1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (628+ words) A new open-source software package promises to transform how biologists hunt for the genetic switches that separate males from females in species with no reference genome....

3+ hour, 48+ min ago   (57+ words) In the dim, crowded interior of a commercial turkey barn, one bird looks much like another. Thousands of large, white-feathered animals mill about under fixed overhead cameras, and to the human eye—and, crucially, to most computer vision systems—they…...

6+ hour, 37+ min ago   (85+ words) From the rumble of construction machinery to the shriek of excited crowds, zoos are far noisier places than most visitors realize, and a new analysis of the scientific literature suggests that this constant barrage of human-generated sound may be quietly…...

6+ hour, 37+ min ago   (681+ words) Across the flooded fields and scrubby foothills of South Asia lives a frog that most people, including many biologists, would struggle to tell apart from its close relatives. The burrowing frog Sphaerotheca maskeyi, a medium-sized member of the family Dicroglossidae,…...

10+ hour, 23+ min ago   (599+ words) Beneath every healthy soil ecosystem lies an army of unassuming engineers. Earthworms churn, aerate and enrich the ground we depend on for food, and their well-being has long served as a bellwether for soil health....

22+ hour, 1+ min ago   (123+ words) More than 700 million people walk through the gates of zoos and aquariums every year, and a new study suggests that many of them are ready to do far more than gaze at the animals. Researchers from Harper Adams University, The…...

2+ day, 58+ min ago   (839+ words) The black rabbits of China have long been prized by local farmers for their hardiness, their flavorful meat, and their remarkable ability to thrive where commercial breeds struggle. Yet despite centuries of informal reputation, the genetic secrets of two of…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (870+ words) In a finding that is already making waves among conservation geneticists and penguin enthusiasts alike, researchers in Japan have decoded the immune-system genes of one of the world’s most carefully managed captive king penguin colonies, revealing 72 brand-new gene variants and…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (59+ words) Bioengineer.org Subject of Research: Species- and sex-specific phoretic infestation patterns of Uroobovella nova mite deutonymphs on burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp.) Article Title: Males have a greater mite burden than females, and size does not matter: species- and sex-specific infestation…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (104+ words) In a finding that could reshape one of aquaculture’s most controversial practices, researchers in Uganda and South Africa have shown that ordinary pine pollen—the fine, powdery substance produced in vast quantities by pine trees—can transform an all-female population…...