Hidden in plain sight: DNA reveals 15 overlooked coral lineages in the Indo-Pacific
Scientists have discovered that one of the ocean’s most recognizable corals, the iconic “organ pipe coral” — long believed to…
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Ancient altercations between musk turtles and alligator gar recorded in Florida’s fossil record
Key points Paleontologist Jason Bourque recently described a new, extinct species of musk turtle that lived in Florida during the…
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Evolutionary arms race stretches hawkmoths and flowers to extremes
Key Points Hawkmoths have evolved different feeding strategies. While some species have long proboscises they use to drink nectar from…
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Informal educators get a powerful new way to speak their mind and boost their skills
Few elements of our culture are as firmly established in the 21st century western zeitgeist as the fact that teachers…
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After 9,000 years of cultivation, rice has reached its thermal limit
Rice has historically been a heat-loving plant. In fact, the wild ancestor of cultivated rice once grew primarily on the…
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African frogs haven’t forgotten the ice ages. Scientists can tell by where they live.
Why are frogs diverse in some parts of Africa’s rainforests and less so in others? The patterns of cooling and…
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Study in search of a tropical spring is the first to show some birds flip their breeding season in response to climate
Key points Many years of scientific observation and research show that temperate birds nest in the spring, and their breeding…
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Highly and casually active citizen scientists contribute equally valuable data
T he word “nemotia”1 is a neologism, a newly coined term that, in this case, describes the sense of overwhelm…
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Scientists lay out what we do and don’t yet know about moths and butterflies
Key points Scientists have published a broad review of what they’ve learned about moths and butterflies over the last few…
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Vertebrate paleontology has a numbers problem. Computer vision can help
How many fossils does it take to accurately train an image-based AI algorithm? According to a new study co-authored by…
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