Largest fully preserved dinosaur claw unearthed in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert
With distinctive two-fingered claws, the remains of a previously unknown species of dinosaur suggest it looked like a bizarre ...
Q&A: Canada slowest in reporting bird flu at 618 days—but past COVID response shows potential for improvement
The global average for countries to report genetic information about bird flu, crucial to tracking and preventing a human ...
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Batting for the underdog: Sac State researcher champions misunderstood flying mammals
Assistant Professor Anna Doty and her students study bats across California, revealing how these docile creatures benefit ...
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U of M Crookston's Loegering recognized with Wildlife Society award following student nominations
U of M Crookston students Eric Gunderson, Ryan Kalal, Zoey Magner, Katie Torgerson, and Hunter Kasprowicz nominated Loegering for the award. Gunderson, who presented the award to Loegering at the ...
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GRCC Community STEM Day is Saturday
Free event will offer hands-on activities for students, including owl pellet dissection, worm composting, visiting animals ...
The 'longevity protein' SIRT5 could be a key factor in delaying age-related skeletal muscle decline
A collaborative study led by Prof. Liu Guanghui from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr. Wang ...
The Ultimate Castaways: How Iguanas Survived a 5,000-Mile Ocean Voyage
Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
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Iguanas floated to Fiji millions of years ago on an unprecedented raft journey, scientists say
“That they reached Fiji directly from North America seems crazy,” said co-author Jimmy McGuire, UC Berkeley professor of ...
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Velvet Worms' Deadly Projectile Slime Unleashes Surprising Protein Discovery
We have unveiled a very different role of TLR proteins,” said study author Professor Ali Miserez to IFLScience.
Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink, even as overall biodiversity falls
A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that while the natural world continues to face a biodiversity crisis, ...
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Elisabeth Vrba obituary: palaeontologist who solved a problem that vexed Darwin
The biologist’s theories about how environments prompt rapid species evolution and extinction propelled her onto the world ...
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Reading Comprehension: Giraffe - Big Ideas in Zoology
Discusses the importance of identifying "Big Ideas" in reading comprehension. It contrasts two boys, Pete and Sam, where Pete effectively extracts key concepts from texts while Sam struggles.