Male crickets court females in unison – unless rivals get too close
Male crickets sing in unison to attract females – but stop singing if a rival gets too close, new research...
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Male killer whales protected by post-menopause mothers
Post-menopause female killer whales protect their sons – but not their daughters – from fights with other whales, new research...
Immune systems develop ‘silver bullet’ defences against common bacteria
Immune systems develop specific genes to combat common bacteria such as those found in food, new research shows. Previous theories...
Bats struggle during organic farming transition
Bat activity falls as farms make the transition to organic agriculture, new research shows. Organic farming is better for biodiversity...
Green turtles fed at same seagrass meadows 3,000 years ago
Green turtles today feed at the same seagrass meadows as their ancestors did about 3,000 years ago, new research shows....
Tipping points can be triggered unexpectedly by dangerous rates of change
A recent paper by mathematicians at the University of Exeter in England, and University College Cork in Ireland, highlights the...
Butterflies and moths share ancient ‘blocks’ of DNA
Butterflies and moths share “blocks” of DNA dating back more than 200 million years, new research shows. Scientists from the...
Plastic at almost all coral reefs
Almost all coral reefs – including some of the most remote on Earth – contain large pieces of plastic waste,...
Tiny fish surprise scientists in ‘volunteer’s dilemma’
Tiny fish called Trinidadian guppies have surprised scientists when faced with the so-called “volunteer’s dilemma”. The idea of the dilemma...