Life Sciences and Biomedicine Archives

Are shark personalities real?

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 Science Connectedsharks

Do sharks have social personality traits? According to a study conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Exeter, shark personalities are very real.

Climate Change

Warmest Ocean Temperatures Ever Recorded

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Science Connectedglobal warming, Greenhouse Gases, oceans

A study of the variability of the global climate system has revealed that global ocean temperatures are on the rise.

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Volunteers Are Helping with Alzheimer’s Research by Playing an Online Game

October 8, 2021October 5, 2021 SciStarterAlzheimer's

Verizon volunteers are helping speed up Alzheimer’s research. Read on to find out how you can help by simply playing an online game.

Prehistoric Crocodile: Life reconstruction of the head of Gnatusuchus pebasensis, a 13-million-year-old, short-faced crocodile with rounded teeth that was thought to use its snout to dig for clams and other mollusks. Model by Kevin Montalbán-Rivera. (© Aldo Benites-Palomino)

Paleontology

Prehistoric Crocodiles Ruled Ancient Peru

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 Science Connectedbiodiversity, biology, crocodiles, evolution, paleontology

Today, the Amazon River basin is well known for its biodiversity, but the area also has a long history of abundant life. Thanks to an international team of researchers, we now know that thirteen million years ago at least seven different species of prehistoric crocodile hunted in the swampy waters of what is now northeastern Peru. Evidence of this hyperdiverse group of crocs was found in Amazon bone beds, and it shows the largest number of prehistoric crocodile species co-existing in one place at any time in Earth’s history. This…

Biology

Using a protein to reverse skeletal muscle aging

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 Science Connectedaging, muscles, proteins

Scientists have discovered that the over-expression of a protein, NANOG, can lead to the reversal of aging in skeletal muscle cells.

Working dogs of the Iamal-Nenets reindeer herding peoples from where the Samoyed dog breed originated. Photo courtesy of Robert Losey (LMU).

Genetics and Heredity Zoology

Working Dogs Traded by Ancient Cultures?

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 Science Connecteddogs, genes

Dog people love their dogs, but did you know that in the Arctic, working canines were traded as valuable commodities at least 2,000 years ago?

Humpback whale breaching off the coast of Baja California. Winter Break 2015-2016

Marine and Freshwater Biology Nature Photography Zoology

Magnificent Humpback Whales of Los Cabos

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 Science Connectedwhales, wildlife photography

Travel to Baja California with wildlife photographer Max Goldberg and see his photos of the humpback whales. The humpback whales migrate to the area to breed.