What factors determine the success/failure of a strike or escape in predator-prey relationships?Credit: Higham lab, UC Riverside
Feeding is paramount to the survival of almost every animal, and just about every living organism is eaten by another. Not surprisingly, the...
Photo of an Egyptian fruit bat. Sarel et al. report on a new functional class of hippocampal neurons in bats, which encode the direction and distance to spatial goals – suggesting a novel neural mechanism for vector-based goal-directed navigation....
In situ image of the recorded baboons.Credit: © Caralyn Kemp and Julie Gullstrand / Laboratory of Cognitive Psychology (CNRS/AMU
Baboons produce vocalizations comparable to vowels. This is what has been demonstrated by an international team coordinated by researchers from the...
This illustration shows the hyolith Haplophrentis extending the tentacles of its feeding organ (lophophore) from between its shells. The paired spines, or 'helens', are rotated downwards to prop the animal up off the ocean floor.Credit: Artist: Danielle Dufault. ©...
Biomimetic spinning of artificial spider silk. a) Highly concentrated spider silk protein solution in a syringe is pumped through a pulled glass capillary with a tip size of 10-30 mm, with the tip submerged into a low pH aqueous...
Prickly pear trees and the brown seaweed, commonly known as Peacocks tail, are a common sight in the Mediterranean.Credit: Stephanie Ghio
The Mediterranean is a haven for lovers of crystal-clear seas and sun-kissed landscapes. Now, thanks to the work of...
The new fossil groundcherry Physalis infinemundi from Laguna del Hunco in Patagonia, Argentina, 52 million years old. This specimen displays the characteristic papery, lobed husk and details of the venation.Credit: Ignacio Escapa, Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio
Delicate fossil remains of...
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Proteins are the workhorse molecules of life. Among their many jobs, they carry oxygen, build tissue, copy DNA for the next generation, and coordinate events within and between cells. Now scientists at the University of North...
This study concludes that chickens are behaviorally, cognitively and emotionally complex individuals.Credit: Farm Sanctuary
Chickens are not as clueless or "bird-brained" as people believe them to be. They have distinct personalities and can outmaneuver one another. They know their place...
Researchers examined a fossilized embryo of the dinosaur Hypacrosaurus.Credit: Courtesy of Darla Zelinitsky
A human typically gives birth after nine months. An ostrich hatchling emerges from its egg after 42 days. But how long did it take for a baby...
Scientists from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered that cadherin clusters, which are well known for forming junctions between cells, also play a role in stabilising the cell cortex. The study...
