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Zoology
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Heart-shaped mollusc has windows that work like fibre optics
Heart cockles come in many colours and host photosynthetic algae inside their shells Dakota McCoy A heart-shaped mollusc…
No hearing aids needed: bats’ ears stay keen well into old age
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03575-z Elderly big brown bats showed little sign of age-related degradation in…
Cat brains age like ours — and could help scientists to understand cognitive decline
Old cats’ brains show some of the changes seen in the brains of ageing humans.Credit: Getty To unlock…
New species of tardigrade reveals secrets of radiation-resisting powers
The new species is similar in appearance to this Hypsibius sp. tardigrade, photographed using an electron microscope.Credit: Robert…
We must train specialists in botany and zoology — or risk more devastating extinctions
As a student in China in the late 1980s, I spent several wonderful semesters studying zoology and botany.…
Octopuses and fish caught on camera hunting as a team
An octopus punches an blackfin grouper in response to ‘opportunistic’ behaviour. Credit: Eduardo Sampaio Octopuses normally hunt alone,…
COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market animals after all, suggests latest study
Some of the earliest cases of COVID-19 were linked to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China.Credit:…
What does peak emissions mean for China — and the world?
The world might be witnessing the bending of a key climate curve. Various projections have suggested that carbon…
I fire darts at whales to help track their movements
“Here, I’m standing on a research boat moored in Húsavík harbour in Iceland’s Skjálfandi Bay, showing how I…
these parasitoid wasps grow in adult fruit flies
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 11 September 2024 Parasitoid wasps, which have larvae that grow in or on other organisms and…