 percent of living frogs originated from an evolutionary radiation beginning at K-Pg boundary -- ScienceDaily

Most of the frogs alive today owe a big thank you to the asteroid or comet that delivered the coup de grace to the dinosaurs.

A new study by Chinese and American biologists shows that if the calamity had not wiped the planet clean of most terrestrial life 66 million years ago, 88 percent of...

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Boaty McBoatface returns home from abyss -- ScienceDaily

Researchers at the University of Southampton have captured unprecedented data about some of the coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth — known as Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) — during first voyage of the yellow robotic submersible known as Boaty McBoatface, which arrived back in...

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Four Corners potato previously unknown part of ancient human diet -- ScienceDaily

The town of Escalante in southern Utah is no small potatoes when it comes to scientific discovery; a new archaeological finding within its borders may rewrite the story of tuber domestication.

Researchers from the Natural History Museum of Utah and Red Butte Garden at the University of Utah...

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Scientists study changes in the biodiversity of California's sandy beaches by comparing decades-old data with new field observations -- ScienceDaily

And to think it was all right there in her garage.

A load of boxes pulled from biologist Dale Straughan’s home yielded a veritable treasure trove for UC Santa Barbara researchers studying the impact of climate change on coastal biodiversity in California.
To Jenifer Dugan, a research...

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Researchers track 35-year trends for more than 40 steelhead populations, find significant declines in juvenile survival -- ScienceDaily

Steelhead trout are entrenched in the economy, ecology, and culture of the Pacific Northwest. Declining numbers of steelhead in the rivers flowing through British Columbia, Washington state, and Oregon are troubling fishers and fisheries managers alike. A new study published today in the...

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High pregnancy failure, nutritional stress in southern resident killer whales -- ScienceDaily

A multi-year survey of the nutritional, physiological and reproductive health of endangered southern resident killer whales suggests that up to two-thirds of pregnancies failed in this population from 2007 to 2014. The study links this orca population’s low reproductive success to...

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The curious case of the ostrich's double kneecap -- ScienceDaily

Ostriches are the only animals in the world to have a double-kneecap, but its purpose remains an evolutionary mystery. PhD student, Ms Sophie Regnault, from the Royal Veterinary College, UK says “understanding more about different kneecap configurations in different animals could help...

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Slow-growing ponderosas survive mountain pine beetle outbreaks -- ScienceDaily

Slow-growing ponderosa pines may have a better chance of surviving mountain pine beetle outbreaks in western Montana as climate change increases the frequency of drought and insect pests, according to new research published by a team of University of Montana scientists.

The team of...

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Within host cells, partner viruses may exchange genetic material and evolve together over time -- ScienceDaily

Defective viruses incorporated into grass genomes may adapt to form partnerships with other genome-incorporated viruses in order to complete their life cycle, according to a new PLOS Pathogens study. The findings suggest that partner viruses evolve in concert, enabling them to maintain their...

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Kim Kardashian West Hosts Massive Family BBQ

BBQ at the Wests’ house!
Kim Kardashian West began her Fourth of July celebrations early with a star-studded cookout over the weekend, in which she prepared a massive feast for her family and stars like 2 Chainz and L.A. Reid.
Kardashian West, 36, flaunted her cooking skills on Snapchat,...

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WWF and Tiger Beer Engage to Help Rangers and Protect Tigers | Stories

Once found in diverse habitats across Asia, the world’s wild tiger population has shrunk by an alarming 96 per cent in the last century due to illegal tiger trade, poaching and habitat loss. Today, the world is at risk of losing this iconic species completely, with as few as 3,890 tigers...

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Antarctica’s Plant, Animal Life Threatened by Increasing Ice-Free Areas : Animals : Nature World News

A new study revealed that the increasing ice-free areas in Antarctica could negatively affect the plant and animal life that are unique in the continent.


The study, published in the journal Nature, showed that the ice-free area in Antarctica could increase to 25 percent by 2100 if the...

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Surprising insights into properties of butterfly wings -- ScienceDaily

A collaboration between biologists and materials scientists at the University of Pennsylvania is yielding new insights into the wings of the “skipper butterfly” in the Costa Rican rainforest. What they learn could lead to technological advancements in systems ranging from...

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Tracking bacterial movement between humans, animals key to understanding antibiotic resistance -- ScienceDaily

Ecologists frequently tag animals in the wild, monitoring their movements and activities to gain a greater understanding of the species’ behaviors and lifestyle.

Benjamin Koch is one of the first ecologists to propose doing the same with bacteria.
Koch, an assistant research professor...

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The Black Forest and climate change -- ScienceDaily

As the climate change progresses, droughts are expected to become more and more common and more intense in Europe, as in many parts of the globe. However, many plants are not able to handle this kind of climate. This includes the Norway spruce, which is Germany’s most important...

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The Black Forest and climate change -- ScienceDaily

As the climate change progresses, droughts are expected to become more and more common and more intense in Europe, as in many parts of the globe. However, many plants are not able to handle this kind of climate. This includes the Norway spruce, which is Germany’s most important...

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Biodiversity loss from deep-sea mining will be unavoidable -- ScienceDaily

Biodiversity losses from deep-sea mining are unavoidable and possibly irrevocable, an international team of 15 marine scientists, resource economists and legal scholars argue in a letter published today in the journal Nature Geoscience.

The experts say the International Seabed Authority...

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Oviraptorosaurs incubated their eggs with their bodies within a 35–40° C range -- ScienceDaily

A new method used to perform geochemical analysis of fossilized eggs from China has shown that oviraptorosaurs incubated their eggs with their bodies within a 35-40° C range, similar to extant birds today. This finding is the result of Franco-Chinese collaboration coordinated by Romain Amiot...

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Ecologists helps measure impact of top predators through time -- ScienceDaily

An ecological filter in a pond, such as voracious fish that feed on dragonflies and damselflies, can help ecologists predict how biodiversity loss may impact specific habitats, according to Rice University researchers who spent four years studying seasonal changes in ponds across East...

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Mistaken identity of East Asian vine species resolved after 100 years -- ScienceDaily

New light has been shed on a misclassified vine species in the Ryukyu Islands of East Asia. This plant was first discovered in 1917 in Taiwan, when it was provisionally identified as Kadsura japonica. The plant was recently spotted again after 100 years, and further investigation proved that...

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Shania Twain on Opening of CMHOF Exhibit

What Shania Twain fan could look at that top hat, thigh-high boots and full-length black trenchcoat and not remember the sexy seductions of her “Man! I Feel Like a Woman” video?
Twain looks at the stunning outfit, and she remembers something else: pain.
“Videos, especially, are so difficult,...

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An Amur tiger’s journey back into the wild | Stories

In mid-October of 2016, a sighting of an Amur tiger in the city of Vladivostok caused a sensation. Pictures and videos of the tiger, lost in the concrete jungle of the city, appeared in the headlines of local news and even got international attention. Despite efforts from the police, ranger...

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The trouble with being a handsome bird -- ScienceDaily

Male birds often use brightly colored plumage to be attractive to females. However, such eye-catching trimmings may also attract unwanted attention from predators. Now, a new study led by Monash University has found that showy males indeed perceive themselves to be at a greater risk of...

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Most modern horses are descendants of recently imported Oriental stallions -- ScienceDaily

Researchers who have analyzed the Y chromosomes of more than 50 horses representing 21 breeds have found that the paternal lines of nearly all modern horses trace to stallions brought to Europe from the Orient over the last 700 years. The findings reported in Current Biology on June 29 reveal...

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Ancient Swiss reptile shows its bizarre scale armor for the first time -- ScienceDaily

Grisons, 241 million years ago — Instead of amidst high mountains, a small reptile suns itself on an island beach in a warm shallow sea, where many fish and marine reptiles frolic. This is the story told by an excellently preserved new discovery of the reptile Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi...

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Birds become immune to influenza -- ScienceDaily

An influenza infection in birds gives a good protection against other subtypes of the virus, like a natural vaccination, according to a new study.

Water birds, in particular mallards, are often carriers of low-pathogenic influenza A virus. Researchers previously believed that birds infected...

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How computer-based modeling can help researchers predict the optimal outcome to save natural habitats from invasive plants -- ScienceDaily

When pesticides and intentional fires fail to eradicate an invasive plant species, declaring biological war may be the best option.

Melaleuca, an invasive, woody tree native to Australia, was introduced into Florida’s wetlands in the late 19th century and has caused havoc ever since by...

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Ten million tons of fish wasted every year despite declining fish stocks -- ScienceDaily

Industrial fishing fleets dump nearly 10 million tonnes of good fish back into the ocean every year, according to new research.

The study by researchers with Sea Around Us, an initiative at the University of British Columbia’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and the University...

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Palm cockatoos beat drum like Ringo Starr -- ScienceDaily

Professor Rob Heinsohn said while songbirds and whales can belt out a musical tune, few species recognise a beat.

But the shy and elusive palm cockatoo, iconic to Cape York Peninsula in far North Queensland, plays the drums and crafts the sticks.
“The large smoky-grey parrots fashion...

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Flower size matters when bumble bees learn new foraging routes -- ScienceDaily

Bumble bees create foraging routes by using their experience to select nectar-rich, high-rewarding flowers. A study by Shohei Tsujimoto and Hiroshi Ishii of the University of Toyama in Japan now suggests that bees actually forage more efficiently when flower sizes are large rather than small....

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Cocoa can be seen as a dietary supplement to protect human cognition and can counteract different types of cognitive decline. -- ScienceDaily

A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands — a phrase commonly used to justify ones chocolate snacking behavior. A phrase now shown to actually harbor some truth, as the cocoa bean is a rich source of flavanols: a class of natural compounds that has neuroprotective effects.

In their...

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Ancient South Carolina whale yields secrets to filter feeding's origins -- ScienceDaily

The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived. And yet they feed almost exclusively on tiny crustaceans known as krill. The secret is in the baleen, a complex filter-feeding system that allows the enormous whales to strain huge volumes of saltwater, leaving only krill and other...

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FULL EPISODE | People Now Thursday June 29, 2017

Zendaya says Spider-Man star Tom Holland really can sing, plus exclusive first look at Kendra on Top

Come back every day at 8:30 a.m. EST to watch People Now streaming live from Time Inc. headquarters in New York City, and rebroadcast at 11:30 am EST. Get the absolute latest in celebrity...

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Can an Ambitious Australian Plan Save The Great Barrier Reef? : Animals : Nature World News

The Great Barrier Reef is worth saving.


This is true whether you add it up in cash, as the Deloitte Access Economics Report did, valuing it at $42 billion (including 64,000 Australian jobs), or as an iconic natural wonder stretching 1400 miles that can be seen from space, or as a living...

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Cow gait images allow early detection of serious diseases -- ScienceDaily

Dairy farmers are busy with routines such as cleaning cowsheds, milking, and feeding, so it’s very difficult to determine the condition of cows. If this continues, they will remain too busy to ensure the quantity and quality of milk and dairy products. A group of researchers led by...

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Potentially lethal parasite rat lungworm found throughout Florida -- ScienceDaily

University of Florida researchers have found rat lungworm, a parasitic nematode that can cause meningitis in humans and animals, in five Florida counties.

Rats and snails in Alachua, Leon, St. Johns, Orange and Hillsborough counties tested positive for the parasite, according to a study in...

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A matter of evolution -- ScienceDaily

Mammals possess several lines of defense against microbes. One of them is activated when receptors called Fprs, which are present on immune cells, bind to specific molecules that are linked to pathogens. Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, showed in 2009 that these...

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Researchers conduct first direct chimp muscle measurements -- ScienceDaily

Since at least the 1920s, anecdotes and some studies have suggested that chimpanzees are “super strong” compared to humans, implying that their muscle fibers, the cells that make up muscles, are superior to humans.

But now a research team reports that contrary to this belief,...

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Sensitive faces helped dinosaurs eat, woo and take temperature -- ScienceDaily

Dinosaurs’ faces might have been much more sensitive than previously thought, according to a University of Southampton study — helping them with everything from picking flesh from bones to wooing potential mates.

Experts used advanced X-ray and 3D imaging techniques at the...

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Reduced liver function hampers woodrats' tolerance for toxic leaves -- ScienceDaily

You’d think desert woodrats already had a lot of adversity. Besides the constant threat of coyotes and other predators and the scorching Mojave Desert heat, their primary source of food is the creosote bush, or chaparral — a plant so toxic that few other animals will even go near...

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Reptile skin grown in lab for first time, helps study endangered turtle disease -- ScienceDaily

Scientists recently reconstructed the skin of endangered green turtles, marking the first time that skin of a non-mammal was successfully engineered in a laboratory, according to a recently published U.S. Geological Survey study . In turn, the scientists were able to grow a tumor-associated...

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A fossil sheds light on the origin of the neocortex -- ScienceDaily

According to a recent study an early relative of mammals already possessed an extraordinarily expanded brain with a neocortex-like structure. This has been discovered by Michael Laaß from the Institute of General Zoology at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE).

Today, mammals possess large...

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New innovation feeds the world with more fish protein -- ScienceDaily

As the world faces a projected population increase from today’s 7.5 billion people to 9 billion people by 2050, the demand for sustainable food sources is on the rise. The answer to this looming dilemma may well reside within the booming field of aquaculture. While wild fisheries have...

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Biologist looks at butterflies to help solve human infertility -- ScienceDaily

When insects skip the light fandango their romantic foreplay often involves some pretty crazy things like hypnotic dance moves and flashy colors. In some species it ends with a complex ejaculate package that does more than fertilize offspring.

In the case of butterflies, the cabbage white...

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The newly identified Blue-winged Amazon parrot has a loud, short call and evolved from the White-fronted parrot quite recently, about 120,000 years ago -- ScienceDaily

The newly identified Blue-winged Amazon parrot has a loud, short call and evolved from the White-fronted parrot quite recently, about 120,000 years ago.

In 2014, during a visit to a remote part of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, ornithologist Dr. Miguel A. Gómez Garza came across parrots...

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Caroline Wozniacki Poses for ESPN Body Issue 2017

Caroline Wozniacki is baring it all – and not just on the tennis court.
The Danish beauty is just one of the athletes going nude for ESPN The Magazine’s annual Body Issue. In an exclusive sneak peek of her photo shoot, Wozniacki brings her A-game to the studio.
The 26-year-old athlete...

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Communication between genes is the key -- ScienceDaily

When Mark Martindale decided to trace the evolutionary origin of muscle cells, like the ones that form our hearts, he looked in an unlikely place: the genes of animals without hearts or muscles.

In a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the...

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Researchers review the pros and cons of co-sleeping with animals or children -- ScienceDaily

About half of all pet owners share their beds or bedrooms with their pets at night. Although this has been the case through the ages, remarkably few studies have been done about the benefits and drawbacks of this practice. Studies about co-sleeping are limited to the bedtime arrangements of...

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Researchers develop a technique to visualize and control the neural activities that underlie behavior -- ScienceDaily

Since scientists began studying the brain, they have asked whether the biology they observed can really be tied to external behaviors. Researchers are building a substantial understanding of the biophysical, molecular, and cellular interactions of neurons, but directly relating those...

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How viewing cute animals can help rekindle marital spark -- ScienceDaily

One of the well-known challenges of marriage is keeping the passion alive after years of partnership, as passions tend to cool even in very happy relationships. In a new study, a team of psychological scientists led by James K. McNulty of Florida State University has developed an...

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Previously unknown extinction of marine megafauna discovered -- ScienceDaily

The disappearance of a large part of the terrestrial megafauna such as saber-toothed cat and the mammoth during the ice age is well known. Now, researchers at the University of Zurich and the Naturkunde Museum in Berlin have shown that a similar extinction event had taken place earlier, in...

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Burn without concern -- ScienceDaily

The USDA Forest Service in the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area (BWCWA) will continue to use controlled burns without worrying about fish health in associated watersheds, researchers say.

“Fire is a part of this community,” said soil scientist Randall Kolka of the USDA...

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First Chikungunya-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes found in Brazil -- ScienceDaily

While more than 13,000 cases of Chikungunya viral disease were reported in Brazil in 2015, scientists had never before detected the virus in a captured mosquito in this country. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have identified a mosquito — caught in the...

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150-year records gap on Sulawesi ends with five new species in the world's largest tree genus -- ScienceDaily

It seemed rather unusual that the largest tree genus, Syzygium, containing over 1500 species, was only represented by about a dozen of records on the biodiversity-rich island of Sulawesi, the latest new species description dating back to the mid-19th century.

One hundred and fifty years...

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Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson's Baby Plans

Could wedding bells be ringing soon for Khloé Kardashian and her NBA star boyfriend Tristan Thompson?
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, 32, and the Cavaliers player, 26, have  been dating since last fall and have “talked about both a wedding and a baby,” a source tells PEOPLE...

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The Terrifying Science of Rabies : Animals : Nature World News

You’ve probably heard about the brave Maine woman who went jogging, crossed paths with a rabid raccoon, and won.


Rachel Borch, 21, was out on a jog in the woods when a snarling raccoon blocked her path. She knew immediately that the animal had rabies. The raccoon attacked and bit...

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Scientists work to develop heat-resistant 'cow of the future' -- ScienceDaily

University of Florida scientists are working to breed the “cow of the future” by studying the more heat-tolerant Brangus cow — a cross between an Angus and a Brahman.

Raluca Mateescu, an associate professor in the UF/IFAS department of animal sciences, is part of a team of...

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Could therapy animal visitation pose health risks at patient facilities?

A survey of United States hospitals, eldercare facilities and therapy animal organizations revealed their health and safety policies for therapy animal visits varied widely, with many not following recommended guidelines for animal visitation. The research from investigators at Tufts...

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Distinct neural circuits convert chemical signals into specific behavior -- ScienceDaily

A study by a group of Japanese scientists showed how a male pheromone in mice enhances sexual behaviors in females — and how it may enhance a different behavior, aggression, in males — by identifying distinct neural circuits and neurons that generate a particular behavioral...

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Studying the 'rebound virus' -- ScienceDaily

Southern Research scientists are investigating how the Zika virus is able to find a safe harbor in an infected host’s tissue and stage a rebound weeks after the virus was seemingly cleared by the immune system.

Evidence of a Zika virus rebound, called a “secondary peak”...

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New study of snail neurons suggests memories that trigger anxiety, PTSD could be 'erased' without affecting normal memory of past events -- ScienceDaily

Different types of memories stored in the same neuron of the marine snail Aplysia can be selectively erased, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and McGill University and published today in Current Biology.

The findings suggest that it may be...

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Video shows invasive lionfish feasting on new Caribbean fish species -- ScienceDaily

The showy lionfish, a predator with venomous spines that has invaded Caribbean coral reefs, has found a new market to exploit: the “twilight zone,” an area of ocean that lies below traditional SCUBA diving depths, where little is known about the reefs or the species that inhabit...

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Over 150 Asian Giant Softshell Turtles Return to the Wild -- ScienceDaily

WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), in collaboration with Cambodia’s Fisheries Administration (FiA) and the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA), released 150 Endangered Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) hatchlings into their natural habitat along the Mekong River.

The...

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Repair mechanism might be tapped into for our bodies -- ScienceDaily

Duke researchers have discovered a unique repair mechanism in the developing backbone of zebrafish that could give insight into why spinal discs of longer-lived organisms like humans degenerate with age.

The repair mechanism apparently protects the fluid-filled cells of the notochord, the...

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Adaptations for flight may have driven egg-shape variety in birds -- ScienceDaily

The evolution of the amniotic egg — complete with membrane and shell — was key to vertebrates leaving the oceans and colonizing the land and air. Now, 360 million years later, bird eggs come in all shapes and sizes, from the almost perfectly spherical eggs of brown hawk- owls to...

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Sweet bribes for ants are key to crops bearing fruit, study shows -- ScienceDaily

Flowering crops such as beans and cotton offer their sweetest nectar to recruit colonizing ants in a strategy that balances their need for defense and to reproduce, research suggests.

So-called ant-plants carefully manage the amount and sweetness of nectar produced on their flowers and...

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'Star dust' wasp is a new extinct species named after David Bowie's alter ego -- ScienceDaily

During her study on fossil insects of the order Hymenoptera at China’s Capitol Normal University, student Longfeng Li visited the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, carrying two unidentified wasp specimens that were exceptionally well-preserved in Burmese amber....

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"My GIrl" Singer Dylan Scott and Wife Expecting First Child

Dylan Scott is going to be a daddy!
The “My Girl” crooner and his wife Blair are expecting their first child. Scott shared the news on Instagram, posting a sweet photo of Blair kissing his cheek while the couple held up a baby onesie and matching booties.
“Daddy?? I think so! Blair and I are...

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How do genes get new jobs? Wasp venom offers new insights -- ScienceDaily

Amid the incredible diversity of living things on our planet, there is a common theme. Organisms need to acquire new genes, or change the functions of existing genes, in order to adapt and survive.

How does that happen?
A common view is that genes duplicate, with one of the copies picking up...

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Researchers have constructed a model that incorporates a cost function to explore the behavior of cow herds -- ScienceDaily

The image of grazing cows in a field has long conjured up a romantic nostalgia about a relaxed pace of rural life. With closer inspection, however, researchers have recognized that what appears to be a randomly dispersed herd peacefully eating grass is in fact a complex system of individuals...

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Dogs to sniff out chemicals that identify human remains -- ScienceDaily

Researchers from the University of Leicester are working with police forces in the UK to improve the accuracy of police dogs in identifying human remains in criminal investigations.

The research, led by PhD student Jonathon Brooks from the University of Leicester’s Department of...

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Extra-virgin olive oil preserves memory, protects brain against Alzheimer's -- ScienceDaily

The Mediterranean diet, rich in plant-based foods, is associated with a variety of health benefits, including a lower incidence of dementia. Now, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) have identified a specific ingredient that protects against cognitive...

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Satellite data to map endangered monkey populations on Earth -- ScienceDaily

A team of scientists led by the Universities of Leicester and East Anglia are leading research to protect wildlife by using satellite data to identify monkey populations that have declined through hunting.

In a new article in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, a working group chaired...

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They look like security gates, but change shape in a cascade -- ScienceDaily

Biomedical engineers have built simple machines out of DNA, consisting of arrays whose units switch reversibly between two different shapes.

The arrays’ inventors say they could be harnessed to make nanotech sensors or amplifiers. Potentially, they could be combined to form logic...

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Holes drilled in shells point to bigger predators picking on small prey -- ScienceDaily

The drill holes left in fossil shells by hunters such as snails and slugs show marine predators have grown steadily bigger and more powerful over time but stuck to picking off small prey, rather than using their added heft to pursue larger quarry, new research shows.

The study, published...

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When estimating extinction risk, don't leave out the males -- ScienceDaily

Extinction risk for some species could be drastically underestimated because most demographic models of animal populations only analyse the number and fertility of females, dismissing male data as ‘noise’.

An international team of researchers, including a PhD student and a...

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Reconstruction of ancient chromosomes offers insight into mammalian evolution -- ScienceDaily

What if researchers could go back in time 105 million years and accurately sequence the chromosomes of the first placental mammal? What would it reveal about evolution and modern mammals, including humans?

In a study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,...

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Regional 'hot spot' of Borna disease discovered in upper Austria -- ScienceDaily

Bornaviruses cause a lethal form of encephalitis, called Borna disease, among horses and sheep. To date there have been only a few reported cases in Austria. Recently, however, four horses were afflicted in the same area of Upper Austria within just two years. Tests conducted on local shrews,...

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'It's like a snake on the outside, but a fish on the inside' -- ScienceDaily

The fossil of an early snake-like animal — called Lethiscus stocki — has kept its evolutionary secrets for the last 340-million years.
Now, an international team of researchers, led by the University of Calgary, has revealed new insights into the ancient Scottish fossil that...

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Nutrient overload in surface waters from the gull's feces costs governments $100 million a year -- ScienceDaily

At least 1.4 million seagulls feed at landfills across North America, which aside from the nuisance it might pose, is also a threat to the health of nearby waters, a new Duke University study finds.

“We estimate these gulls transport and deposit an extra 240 tons of nitrogen and 39...

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Is it sometimes OK to cheat? Wasps that do not pollinate figs may flourish when they go unpunished -- ScienceDaily

When both partners benefit from a relationship — be they husband and wife or pollinator and flower — the relationship is known as a mutualism. But sometimes partners do not deliver their side of the bargain while still reaping the rewards. Research done at the Smithsonian Tropical...

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Piglets prefer new toys, behavior study shows -- ScienceDaily

We can’t help but be tempted by new things. We see it in a child’s eyes when she opens a new toy, and feel it every time a new version of the iPhone is released. It turns out our preference for shiny, new things is pretty universal throughout the animal kingdom. Yes, even piglets...

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Bat biodiversity is in danger on islands worldwide -- ScienceDaily

A new study from the University of Helsinki investigates knowledge gaps among the largely unknown, but greatly threatened, group of island-restricted bats, and leads future research efforts to actual priorities. Island ecosystems, as a consequence of isolation from mainland, have evolved...

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Everything She's Said About Having Another Baby

 
After two high-risk pregnancies, Kim Kardashian West is taking a different route for baby no. 3 with Kanye West: surrogacy.
The news comes hot on the heels of the most recent season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which explored the reality star’s desire to have another child...

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Australian Deep-Sea Creatures Are Your Boggart : Animals : Nature World News

Tired of pondering the possibilities of what could be lurking along the ocean floor, an international team of scientists decided to find out on a month-long trawling extravaganza.


The team of researchers delved nearly three miles below the surface into a dark, cold canyon on the ocean...

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Memory for stimulus sequences distinguishes humans from other animals -- ScienceDaily

Humans possess many cognitive abilities not seen in other animals, such as a full-blown language capacity as well as reasoning and planning abilities. Despite these differences, however, it has been difficult to identify specific mental capacities that distinguish humans from other animals....

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How to stop the nasty lurking toxoplasmosis parasite? Target its 'stomach,' research suggests -- ScienceDaily

One in three people has a potentially nasty parasite hiding inside their body — tucked away in tiny cysts that the immune system can’t eliminate and antibiotics can’t touch.

But new research reveals clues about how to stop it: Interfere with its digestion during this...

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Territorial aggressions and trespasses pay off among primates -- ScienceDaily

Territorial boundary patrolling by chimpanzees is a striking example of group-level cooperation displayed by our closest primate relatives.

Chimpanzees patrol in groups for the same reason wolves hunt in packs, because what they can achieve working together far exceeds the returns of more...

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Tiny fossils reveal backstory of the most mysterious amphibian alive -- ScienceDaily

Researchers have determined that the fossils of an extinct species from the Triassic Period are the long-missing link that connects Kermit the Frog’s amphibian brethren to wormlike creatures with a backbone and two rows of sharp teeth.

Named Chinlestegophis jenkinsi, the newfound...

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How six cups of ground coffee can improve nose, throat surgery -- ScienceDaily

Imagine plopping six cups of coffee grounds on the heads of patients just before they are wheeled into the operating room to have nose or throat surgery.

In essence, that is what a team of Vanderbilt University engineers are proposing in an effort to improve the reliability of the...

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Unusual soybean coloration sheds a light on gene silencing -- ScienceDaily

Today’s soybeans are typically golden yellow, with a tiny blackish mark where they attach to the pod. In a field of millions of beans, nearly all of them will have this look. Occasionally, however, a bean will turn up half-black, with a saddle pattern similar to a black-eyed...

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Spineless creature studied in DC swamp -- ScienceDaily

Its name is Stygobromus hayi, the Hay’s Spring amphipod. It is spineless. It lacks vision. It is an opportunistic feeder, consuming whatever resources are available — perhaps including the remains of its own kind.

That is where its similarities to some of Washington, D.C.’s...

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Ancient DNA reveals role of Near East and Egypt in cat domestication -- ScienceDaily

DNA found at archaeological sites reveals that the origins of our domestic cat are in the Near East and ancient Egypt. Cats were domesticated by the first farmers some 10,000 years ago. They later spread across Europe and other parts of the world via trade hub Egypt. The DNA analysis also...

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Scientists have debated for decades the origin of the densest collection of Jurassic dinosaur bones; X-ray and chemical analyses by paleontologists begin to unravel the mystery -- ScienceDaily

The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is the densest collection of Jurassic dinosaur fossils. Unlike typical Jurassic bone beds, it is dominated by the famous predatory dinosaur Allosaurus.

Since its discovery in the 1920s, numerous hypotheses have been proposed to explain the origin of the...

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Birds of all feathers work together to hunt when army ants march -- ScienceDaily

Army ants scare up a lot of food when they’re on the move, which makes following them valuable for predator birds. But instead of competing and chasing each other off from the ant “raids,” as scientists had thought, birds actually give each other a heads up when the ants are...

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Scientists examine how ticks cling on to surfaces -- ScienceDaily

Ticks spend more than 90 percent of their up to three-year-long life starving and clambering around in leaf litter and on vegetation. They walk remarkable distances while periodically exploring distal plant parts in order to prey on their victims. Once they get to humans and animals, the...

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Three chameleon species discovered -- ScienceDaily

University of Texas at El Paso doctoral candidate Daniel Hughes liked to catch lizards when he was little, but never imagined he would be catching and discovering new species of chameleons. The Ph.D. candidate in UTEP’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program has discovered three new...

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Rob Kardashian Spends Father's Day with Dream at Disney

Rob Kardashian‘s first Father’s Day is in the books, and it was one to remember at the “Happiest Place on Earth.”
The 30-year-old reality star spent Sunday with his daughter Dream, 7 months, and his former fiancé Blac Chyna at Disneyland. Both parents documented the fun-filled day on...

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3-D images show how sperm binds to the egg surface -- ScienceDaily

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have obtained the first 3D snapshots of a sperm protein attached to a complementary egg coat protein at the beginning of fertilisation. The study, which reveals a common egg protein architecture that is involved in the interaction with sperm in...

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Report proposes conservation network spanning Santa Ana and Eastern Peninsular Mountains -- ScienceDaily

If a dangerously inbred puma population in Southern California is to survive in the future, an urgent need for genetic connectivity must be met, according to two scientific papers from a team of researchers coordinated by the University of California, Davis, and involving scientists at the...

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Advanced 3-D models of bite data -- ScienceDaily

The skulls of alligators protect their brains, eyes and sense organs while producing some of the most powerful bite forces in the animal kingdom. The ability to bite hard is critical for crocodilians to eat their food such as turtles, wildebeest and other large prey; therefore, their anatomy...

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The secrets of tooth calcium revealed -- ScienceDaily

Two studies on calcium isotopes in teeth have provided new insights into both the extinction of the marine reptiles and weaning age in humans. The findings of these studies, conducted by CNRS researchers at Lyon ENS and Université Claude Bernard Lyon, were published, respectively, on 25 and...

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Gender dictates camouflage strategy in this newly identified praying mantis group -- ScienceDaily

Adult females and males in a newly identified genus of Latin American praying mantises have evolved sharply different camouflage strategies, according to a Cleveland Museum of Natural History-led study published in the journal ZooKeys.

Adult males of the new genus retain the stubby,...

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Alternative hypothesis on the faunal colonization of the Himalayas? -- ScienceDaily

Until now, the fauna of the Himalayas was considered to be an “immigration fauna,” with species that have immigrated primarily from neighbouring regions to the west and east since the geological formation of this mountain range. Using molecular-genetic methods, a German-Chinese...

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Prince George's Matching Outfit with Prince Harry

Once again, Prince George is taking his style cues from the past.
The little royal, who will turn 4 in July, stole the show at Saturday’s Trooping the Colour in a white and burgundy suspenders ensemble. And if royal fans thought the outfit looked familiar, they’re right — George’s uncle...

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There’s Hope for Europe’s Rarest Cat : Animals : Nature World News

The Balkan lynx, Europe’s rarest cat, is scrambling for survival. With less than 50 known surviving cats in the mountains of the Western Balkans, the species gets closer and closer to extinction with each passing year.


But they’re not gone just yet. According to a report from...

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Demonstration of new approach reveals a possible target for prophylactic treatment -- ScienceDaily

Scientists have developed a new technique for investigating the effects of gene deletion at later stages in the life cycle of a parasite that causes malaria in rodents, according to a new study in PLOS Pathogens. The novel approach, developed by Upeksha Rathnapala and colleagues at the...

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Manipulating mosquitoes with light -- ScienceDaily

Scientists at the University of Notre Dame have found that exposure to just 10 minutes of light at night suppresses biting and manipulates flight behavior in the Anopheles gambiae mosquito, the major vector for transmission of malaria in Africa, according to new research published in the...

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Bats are the major reservoir of coronaviruses worldwide -- ScienceDaily

Results of a five-year study in 20 countries on three continents have found that bats harbor a large diversity of coronaviruses (CoV), the family of viruses that cause Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS). Findings from...

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Seals once hunted nearly to extinction making a comeback off the East Coast -- ScienceDaily

Using research drones, thermal cameras and free images from Google Earth, two Duke University-led studies confirm that gray seals are making a comeback off the New England and eastern Canadian coasts.

The findings help confirm that seal conservation efforts are working, and that these remote...

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Distant fish relatives share looks -- ScienceDaily

James Cook University scientists have found evidence that even distantly related Australian fish species have evolved to look and act like each other, which confirms a central tenet of evolutionary theory.

Dr Aaron Davis from the Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research...

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Monitoring for these mutations could enable timely response to prevent pandemic -- ScienceDaily

An international team of scientists has identified several genetic mutations that, should they arise, could potentially allow the avian influenza strain H7N9 to spread between humans. The findings are published in PLOS Pathogens.

H7N9 is a strain of flu virus that normally infects birds but...

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Bee antennae offer links between the evolution of social behavior and communication -- ScienceDaily

As bees’ social behavior evolved, their complex chemical communication systems evolved in concert, according to a study published online by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

An international team of researchers, including those from Princeton University,...

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First few millimeters of the leaf margin identify palm species in a new key to Syagrus -- ScienceDaily

An incredible amount of information is contained in the very first few millimeters of the leaflet margin of species in the Neotropical palm genus Syagrus.

In fact, this tiny leaf slice carries enough information to identify the species to which it belongs. In a new key to the Neotropical...

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Ariel Winter and Levi Meaden Multiple Matching Tattoos

Ariel Winter is living her life exactly as she pleases. A fact she seems to have to reiterate to the masses roughly once a week, every week. Whether it’s regarding her choices over her body or how to dress said body, her love of a seriously glam moment, her decision to live with her...

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Islands and coastal regions -- ScienceDaily

The study was published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution on 12 June 2017.

Humans are responsible for the movement of an increasing number of species into new territories which they previously never inhabited. The number of established alien species varies according to world...

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Treatment with molecular decoy may lessen recurrent infections -- ScienceDaily

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common infections, and they tend to come back again and again, even when treated. Most UTIs are caused by E. coli that live in the gut and spread to the urinary tract.

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis...

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Scientists uncover a fish 'biological' clock that orients to Earth's magnetic field -- ScienceDaily

Scientists are closer to unraveling the long-standing mystery of how tiny glass eel larvae, which begin their lives as hatchlings in the Sargasso Sea, know when and where to “hop off” the Gulf Stream toward European coastlines to live out their adult lives in coastal...

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Farmland can benefit California's salmon populations -- ScienceDaily

A new study offers a beacon of hope for a cease-fire in the Golden State’s persistent water wars.

“Floodplain Farm Fields Provide Novel Rearing Habitat for Chinook Salmon,” published in the journal PLoS ONE, is based on the work by scientists from nonprofit group California...

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Ancient otter tooth found in Mexico suggests mammals migrated across America -- ScienceDaily

Late in the afternoon on a hot March day in central Mexico, a paleontologist uncovered a jaw bone and called over to Jack Tseng.

Tseng, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University...

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Spying on fish love calls could help protect them from overfishing -- ScienceDaily

About a third of the world’s fish stocks are being overfished, meaning they’re being harvested faster than they can reproduce, and species that spawn seasonally in large groups are especially vulnerable, easy for fishers to locate and plucked from the water often before...

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Survey shows specter of bed bugs looms large for hotel and lodging industry -- ScienceDaily

Most business and leisure travelers in the United States can’t identify a bed bug, and yet the tiny pest evokes a stronger response in hotel guests than any other potential room deficiency — putting the hospitality industry in a difficult spot.

In a survey of U.S. travelers...

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Fungus specifically targets mosquitoes, is safe for humans and other insects -- ScienceDaily

Malaria kills nearly half a million people every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In some of the hardest-hit areas in sub-Saharan Africa, the mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite have become resistant to traditional chemical insecticides, complicating efforts to...

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