Nature Communications
2025-03-20 @ 19.18.27 ∈ In English
They’d rather die: The lesson that male roundworms refuse to learn
The female worms quickly learned to draw a link between the odor of the harmful bacteria and the disease that it causes, and therefore chose to eat the other bacterium. Most males, however, failed to learn and continued consuming the harmful bacterium, even though they got just as sick.
2025-02-27 @ 17.09.34 ∈ In English
The loneliness paradox: How media narratives shape our solitude
[People] who believe being alone is harmful tend to feel lonelier after spending time alone in daily life. However, those with a more positive view of solitude don't just feel less lonely in the same situations, they actually feel more positive.
2024-12-23 @ 19.01.12 ∈ In English
New study documents evolution of fast-growing, fish-eating herring in Baltic Sea
Atlantic and Baltic herring are typical plankton-eating fish of central importance for the northern Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea ecosystems. A new study […] documents the discovery of the evolution of genetically distinct, fish-eating herring in the Baltic Sea, a young water body that has only existed since the end of the last glaciation.
2024-07-19 @ 8.18.36 ∈ In English
The redpoll finch saga: How two bird species just became one
[The] hoary redpoll finch, a small, plump bird commonly found in the Arctic, will be reclassified as the same species as the common redpoll finch, a smaller bird found in similar habitats. This announcement came as a direct result of a CU Boulder-led study which found that, despite their different looks, very few genetic differences exist between the two types of birds.
2024-07-05 @ 9.59.36 ∈ In English
2024-02-28 @ 16.34.08 ∈ Suomeksi
Luonnontieteellisten museoiden digitoidut näytteet vahvistivat ikivanhan tutkimushypoteesin | Helsingin yliopisto
Klassinen hypoteesi esittää, että suojaväritykseen luottavat saaliseläimet ovat ulkoasultaan vaihtelevampia kuin varoitussignaaleihin luottavat saaliseläimet. […] Tutkijat löysivät hypoteesille vahvistuksen käyttämällä luonnontieteellisten museoiden digitaalisia kokoelmia ja mittaamalla tuhansista kuvista perhoslajien sisäistä värien ja kuvioiden muuntelua.
2024-02-28 @ 15.52.47 ∈ In English
2023-12-13 @ 17.42.50 ∈ In English
Global assessment of free-ranging cats shows they eat more types of creatures than previously thought
They summed up their findings by suggesting that cats worldwide are eating pretty much anything that they are able to catch and kill, ranging from rats and mice to snakes and frogs, spiders, and of course, birds—many, many birds.
2023-08-28 @ 19.03.59 ∈ In English
COVID-19 virus is evolving rapidly in white-tailed deer, new research finds
The combined findings suggest that the white-tailed deer species is a reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 that enables continuing mutation, and that the virus's circulation in deer could lead to its spread to other wildlife and livestock.