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In a study recently published in PLoS One, we have found that small numbers of lions in Zambia are moving across landscapes previously thought to…
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Caves are environments that often act as traps in which time appears to have stopped. Because inactive cave passages are protected from external erosive factors,…
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On Halloween, 1981, Dave Baggett and 25 other butterfly and moth enthusiasts, members of the Southern Lepidopterists’ Society, gathered for their autumn field trip at…
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A major event of the Cenozoic history of the Earth was a collision of the African–Arabian and Indian plates with Eurasia. It led to the…
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Reports over the last few decades have alerted the public to the ongoing health challenges facing honey bees, our planet’s most economically important pollinator. The…
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The evolution of the marine and terrestrial biosphere was affected by several critical periods in Earth’s history which are known as global mass extinctions. Global…
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Asia’s summer monsoon rainfall is a lifeline for more than two billion people. The long-term average rainfall extremes vary on a year-to-year basis. It is…
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For small mammals, winter at northerly latitudes poses a double threat: cold temperatures require elevated metabolism to maintain a body temperature of 37oC, while scarce…
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Water pollution is a serious problem in China. Researchers used to not pay attention to surface water, but in recent years, a growing number of…
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Wildlife conservation and rural development have been pitted against each other for as long as the two fields have existed. But what happens if you…
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Vikings – a generation known as the Norse Seafarers who were better recognized of their war skills and were highly feared across Europe due to…
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