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Environmental solutions from the amazing world of fantastic fungi

12 August 2022

Butterflies just love ants ---.

12 September 2018

First known manta ray nursery in Florida and new species news!

20 June 2018

Models and mimics are marvels in SE Asia

02 May 2018

Otters and their social learning abilities.

30 August 2017

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Butterflies just love ants ---.

Butterflies just love ants ---.

You may have some idea of how conserved this large blue is, but the tremendous diversity of blue butterflies on every continent (except South America) shows an interesting set of...

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Models and mimics are marvels in SE Asia

Models and mimics are marvels in SE Asia

The beautiful colour of the moth is not needed to mimic a bee so much, in some cases, to avoid predation. Instead, the clearwings may rely on flight pattern to...

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Otters and their social learning abilities.

Otters and their social learning abilities.

The Asian short-clawed otter is rapidly disappearing from its diminishing habitats, but perhaps we can instigate conservation measures along the lines of several otter species that have now recovered their...

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Our vertebrate relatives have evolved plenty of Jaw

Our vertebrate relatives have evolved plenty of Jaw

The ancestry of vertebrates is revealed in great detail using the latest genomic revelation techniques----Proteus anguinus image; Credit: © Patrick CabrolCopyrights: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) The variety...

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Salamander polyploid amazes with its genome (s)

Salamander polyploid amazes with its genome (s)

You may have observed salamanders or heard of the axolotl in research, but the potential of animal polyploids is the centre of this latest research from Ohio. Amphibia rarely get...

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The Tempo of Evolution is revealed on Hawaii

The Tempo of Evolution is revealed on Hawaii

The scarlet honeycreeper and the silversword take the front page for this investigation of Hawaiian endemic species, However, the implications for many recent evolutions are that they have reduced in...

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Blue whales' calls give ID of new populations

Blue whales' calls give ID of new populations

The magnificence of the blue can be appreciated by walking through its enormous skeleton, but as the endangered species recovers slowly from the whale hunters, whale watchers would appreciate an...

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