Nilgiri flycatcher (stock photo). Researchers found the estimated range for the Nilgiri flycatcher is actually 65 percent smaller than IUCN determined and thus suggest uplisting the threat level from 'Near Threatened' to 'Vulnerable.'
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A new...
Camellia sinensis shrub.
Credit: LiZhi Gao Lab
The most popular varieties of tea -- including black tea, green tea, Oolong tea, white tea, and chai -- all come from the leaves of the evergreen shrub Camellia sinensis, otherwise known as the...
This Vouivria herd are roaming the coast of what is now Europe. Millions of years ago Europe was a chain of islands and, being a herbivore, Vouivria damparisensis would have grazed on the vegetation in its local vicinity.
Credit: Imperial...
An atomic force microscope allowed researchers a chance to take a much closer look at how microfibrils -- hair-like fibers made of cellulose that help form the plant cell walls -- moved in the wall. This close-up view may...
A new, unknown clam of the genus Corbicula is the third to reach the US from Asia.
Credit: Graphic by Danielle Ruffatto
They found it in the Illinois River near the city of Marseilles, Illinois, about 80 miles west of Lake...
This is a golden orb-weaver spider (Nephila clavipes).
Credit: Matjaz Kuntner, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Spider silks, the stuff of spider webs, are a materials engineer's dream: they can be stronger than steel at a mere fraction of weight,...
A new study examining the muscular system of bonobos provides firsthand evidence that the rare great ape species may be more closely linked to human ancestors than common chimpanzees.
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A new study examining the muscular...
These are Kazakh horses in North Central Kazakhstan.
Credit: Ludovic Orlando, Natural History Museum of Denmark, CNRS.
Nomad Scythian herders roamed vast areas spanning the Central Asian steppes during the Iron Age, approximately from the 9th to the 1st century BCE...
The map of dog breeds, which is the largest to date, will likely help researchers identify disease-causing genes in both dogs and humans.
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When people migrate, Canis familiaris travels with them. Piecing together the details of...
Dogs in the study.
Credit: Image courtesy of Canisius College
Researchers at Canisius College found that the relationship between two dogs living in the same household may impact how much influence they have on each other's behavior. Dogs who showed little...
A bearded capuchin monkey cracks open a stably-placed palm nut with a stone for a hammer.
Credit: Barth Wright
Bearded capuchin monkeys deliberately place palm nuts in a stable position on a surface before trying to crack them open, revealing their...
