For the first time, a study led by University of Oxford researchers has listened in to the fascinating courtship displays of fiddler crabs using geophones. The findings, published in the Journal ...

Sampling site of the specimen of Potamotrygon scobina parasitised by Vandellia sp., in Xingu River, Pará State, Brazil (02°53’37.18” S; 051°56’15.87” W). The specimens were collected under permit ...

A member of the physics department … is to bring the scientific method to bear on the burning problem of why really good trombones sound the way they do. All trombones … do not sound the same ...

For most of the 20th century, virtually every naval ship had asbestos aboard in some capacity. Now, the U.S. Navy is the military branch believed to have the highest rate of mesothelioma, a cancer ...

‘Crabs and Crocks’ saw more than 80 islanders disperse across the uncovered rocks and weeds hunting for signs of life and broken crockery, with buckets and fishing nets at the ready. The popular ...

为解决五眼斑左鲆类物种分类混淆问题，研究人员开展了对三种五眼斑左鲆（Pseudorhombus ocellifer、Pseudorhombus oculocirris、Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus）的重新描述研究。结果明确了三者的鉴别特征，确认其有效性，还指定了部分物种的模式标本，为鱼类分类学研究提供 ...

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While they’ve found some species Lamb never encountered, overall the research shows a loss of biodiversity. Sensitive and specialized species, such as the Red-crowned Parrot, as well as game birds ...

Believe it or not, when I was little you could go into almost any souvenir shop in Florida and find huge baskets filled with hundreds of dried seahorses for sale next to bleached sand dollars, sea ...

Finally, is the World Slam, which is the Royal Slam plus the Ocellated wild turkey found only in Mexico and Central America (which reminds me more of a very colorful peacock than a turkey).

The accidental finding marks the first time a phenomenon called cytoplasmic sterility, known to occur in plants, has been found in animals. Using an acoustic camera, researchers were able to locate ...

The turkey is a giant bird from the Aves class and is native to North America. There are two primary species, namely the common turkey (wild and domesticated ones) and the ocellated turkey. They hold ...