Granny killer whales pass along wisdom—and extra fish—to their grandchildren
Study is first direct evidence in nonhuman animals of the “grandmother hypothesis”
Plants & Animals
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Biologists think they know why this stunning Hawaiian plant is vanishing
Silversword populations have dropped 60% in the past 30 years -
Should aging lab monkeys be retired to sanctuaries?
Biomedical researchers are increasingly interested in retiring monkeys, but the community is divided -
Dogs hear words the same way we do
“Solid” study reveals a sophisticated ear in canines -
Could this desert beetle help humans harvest water from thin air?
Researchers glean new insights into how insect sucks moisture from the atmosphere -
Brazil’s deforestation is exploding—and 2020 will be worse
The Brazilian government acknowledges the spike but says it’s the continuation of a 7-year trend -
Dung beetles borrowed wing genes to grow their horns
The beetle horn should no longer be considered a “novel” structure, study suggests -
Dog bones could help patch broken bird wings
The technique may help injured birds fly again -
Bangladesh could be the first to cultivate Golden Rice, genetically altered to fight blindness
Approval expected for the rice, long a flashpoint in debates over GM crops -
Here’s a better way to convert dog years to human years, scientists say
New dog age calculator uses DNA changes to estimate how old your dog is in human years -
A love of insects and their microbial partners helped this biologist reveal secrets of symbiosis
Nancy Moran has devoted her career to investigating details of how microbes make a home in aphids and now bees -
Alien genes from bacteria helped plants conquer the land
Genomes of simple algae reveal ancestor’s bias toward terrestrial life -
Up, pup! Dogs, like humans, associate high-pitched sounds with lofty objects
New study suggests audio-visual links could have deep roots in mammals -
This amber-encased beetle may have been one of the first insects to pollinate flowers
Find pushes insect pollination back nearly 50 million years -
Deadly pufferfish poison relieves stress in deadly pufferfish
Tetrodotoxin may also aid growth -
Unusual mass flowering in Malaysian rainforests provides seeds for endangered tree 'arks'
Explosion of flowers and seeds will aid plans to save endangered Dipterocarps
