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Mammals on the menu: Snake dietary diversity exploded after mass extinction 66 million years ago

Modern snakes evolved from ancestors that lived side by side with the dinosaurs and that likely fed mainly on insects and lizards. Then a miles-wide asteroid wiped...

18 October 2021 news dietary | Insects

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Indian wolf among world’s most endangered and distinct wolves

The Indian wolf could be far more endangered than previously recognized, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, and the scientists who sequenc...

6 September 2021 news Indian | Mammals

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Location and intensity of global threats to biodiversity

Using a novel modelling approach, new research published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals the location and intensity of key threats to biodiversity on la...

31 August 2021 news agriculture | Amphibians

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Controlling carbs and fat: Learning from the fruit fly

Incretins are hormones secreted by intestinal cells that regulate pancreatic insulin and glucagon to control sugar metabolism in mammals. Although counterparts of ins...

23 August 2021 news carbs | fat

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Discovery of prehistoric mammals suggests rapid evolution of mammals after dinosaur extinction

Research published today in the peer-reviewed Journal of Systematic Palaeontology describes the discovery of three new species of ancient creatures from the dawn of m...

23 August 2021 news dinosaur | extinction

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Giraffes are as socially complex as elephants, study finds

Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered evidence that giraffes are a highly socially complex species. Traditionally, giraffes were thought to have li...

9 August 2021 news animal | elephants

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Some birds steal hair from living mammals, study finds

Dozens of online videos document an unusual behaviour among tufted titmice and their closest bird kin. A bird will land on an unsuspecting mammal and, cautiously and ...

9 August 2021 news birders | birds

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