Relationship patterns among flightless stick insects suggest that birds disperse the eggs after eating gravid females. Lab experiments previously suggested...
Predators must eat to survive—and to survive, prey must avoid being eaten. One theory, the Wolf-Mangel model, suggests predators could...
An international research team led by Prof. Zhang Huaqiao from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese...
Scientists have used gene editing techniques to identify and change parts of chicken DNA that could limit the spread of...
Maize plants form special compounds derived from indole, the so-called benzoxazinoids. They are considered ecologically important because they act against...
A new paper in the Annals of Botany reveals that researchers have found unaltered agave plant species cultivated by several...
The “Margaritaville” in Jimmy Buffett’s famous song isn’t a real place, but it’s long been associated with the Florida Keys....
Fungal infections pose a threat to humans, animals and plants, and can have serious consequences. Together with colleagues from Frankfurt/Main...
As anyone who has ever skimmed a book or magazine can tell you, sometimes you don’t have to read every...
As climate change progresses, the chance of southern plant species spreading to northern regions increases. In Europe and America, many...
When an asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, it set off a devastating mass extinction. The dinosaurs (except...
Research published October 5 in the journal Current Biology finds that mammals living in South Africa’s Greater Kruger National Park,...
