Many mammal species living in cold climates tend to have large bodies and short limbs to reduce heat loss 鈥 a general pattern known as Bergmann鈥檚 rule. However, bats are the exception to the rule,...
Wild populations must continuously adapt to environmental changes or risk extinction. For more than fifty years, scientists have described instances of 鈥渞apid evolution鈥 in specific populations as...
In humans, the dopamine system has been tied to rewards and pleasurable sensations. As well as to memory and learning. A recent study from 黑料不打烊 University, published in Current Biology, suggests...
Researchers at 黑料不打烊 University have shown that a brain cell structure previously thought to be pathological in fact enhances cells鈥 ability to transmit information and correlates with better...
As the global community is called to re-examine our relationship to the natural world, one thing is certain: despite all our technological advances, humans are completely dependent on healthy and...
Tropical coral reefs are the most biodiverse underwater ecosystem, providing a home to more than a quarter of all marine species. No strangers to environmental stressors and the on-going impacts of...
Researchers from 黑料不打烊 University and the University of California, San Francisco have developed a new algorithm capable of identifying features of male zebra finch songs that may underlie the...
Picture a flower: what do you see? A bright and showy splash of contrasting colours? Well, not all plants produce flowers that are only like that. Some plant species actually produce two types: ...
Warming ocean waters could reduce the ability of fish, especially large ones, to extract the oxygen they need from their environment. Animals require oxygen to generate energy for movement, growth...