The thylacine, that famous extinct Australian icon colloquially known as the Tasmanian Tiger, is revealed to…
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Cryo-EM study yields new clues to chicken pox infection
Despite decades of study, exactly how herpesviruses invade our cells remains something of a mystery. Now…
Improving protein digestibility in sorghum
Sorghum, a common food item in regions of Africa and Asia, has one missing puzzle piece.…
Songbirds, like people, sing better after warming up
If you’ve ever been woken up before sunrise by the trilling and chirping of birds outside…
Cover crop mixtures must be 'farm-tuned' to provide maximum ecosystem services
Penn State researchers, in a recent study, were surprised to learn that they could take the…
Plastic debris releases potentially harmful chemicals into seabird stomach fluid
Plastic waste in the ocean is an increasing problem for wildlife, including seabirds who frequently mistake…
Microbial ecology yields new insights for future shipwreck conservation
Shipwrecks act as artificial reefs and provide a substrate and nutrients for a great diversity of…
Out of sync: Ecologists report climate change affecting bee, plant life cycles
Bees and flowers seem inseparable harbingers of spring, but what happens when pollinators emerge later than…
Migration and dispersal of butterflies have contrasting effect on flight morphology
Butterflies show several types of movement. They can seasonally migrate long distances over hundreds of kilometers.…
Zebra stripes and their role in dazzling flies
The mystery of why zebras have their characteristic stripes has perplexed researchers for over a century. …