Hitch-hiking barnacles
Deep time tracking devices
Abril 02, 2019
Long-distance migrations are common for large whales, but when in their evolutionary past did they begin to migrate and why? Fossil whale barnacles may have the answers
Long-distance migrations are common for large whales, but when in their evolutionary past did they begin to migrate and why? Fossil whale barnacles may have the answers
A compound produced by Panamanian frog skin bacteria could help resist fungal infections in amphibians and humans worldwide
What do playing the banjo and recording katydids have in common? We join Sharon Martinson on Barro Colorado Island to find out.
By taking on characteristics from another, younger stage in its life-cycle, this fossil crab was probably able to adapt to new conditions.
Fever may be less effective at repelling infections in cold-blooded creatures
Bats can find motionless insects on leaves in the dark. This was thought to be impossible, because the acoustic camouflage provided by the leaves should confuse their echolocation system. Inga Geipel and colleagues discovered how they overcome this problem.
Encrusting organisms may be disliked by most people, but they’re helping explore marine conservation and biodiversity concerns
As some of the most savvy and sophisticated predators out there, bats eavesdrop on their prey and even on other bats to collect a wide variety of information about their prey.
Warming tropical soils could cause a 9 % increase in atmospheric CO2 this Century.
Imprinting on parental color may be more important than genetics when it comes to the evolution of new species.