Two independent researchers are revealing how wild life can transform the meaning of death. Human graveyards can be sanctuaries for birds foraging within cities; different species use diverse headstones to hunt. Like humans, bumblebees have complex undertaking behaviors that we are just observing.
Leaf-cutter ants are masters of versatility, switching between knife and scissor-like cutting techniques based on leaf shape and thickness. A new study unveils their adaptive strategies, offering insights into pest control and the remarkable behavioral adaptation of these tiny foragers.
Vole offspring raised by a single parent differ from those raised by two parents in their behavior and in response to social challenges. New research finds that the protein composition in milk produced by single mother voles differs from paired mothers, and this change may influence how vole offspring respond to their early social environment.
A popular diving style of the M膩ori people in New Zealand, known as Manu jumping, is designed to make a large splash! By analyzing videos of humans, passive solid objects, and a body-opening robot engaged in 鈥減opping the Manu,鈥� Georgia Tech researchers, Dr. Pankaj Rohilla, Dr. Daehyun Choi, and their colleagues uncovered the science behind the splash.
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation BIO-LEAPS (Leading Culture Change through Professional Societies of Biology) Program.
Gray wolves in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have altered immune responses and evolved anticancer mutations in response to chronic radiation exposure for the past 35 years
Ecological and environmental factors are known to affect invasion success. Now, scientists have found that 鈥渂raver鈥� birds are better at invading new environments.
Scientists create 鈥榝rogolotls鈥� - chimeric amphibians using surgical transplants - to see how competing cellular instructions create a unified organism
Graduate student Rebecca Westwick researches how the environment of honey bee larvae influences their adult behavior. By focusing on aggression, she finds that whether bees prioritize hive protection over care of their young depends on their environment.
The classroom is constantly evolving, from chalkboards to powerpoint slides to interactive polling using clickers. But what if science were a story and we could follow along as an ant messes things up for a colony (hint: Pixar鈥檚 A Bug鈥檚 Life) or a fish is separated from their home (hint: Pixar鈥檚 Finding Nemo)? While these stories may not be 100% scientific, their ability to engage is demonstrable in the success of these movies.
Researchers enticed dragonflies to chase a small bead as it hurtled through the air, to examine how these insects capture objects that fly in erratic and unpredictable ways.
When horseweed is grown in contaminated soil, it extracts and accumulates heavy metals like lead, copper, and zinc. These fast-growing plants could help to detoxify even highly polluted environments.
Animals must defend resources critical to their and their offspring鈥檚 survival. With few resources, tree swallows become more territorial, which likely increases testosterone allocation in their eggs. This may promote offspring aggression, a trait critical for survival in competitive environments.
Poison dart frogs eat and accumulate toxins in their skin. Yet, unlike their predators, it does not seem to bother them. Researchers at Stanford University discovered a toxin-transporter protein that may hang on to the toxins and prevent them from wreaking havoc before they reach the frog鈥檚 skin.
Honesty between faculty and students improves student experiences in college. Professors who actively consider student identity and sharing their own can increase student fulfillment. Although daunting, new data indicate that students are ready to embrace a new kind of learning environment.
Using publicly available data on COVID variant rates, researchers from the University of Hawai'i are investigating how mutations in the virus' genome impact its ability to spread and weaken immune responses.
In an effort to understand how climate changes will affect many species at once, PhD candidate Guillermo Garcia Costoya created simulations that can predict how likely animals are to go extinct in different climatic conditions.
Scientific conferences are the lifeblood of science, but scientists have had to reinvent their beloved annual meetings in the face of COVID-19. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology has embraced these challenges and opportunities by setting up the 鈥楴etflix鈥� of scientific meetings.
New research into how catfish capture prey provides an unparalleled view of the internal mechanics of fish skulls and could inspire the design of new underwater robots.
Scientists Ethan A. Beseris, Steven E. Naleway and David R. Carrier recently discovered that though having a beard won鈥檛 save you from getting knocked out in a fight, it will likely save you from collateral damage.
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