Natural History
Sledge Dogs Closely Related to 9,500-Year-Old ‘Ancient Dog’
A new study on the origins of the sledge dog by the University of Copenhagen suggests they adapted to the Artic much earlier than previously thought.
Natural History
New UD study shows that tropical forest loss is increased by large-scale land acquisitions
In recent years, there has been a rise in foreign and domestic large-scale land acquisitions--defined as being at least roughly one square mile--in Latin America, Asia, and Africa where investing countries and multinational investors take out long-term contracts to use the land for various enterprises.
Natural History
Human activity threatens 50 billion years of vertebrate evolutionary history
A new study maps for the first time the evolutionary history of the world's terrestrial vertebrates: amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles.
Natural History
On the hunt for megafauna in North America
Research from Curtin University has found that pre-historic climate change does not explain the extinction of megafauna in North America at the end of the last Ice Age.
Natural History
Gene found that causes eyes to wither in cavefish
Mexican cavefish spend their entire lives in the dark. With no need for vision, many of them lost functional eyes.
Natural History
Taking a deep look into animals
Advances in neuroscience research and microscopy: a collaborative project driven by researchers of the Max Perutz Labs Vienna, a joint venture of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna, and the TU Wien (Vienna) allows researchers to look deep into organs and nervous systems of animals, ranging from squids and worms to fish and salamanders.
Natural History
Warming climate is changing where birds breed
Spring is in full swing. Trees are leafing out, flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing, and birds are singing.
But a recent study published in Proceedings...
Natural History
Researchers uncover the arks of genetic diversity in terrestrial mammals
Maximizing the protection of life on Earth requires knowledge of the global patterns of biodiversity at multiple dimensions, from genetic diversity within species, to species and ecosystem diversity.
Natural History
Research into Algal genome reveals new understanding of first land plants
Researchers from Cornell University have studied the genome of a single-celled alga that belongs to the closest lineage to terrestrial plants and provides many clues to how aquatic plants first colonized land.
Natural History
Oceanographic conditions influence the origin of new species of sharks and rays
Scientists used to think that the processes that drive the evolution of a new species were geographic separation or spatial barriers.
Natural History
New study reveals how birds adapted for long distance flight
New research by the University of Bristol has revealed how birds adapted for long-distance flight which is linked to their environment and behaviour.
Natural History
The Last Mammoth – Wrangle Island
Mammoth is a term used to describe the various species from the now extinct genus elephantid mammuthus that existed from the Pliocene epoch around 5 million years ago through to the Holocene between 3700 and 4000 years ago.