Claire Asher
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Evolution, genetics, animal behaviour, conservation
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Nature
Covering up the by-catch problem
Devices designed to release endangered New Zealand sea lions when they are caught by fishing boats may be concealing the negative effects of trawling.
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The Scientist
Macrophages Are the Ultimate Multitaskers
From guiding branching neurons in the developing brain to maintaining a healthy heartbeat, there seems to be no job that the immune cells can’t tackle.
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Nature
Seismic surveys stress scallops
Scallops have joined a list of animals that might be harmed by the loud noises that seismic surveys generate.
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news.mongabay.com
Andes dams could threaten food security for millions in Amazon basin
More than 275 hydroelectric projects are planned for the Amazon basin, the majority of which could be constructed in the Andes whose rivers supply over 90 percent of the basin’s sediments and over half its nutrients. A new study projects huge environmental costs for six of these dams, which together will retain 900 million tons of river sediment annually...
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Nature
Protein opens fresh avenue towards diabetes treatment
The protein apelin is known to protect against diabetes by decreasing blood glucose levels and improving insulin sensitivity, but the underlying molecular mechanisms have been a mystery.
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Nature
Bold fish run the school
Individual differences in behaviour, such as boldness and sociability, are common in animals, but how these ‘personalities’ affect group behaviour has remained poorly understood.
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Nature
How sea creatures change their colour
Cephalopods such as octopuses, cuttlefish and squid can instantly change their body colour using proteins called reflectins. A study shows that these proteins originated in bacteria that live in symbiosis with the animals.
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news.mongabay.com
Zero tolerance of deforestation likely only way to save Amazon gateway
In a new paper, conservationists urgently call for a policy of zero deforestation and sustainable agroforestry in Maranhão, one of Brazil’s poorest states, before it’s remaining Amazon forests are lost.
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howwegettonext.com
Zoonosis: How Animal Diseases Become Human Diseases
In 1998, pig farmers in Malaysia suddenly started falling ill and doctors didn’t know why. Within days of their first symptoms — headaches and fever — many of the farmers were hospitalized as their brains swelled. They suffered seizures or fell into comas. About half of those infected died.
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Nature
Fish fooled into thinking plastic is food
Plastic fragments in the ocean are quickly covered in algae, making them smell like food to small fish.
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Nature
Vibrato calls send a clearer message
Researchers find bleating sounds evolved separately in numerous different species.
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Nature
Epigenetics aids fly development
Flies inherit epigenetic marks that are crucial for development.
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Nature
Baboons use intimidation to win females
Aggressive mating practices, previously seen only in humans and chimps, may be more widespread.
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The Scientist
Nine Decades of Environmental Change Resurrected From Swedish ...
Scientists bring marine plankton back to life to study past climate change.
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BBC
Climate change is disrupting the birds and the bees
Our changing climate seems set to disrupt just about everything. From rising sea levels to ocean acidification, the list of negative consequences from climate change is endless. But one area that often goes unmentioned in the climate change discussion is sex.