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Desmodus rotundus, picture taken at Sangayan Island, Paracas National Reserve, Departamento Ica, Peru

Bat Appreciation Day April 17

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Happy Bat Appreciation Day (April 17)! April is the best time to observe bats, as they are just coming out of hibernation (or torpour). Vampire Bats: Bloodsuckers of the Night Vampire bats, members of...

A goldfinch perched on a stem of a planet with some brown grasses in the background. A new study says that Britain has lost 73 million birds over the last 50 years

We were so wrong about bird evolution

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Two studies, published on April 1 in the journals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and Nature, shed light on a genetic anomaly approximately 65 million years old (exactly when th...

Live corals in many colours mainly pink and red.

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is hit with mass bleaching but another coral reef flourishes in Cambodia

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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is hit with mass bleaching but another coral reef flourishes in Cambodia.

a, Trilobite of the genus Ampyx (UCBL-FSL713598). b, Gastropods associated with a tube-like structure, probably the conulariid Sphenothallus (UCBL-FSL713599). c, Biomineralized conulariid cnidarian (UCBL-FSL713600). d, Articulated brachiopods attached to a possible leptomitid sponge (UCBL-FSL713601). e, Assemblage formed of articulated brachiopods (centre), flattened carapaces probably of bivalved arthropods (centre left and right) and a calymenine trilobite cranidium (left; UCBL-FSL713602). f, A hyolith with possible internal organs (UCBL-FSL713603). Scale bars represent 4 mm in a and e, 1 cm in b and d, 5 mm in c, and 2 mm in f.

A 470 Million Year Old Ordovician Site Found in France

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A 470 Million Year Old Ordovician Site has been found in France by amateur paleontologists containing extremely well preserved fauna.

A turtle swimming in the ocean, which is an a bright blue green colour. Credit: Randall Ruiz on Unsplash

World’s First State of Migratory Species Report

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World's First State of Migratory Species Report was published this February 2024 and nearly 44 percent of species are showing a decline.

Red handfish patiently waits to be rescued. Photo: Jemina Stuart-Smith

Race to save red handfish in Tasmania

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Conervationists are in a Race to save red handfish in Tasmania this summer against high seas, rising temperatures and habitat loss.

During the Darwin family's 1868 holiday in her Isle of Wight cottage, Julia Margaret Cameron took portraits showing the bushy beard Darwin grew between 1862 and 1866.

Podcast I Darwin and Evolution by Natural Selection

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This is our Podcast on Darwin & Evolution by Natural Selection celebrating Darwin Day on February 12, and World Evolution Day on November 24.

The colorful Polycarpa aurata sits in a bed of white bryozoans (Triphyllozoon inornatum).

Unveiling the Power of Friction In A Marine Organism

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Researchers at ISTA's Heisenberg group have shed light on a remarkable phenomenon: how sea squirt oocytes utilize internal friction to jumpstart development after fertilization, a finding published in...

A close up of a double helix strand of DNA in gold

Evolution may not be as random as we thought

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Evolution may not be as random as we thought according to a new study that analysed the pangenome of a single bacterium.