Female meadow brown butterflies have fewer spots if they develop in warmer weather—so climate change could make them less spotty, new research shows. The work is published in Ecology and Evolution.
Plants & Animals
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Butterfly populations in Catalonia in northern Spain are better than their UK counterparts at regulating their body temperature by basking in the sunshine, but rising global temperatures due to climate change may put Spanish ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 9, 2024
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A challenge among three housemates to identify species around their inner-Brisbane home has resulted in an academic research paper, showcasing the rich biodiversity in urban landscapes.
Ecology
Dec 7, 2023
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When animals of two different species mate, their hybrid offspring can be unhealthy or sterile. Often, only one sex is affected.
Evolution
Nov 20, 2023
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The European Parliament on Thursday agreed on a controversial law to restore degraded environments to their natural state.
Ecology
Nov 12, 2023
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Weather forecasting historically has depended on the time-consuming and energy-intensive method of using supercomputers to crunch complex sets of mathematical equations. An up-and-coming alternative involves training artificial ...
Environment
Oct 30, 2023
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Eye spots, color patterns that resemble the eyes of vertebrates, on butterfly wings are common in nature. A research team involving the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) and researchers in Mexico, ...
Evolution
Oct 4, 2023
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Researchers from the Utrecht University have uncovered a sophisticated mechanism by which coronavirus spike proteins can be activated for cell entry. The study, published in the journal Nature, used powerful microscopes and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 4, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have designed an innovative pixelated, soft, color-changing system called a Morphable Concavity Array (MoCA).
Optics & Photonics
Sep 25, 2023
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The monarch butterfly is one of the most widely recognized and admired creatures native to North America.
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2023
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