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Scientists Unravel Evolution of Highly Toxic Box Jellyfish
With thousands of stinging cells that can emit deadly venom from tentacles that can reach ten feet in length, the 50 or so species of box jellyfish have long been of interest to scientists and to the ...
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Read moreAnts: Flexible in Tending the Brood
This demonstrates: It is not only the genes, but also the conditions experienced during individual development that account for flexible behavior in an insect society.Genes are not everything:...
Life Sciences | Read moreIn the war between the sexes, the one with the closest fungal relationship wins
The war between the sexes has been fought on many fronts throughout time—from humans to birds to insects, the animal kingdom is replete with species involved in their own skirmishes. A recent ...
Life Sciences | Read moreThe bizarre lives of bone-eating worms
Californian researchers investigating the genetic history of Osedax worms have found that up to twelve further distinct evolutionary lineages exist beyond the five species already described. The new f...
Life Sciences | Read moreScientists Propose a "Genome Zoo" of 10,000 Vertebrate Species
Known as the Genome 10K Project, it involves gathering specimens of thousands of animals from zoos, museums, and university collections throughout the world, and then sequencing the genome of each spe...
Life Sciences | Read moreScientists Propose A 'Genome Library' Of 10,000 Vertebrate Species
Known as the Genome 10K Project, it involves gathering specimens of thousands of animals from zoos, museums, and university collections throughout the world, and then sequencing the genome of each spe...
Life Sciences | Read moreSustainably grown garlic
Consumer interest in new and diverse types of garlic is on the rise. Fueled by factors including the growth of the "local foods" movement, interest in world cuisines, and widespread reports ...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreConserving historic apple trees
The apple trees of yesteryear are slowly disappearing. Many apple varieties common in the United States a century ago can no longer be found in today's orchards and nurseries. But some historic a...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreMom Likes Me Best: Egg Size Predicts Offspring Survival
Reported in the November issue of The American Naturalist, www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/605962 the study was conducted over two breeding seasons on small wetlands in the prairie-parkland ...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreCan Bumble Bees Fill Pollination Void?
The findings, which will be published in the November/December 2009 issue of Crop Science, offer promise for the use of bumble bee crop pollinators as an alternative to European honey bees, whose popu...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreWhen ants attack: Researchers recreate chemicals that trigger aggression in Argentine ants
The new study, to be published Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the open-access journal BMC Biology, sheds light on the factors influencing the social behavior of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, and prov...
Life Sciences | Read moreAncient Bison Genetic Treasure Trove for Farmers
Researchers from the University’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) worked with an international team of genomics researchers to analyse the genetic mutations of an ancient bison, many modern c...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreEutrophication affects diversity of algae
Phytoplankton provide the basis for the whole marine food chain. These microscopic organisms are common in coastal areas, all the way from the polar regions to the Equator, and multiply through cell d...
Life Sciences | Read moreGlobal Seed Banking Milestone Celebrated by Wildflower Center, 122 Other Organizations
Thousands of seeds from nearly 25,000 native plant species have been collected and frozen down at locations that include Kew and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at A...
Life Sciences | Read moreDo Three Meals a Day Keep Fungi Away?
The research, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, showed that the elevated body temperature of mammals – the familiar 98.6° F or 37° C in people – is too high for the vast majority of pot...
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