Biology & Life Sciences

31+ min ago   (1049+ words) Some types of bacteria living in the human gut may have accompanied our ancestors for tens of thousands of years. As people moved across the world and raised families, they appear to have passed these microbes from one generation to…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago   (104+ words) Lewis’s Woodpeckers and others Excited by their arrival, I grabbed my camera and headed for Lake Solano. Only once did I catch a close-up woodpecker on the public side of the lake: From across the lake, I spied a large…...

10+ min ago   (268+ words) Community groups, schools and parks in Southern Maryland that want help caring for trees, not just planting them, have a new opening. A state law that took effect Oct. 1 broadens what the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ Tree-Mendous Maryland program…...

15+ min ago   (459+ words) Three Oxfordshire projects have been highly commended in a major biodiversity awards scheme. Part of the Thames and Chilterns in Bloom scheme, the CPRE Centenary Biodiversity Award recognises efforts in wildlife-friendly gardening and habitat creation in the Thames and Chilterns…...

34+ min ago   (365+ words) Neuroscientists want to know how the human brain makes sense of spoken language. This involves more than just hearing sounds. The brain has to figure out what words mean and how those meanings change depending on the situation. Researchers are…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (17+ words) Rare Bird Alert Rare Bird Alert, Reliable Bird News Services Since 1991...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (382+ words) Tad Malone is a writer at A-Z-Animals.com primarily covering Mammals, Marine Life, and Insects. Tad has been writing and researching animals for 2 years and holds a Bachelor's of Arts Degree in English from Santa Clara University, which he earned…...

45+ min ago   (199+ words) This is the part of the story that tends to get skipped when people talk about “AI mapping a brain.” The truth is messier and, honestly, more impressive. AI did not map this brain by itself. It produced a draft....

4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (222+ words) Repeatedly returning to the same areas, the ponies have prevented the growth of restrictive grass species, allowing other plants to establish on the moorland. The ponies grazing at Bellever have left visible changes on the Devon landscape, whilst supporting habitat…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (408+ words) | Newswise Newswise Cucumber gene offers a clue to fruit set without pollination Fine mapping and candidate gene analysis of the Parth7.1 locus. Parthenocarpy enables cucumber ovaries to develop into fruit without pollination or fertilization, helping growers maintain yields when pollination is…...