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Glow-in-the-dark succulents are here

An analysis of 35 hours of footage from 15 birds, published on August 18 in the journal Current Biology, shows that Streaked Shearwaters (Calonectris leucomelas) were pooping every four to 10 minutes…

Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path

When resources are low, animals often sacrifice reproduction

A black goo was oozing from a ship on the Great Lakes — and teeming with life

Five of six Channel Island fox subspecies evolved larger brain-to-body ratios than mainland gray foxes

Dolphins “play” with whales – and whales appear to enjoy it

Study finds glaucoma patients have lower levels of two natural metabolites in their eye fluid, agmatine and thiamine, which could serve as early biomarkers

Aging skin rejuvenated by young blood and bone marrow - A new study shows that proteins secreted by bone marrow cells, triggered by young blood, can rejuvenate aging skin in the lab.

Airplane toilet water may help combat the next pandemic

CRISPR-engineered wheat variety encourages soil bacteria to fix nitrogen, potentially a huge saving in fertilizer costs and nitrate pollution

Freeze-framing the cellular world: Researchers develop time-deterministic cryo-optical microscopy, which freezes cells with millisecond precision, enabling accurate, high-resolution visualization of transient moments during dynamic cellular processes

New research shows that humpback whales’ oversized, wing-like flippers provide exceptional agility, enabling them to execute tight, high-speed bubble-net feeding maneuvers that effectively trap prey…

Human eggs don't accumulate as many mutations with age as we thought

Male authors have higher retraction rates than female peers, with patterns varying by discipline and country, a study of over 20 million papers has found.

Primates—the group of animals that includes monkeys, apes and humans—first evolved in cold, seasonal climates around 66 million years ago, not in the warm tropical forests scientists previously believed.

The warming climate is transforming moth communities across Finland

Scientists uncover how a natural peptide dismantles deadly fungal cell wall

Is the ‘love hormone,’ oxytocin, also the ‘friendship hormone’: « A UC Berkeley study found social prairie voles lacking the receptor for oxytocin are slow to form friendships and less aggressive toward unfamiliar peers

Evolutionarily divergent nidovirus with an exceptionally large genome identified in Pacific oysters undergoing mass mortality

The Impact of Endocrine Disruptors on the Female Genital Tract Microbiome: A Narrative Review

Covid-19 seems to age blood vessels – but only among women

Using computational methods, study demonstrates the extreme morphologies of treehopper insects with features like horns, spines, balls, and tridents, affects the electric field strength around them

Bone-building discovery could transform osteoporosis treatment

The established conservation practice of relocating animals from large, genetically diverse populations to small communities of inbred endangered species may risk introducing more damaging than beneficial gene variants into the threatened group…

Synthetic Biology for Space Exploration

Study finds wild brown anole lizards with highest blood lead levels ever recorded in a vertebrate; can withstand levels 10 times higher before showing any decline in balance, sprint speed…

Cicadas coordinate their morning choruses with precision, timing their singing to a specific level of light during the pre-dawn hours

Researchers found AlphaFold3-guided single-amino acid substitution creates a dual-functional selection marker for herbicide resistance and genetic tagging in the cruciferous plant pathogen Colletotrichum higginsianum

New research reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped teens’ stress biology, altering hormones, inflammation, and brain activity in ways that could shape their health for years to come.

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