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Cluck once, and the river shakes: Inside the Amazon’s giant snake saga
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Cluck once, and the river shakes: Inside the Amazon’s giant snake saga

As a child, I was fascinated by reports and documentaries about field research and often wondered what it took to be there and what kind of knowledge was being produced. Later, as an ecologist, I felt the need for approaches that better connected scientific research with real-world contexts. I became especially interested in perspectives that […]
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Rainbow reefs revealed: The secret 112-million-year saga of glowing fish
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Rainbow reefs revealed: The secret 112-million-year saga of glowing fish

New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History sheds light on the ancient origins of biofluorescence in fishes and the range of brilliant colors involved in this biological phenomenon. Detailed in two complementary studies recently published in Nature Communications and PLOS One, the findings suggest that biofluorescence dates back at least […]
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Scientists find immune molecule that supercharges plant growth
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Scientists find immune molecule that supercharges plant growth

Within the animal kingdom, a naturally produced molecule known as itaconate serves a prominent role in the immune system as a defensive agent against viruses and inflammation. Itaconate is classified as a metabolite, a natural compound that arises when organisms convert food into energy. While itaconate is well known in animals, its presence and functions […]
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Fruit-eating mastodons? Ancient fossils confirm a long-lost ecological alliance
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Fruit-eating mastodons? Ancient fossils confirm a long-lost ecological alliance

Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital function also disappeared: the dispersal of seeds from large-fruited plants. A new study led by the University of O’Higgins, Chile, with key contributions from IPHES-CERCA, demonstrates for the first time — based on direct fossil evidence — that these extinct elephant […]
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Africa's pangolin crisis: The delicacy that's driving a species to the brink
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Africa’s pangolin crisis: The delicacy that’s driving a species to the brink

The vast majority of pangolin hunting in African forest landscapes is done for meat consumed by people in the region, rather than for scales shipped to East Asia, a new study led by the University of Cambridge suggests. Pangolins are the most heavily trafficked wild mammal in the world. A solitary, insect-eating animal about the […]
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Scientists warn of bat virus just one mutation from infecting humans
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Scientists warn of bat virus just one mutation from infecting humans

A group of bat viruses closely related to the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) could be one small mutation away from being capable of spilling over into human populations and potentially causing the next pandemic. A recent study published in the journal Nature Communicationsexamined an understudied group of coronaviruses known as merbecoviruses — […]
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Why past mass extinctions didn't break ecosystems—But this one might
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Why past mass extinctions didn’t break ecosystems—But this one might

Two major environmental shifts have triggered global transformations in large herbivore communities. A new study with researchers from the University of Gothenburg show how these ecosystems remained remarkably resilient despite extinction and upheaval. From mastodons to ancient rhinos and giant deer, large herbivores have been shaping Earth’s landscapes for millions of years. A new study, […]
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How madagascar’s lizards became the island’s last hope for reforestation
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How madagascar’s lizards became the island’s last hope for reforestation

After the island of Madagascar drifted away from India 88 million years ago, isolating it from all other landmasses, its flora and fauna evolved in seclusion. As these transformed into plants and animals completely unique to their island, Madagascar became a biodiversity hotspot unlike anywhere else on Earth. An important facet of this biodiversity is […]
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What a dinosaur ate 100 million years ago—Preserved in a fossilized time capsule
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What a dinosaur ate 100 million years ago—Preserved in a fossilized time capsule

Plant fossils found in the abdomen of a sauropod support the long-standing hypothesis that these dinosaurs were herbivores, finds a study published on June 9 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology. The dinosaur, which was alive an estimated 94 to 101 million years ago, ate a variety of plants and relied almost entirely on […]
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EU Commissioner Várhelyi revives Biotech Act for 2025

EU Commissioner Várhelyi revives Biotech Act for 2025

In a panel discussion at Medicines for Europe Annual Conference, EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi made a surprise announcement that the Commission will adopt the EU Biotech Act by the end of this year, citing growing “global challenges”. According to the EU Commission’s work programme, the legislation was initially scheduled for adoption in Q3 2025, […]
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EU Commissioner Várhelyi revives Biotech Act for 2025

EU Commissioner Várhelyi revives Biotech Act for 2025

In a panel discussion at Medicines for Europe Annual Conference, EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi made a surprise announcement that the Commission will adopt the EU Biotech Act by the end of this year, citing growing “global challenges”. According to the EU Commission’s work programme, the legislation was initially scheduled for adoption in Q3 2025, […]
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