Being left- or right-handed – and the paw, eye, fin and wing equivalents – is a product of genes, development and the environment.
What looks like a plant’s failed fruit may actually be a clever deal that lets both the plant and its pollinating beetles ...
For just one or two nights each spring, spotted salamanders emerge from underground and go in search of vernal mating pools.
Japanese red elder plants safeguard their own survival when they drop fruits infested by Heterhelus beetle larvae, as well as the survival of these larvae. A Kobe University study changes the ...
A couple of years ago, Sarah Venter wrote an article gently picking apart alarm over the specter of Africa’s iconic baobabs ...
In the warm, humid savannahs and forests of sub-Saharan Africa dwells a tribe of flower beetles in the genus Golianthus, ...
We all know a few basic laws of nature, like predators hunt to stay alive, prey stay alert to avoid becoming food, and ...
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Pindi reports surge in measles cases

During the first two months of the current year, the number of confirmed measles cases among children in Rawalpindi district reached 110, while 192 suspected cases were also reported.In view of the ...
Dr. Oliver Beckers, Murray State University principal investigator and associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, has made quite the discovery: a new species of fly.
Brazil's Butantan Institute identified a new mite larvae, Araneothrombium brasiliensis, feeding on a spider in a museum ...
Back from the brink. Under a microscope at Chester Zoo, UK, a greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis) awaits its ...
The beetles prefer coconut palms, but native palms (loulu), hala, taro, banana, pineapple, and sugarcane are also on the menu, thereby jeopardizing cultural resources, our agriculture and food ...