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Study: Genetic diversity among species reduces climate change vulnerabilit
Updated : 18 hours, 56 min ago IST
Genetic diversity is the building block that allows populations to vary in response to environmental changes, hence the more diversity, the better.
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How species adapt: Ancestral variation guides future environmental adaptat
Updated : 1 day, 15 hours ago IST
The speed of environmental change is very challenging for wild organisms. When exposed to a new environment individual plants and animals can potentially adjust their biology to better cope with new pressures they are exposed to -- this is known as phenotypic plasticity.
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Reef fish find it harder to locate rivals due to coral bleaching: Study
Updated : 1 day, 21 hours ago IST
Mass coral bleaching events are making it harder for some species of reef fish to identify competitors, new research reveals. Scientists studying reefs across five Indo-Pacific regions found that the ability of butterflyfish individuals to identify competitor species and respond appropriatel
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New species of microalgae was found in water from a home aquarium
Updated : 1 day, 21 hours ago IST
A new species of microalgae was found in water from a home aquarium. While analyzing DNA samples taken from the algae, researchers from the University of Tokyo discovered Medakamo hakoo, whose DNA sequence didn't match any on record. This new species is the smallest known freshwater green al
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Researchers discover new species of microalgae
Updated : 3 days, 18 hours ago IST
In the water from a home aquarium, a brand-new species of microalgae was discovered. While analyzing DNA samples taken from the algae, researchers from the University of Tokyo discovered Medakamo hakoo, whose DNA sequence didn't match any on record.
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DRI recovers smuggled rare 139 animals from Bengaluru farmhouse
Updated : 3 days, 20 hours ago IST
In a joint operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Karnataka Forest Department have recovered 139 animals belonging to 48 different species, including 34 that were listed species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (C
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Researchers discover elephant extinction could have major impact on atmosp
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Researchers report that elephants play a key role in creating forests which store more atmospheric carbon and maintaining the biodiversity of forests in Africa. If the already critically endangered elephants become extinct, rainforest of central and west Africa, the second largest rainforest
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China adamant about turning environmental laws into laughing stock with it
Updated : 6 days, 22 hours ago IST
China is overfishing, dumping waste into marine protected areas, polluting air, water and land alike, disturbing and destroying the coral reefs, and killing protected fish species.
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Chinese distant-water fishing activities growing rapidly, unsustainably ac
Updated : 6 days, 23 hours ago IST
China is often found guilty of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices, targeting prohibited species, causing irreversible environmental damage as well as intelligence gathering, espionage and space tracking.
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Nagpur: Annual Asian Waterbird Census underway, exotic birds spotted aroun
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Bird watchers and authorities spotted species of native and exotic birds in the Asian water bird Census in Maharashtra's Nagpur.
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Researchers solve puzzles surrounding parasite immunity and development
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Research led by a University of Maryland team has identified the first inter-species, signalling pathway between an arthropod parasite and host, where molecules in the blood of a host animal trigger the immunity and development of a parasite.
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Ants' behaviour does not change as temperature rises: Study
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
In a recent study, researchers at North Carolina State University discovered that ants did not modify their behaviour in response to rising temperatures and remained in suboptimal microhabitats even when ideal ones were there. The discovery shows that ants may be unable to change their behav
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