Frequent Rainstorms Predicted with Climate Change
By Neha Jain @lifesciexplore If you live in California, you might recall the powerful winter rainstorm of 2014, dubbed the…
Category: Life Sciences and Biomedicine
Seized Ivory Traced to Recently Slaughtered Elephants
Strong demand for ivory has decimated both forest and savannah elephant populations across Africa by about two-thirds over the past years.
Flower Power: The Physics of Pollination
By Marie Davey @biophilesblog Pollination. The word brings to mind the droning buzz of fat yellow and black bumblebees bouncing…
Zebrafish Fight Club Winners and Losers
Much like in Fight Club, “Where Is My Mind?” is a fitting theme song for zebrafish: after 24 hours they…
How Nature Creates the Color Blue
Sometimes nature uses physics instead of pigment to create the color blue. Radwanul Hasan Siddique explains how this is accomplished.
Oviraptors in the Wild
By Kate Stone Oviraptorosaurs are an odd-looking group of feathered, bird-like theropod dinosaurs. They tend to have short skulls and…
Old Bonobos Need Reading Glasses
By Maarten Rikken A study released in Current Biology has found that bonobos’ eyesight becomes significantly reduced when they reach around…
Amazonian Frog Uses Mimicry to Ward Off Ants
Amazonian frogs prevent ant attacks by releasing chemicals mimicking those of leaf-cutter ants.
Tasmanian Devils Fight Facial Cancer
Tasmanian devils are the largest remaining marsupial carnivore. They are social and aggressive, and they’re suffering from facial tumors.
The Brainy Life of Bees
By Jonathan Trinastic @jptrinastic The thought of worker bees buzzing about their colonies in service of the queen may not…