50-year mystery of ancient 'subway deer' discovered in Canada is solved
In 1976, during the excavation of a subway extension in Toronto, a city worker discovered unusual looking antlers with "thick, horizontal beams."| phys.org
In 1976, during the excavation of a subway extension in Toronto, a city worker discovered unusual looking antlers with "thick, horizontal beams."| phys.org
The next time you crave a sweet treat, go ahead and buy a bag of jellybeans—guilt free. Your indulgence will be in the interest of science.| phys.org
Sexual size differences are widespread in biology, yet the "how" behind them often remains vague. We asked a concrete question in a classic model organism: when female flies are larger than males, do individual organs achieve this by adding more cells, enlarging the cells they already have, or mixing both strategies—and is this consistent across the body?| phys.org
RPI professor and freshwater ecology expert Kevin Rose, Ph.D., in collaboration with other researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), the Lake George Association (LGA), and Paul Smith's College, conducted the first ever long-term study on the environmental effects of the aquatic herbicide florpyrauxifen-benzyl (FPB), also known as ProcellaCOR.| phys.org
Like its namesake, Janelia's GENIE Project Team makes wishes come true. Luckily for biologists, this genie doesn't grant just three requests.| phys.org
A new study sheds light on why North America's bats are dying in large numbers at wind energy facilities.| phys.org
The dodo has been extinct for more than 300 years, but that isn't stopping Dallas' Colossal Biosciences from trying to resurrect the 3-foot-tall, flightless bird.| phys.org
Volunteers are swimming in the sea to help science conserve some of the world's rarest fish. Scuba divers and snorkelers are among those helping to identify endangered species, such as giant guitarfishes, whip-stingrays and thresher sharks.| phys.org
Scientists in Brazil recently recorded evidence that a jaguar visited an isolated island in the reservoir area of the Serra da Mesa Hydroelectric Power Dam in northern Goiás State. The same jaguar had been identified on the mainland, 2.48 km away from the island, back in 2020. Both instances were recorded by camera-trap stations, three on the mainland and one on the island, which were set up for an exploratory jaguar survey. The specific jaguar's identity was confirmed by spot-pattern analysis.| phys.org
When cells are healthy, we don't expect them to suddenly change cell types. A skin cell on your hand won't naturally morph into a brain cell, and vice versa. That's thanks to epigenetic memory, which enables the expression of various genes to "lock in" throughout a cell's lifetime. Failure of this memory can lead to diseases, such as cancer.| phys.org
It's a familiar scene for many of us. A warm summer evening, a gentle breeze and then the inevitable high-pitched whine of a mosquito buzzing near your ear. For some, this is a fleeting annoyance, but for others, it means a night of endlessly scratching itchy welts. Some people are simply mosquito magnets while others emerge relatively unscathed. But why is this so? One explanation, according to scientists from the Netherlands, is beer.| phys.org
Researchers looking into the origin of domestic cats have long considered that cats likely accompanied early farmers during the Neolithic, spreading through Europe alongside the adoption of agriculture.| phys.org
