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New Rust Toolkit Supercharges Sex Determination Studies in Non-Model
1+ hour, 26+ 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....
Systemic Humoral Immunity in the Partially Migratory Bat Leptonycteris
17+ hour, 53+ min ago (90+ words) {“title”:”Gut Microbes Shape Bat Immunity Differently in Males and Females”,”excerpt”:”A new study of the lesser long-nosed bat reveals that gut bacterial communities are linked to systemic humoral immunity in patterns that differ sharply between males and migrating…...
Teeth Reveal Four Adaptive Zones Shaping Carnivore Evolution
1+ day, 41+ min ago (762+ words) For more than a century, paleontologists and evolutionary biologists have marveled at the way terrestrial mammalian carnivores keep reinventing the same body plans....
The tadpoles that don't care about their siblings
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (264+ words) Kyoto, Japan -- Amphibian larvae -- often known as tadpoles -- exhibit a behavior known as social aggregation, where they gather together as a way to avoid predators. These interactions are evidence of their association preferences, or their tendency to recognize members of…...
Researchers taught 18 pet parrots to ring a bell and select another bird???s picture on a touchscreen to request a video call. During 147 bird-initiated calls, the parrots developed preferred partners and preened, sang and played toward the screen??? while caregi
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1452+ words) Fifteen of the 18 recruited parrots made 147 voluntary calls after training. The behavior was real, but preferred partners and newly learned skills require careful reading. By Natural History · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 11, 2026 · How we edit A parrot ringing a…...
Zebrafish relatives as models for functional comparative genetics and genomics - Nature Reviews Genetics
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (1630+ words) Nature Reviews Genetics (2026) Cite this article Irion, U. & Nusslein-Volhard, C. Developmental genetics with model organisms. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 119, e2122148119 (2022). Liberali, P. & Schier, A. F. The evolution of developmental biology through conceptual and technological revolutions. Cell 187, 3461–3495 (2024). Hilgers, L. & Schwarzer, J. The untapped potential of medaka…...
Staffing Shortages Strain USDA Conservation Programs
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (110+ words) RFD-TV Staffing Shortages Strain USDA Conservation Programs Workforce losses are limiting assistance for farmers seeking federal conservation funding. WASHINGTON, D.C. (RFD News) — Farmers are facing longer waits for USDA conservation assistance following staffing cuts at the agency. The Natural Resources Conservation…...
What Bird Feeding Has to Do with Happiness
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (184+ words) It might be good for the birds—and you 1:31 PM CDT on September 10, 2026 If it turns out the positives for both birds and humans outweigh the negatives, perhaps it’s time to encourage more people to let these flighty creatures know…...
???Males bite the female???s aorta to deliver TTX. This sudden paralysis renders her immobile, enabling the male to mate successfully without being eaten.???
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (341+ words) For blue-lined octopus, mating is a dangerous game. That’s why males inject females with venom before sex, according to a new study. Their saliva contains a potent neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin (TTX), which they use to paralyse their prey and protect…...
Under pressure: How a deep-sea protein adapts to an extreme environment
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (510+ words) Researchers uncover the molecular strategy that enables PoXeR, a light-driven protein found in deep-sea microorganisms, to adapt to extreme pressure A research team, led by Professor Gaku Fukuhara of Kyushu University’s Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering (IMCE), investigated this…...