biology

2022-05-05 @ 13.31.24 ∈ In English

Laura Kelley on Twitter

“Can animal patterning create or conceal 3D form for camouflage? https://t.co/tf9LvB586y 📷Shipher Wu (Uropyia meticulodina - yes that wing is actually flat!)”

2022-04-01 @ 14.17.01 ∈ In English

myrmepropagandist on Twitter

“These fruit flies have wings that look like ants biting it to deter ants from uh... biting it.”

2022-03-15 @ 12.23.17 ∈ In English

(Slightly fearmongering, but the bit I quoted below seems solid.)

Antigenic evolution will lead to new SARS-CoV-2 variants with unpredictable severity - Nature Reviews Microbiology

Unlike viral immune escape and transmissibility, which are under strong evolutionary pressure, virulence is typically a by-product, fashioned by complex interactions between factors in both the host and the pathogen.

2022-02-25 @ 11.32.41 ∈ In English

Largest bacterium ever discovered has an unexpectedly complex cell

Its threadlike single cell is visible to the naked eye, growing up to 2 centimeters—as long as a peanut—and 5000 times bigger than many other microbes.

2022-02-22 @ 18.25.53 ∈ In English

Altruism in birds? Magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices

It was the first time a bird has removed a tracking device, and the second time a bird species showed cooperative ‘rescue’ behaviour.

2022-02-15 @ 18.25.35 ∈ In English

Just 14 cases: Guinea worm disease nears eradication

A scourge that once infected millions of the world’s poorest people is close to being wiped out in humans — but infections in animals complicates the picture.

2022-02-05 @ 18.20.35 ∈ In English

Quad Finn on Twitter

Alder (A99) swims with a dead fish balanced on his head. Back in 1987, a K Pod orca started swimming everywhere with a dead salmon carefully balanced on the top of her head, and it soon became a popular Southern Resident fad as other orcas quickly started mimicking her behavior. https://t.co/K5UsX3s…

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