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“#Illegal trade with terrestrial vertebrates in markets and households of Laos” East Asian bullfrogs with broken legs at a market in Laos. Credit: Dr Thomas Ziegler It’s not a surprise to anyone that numerous vertebrate species are being sold at different wildlife markets, but at the moment there is still no comprehensive understanding of how…
“#Migration and dispersal of butterflies have contrasting effect on flight morphology” Female Lemon Emigrant feeding on a lantana flower, taking a momentary break on its long flight. Credit: Krushnamegh Kunte Butterflies show several types of movement. They can seasonally migrate long distances over hundreds of kilometers. Alternatively, butterflies also disperse over relatively short distances for…
“#More eggs harvested from last 2 northern white rhinos” A team of scientists and local rangers prepare to extract eggs from one of the two remaining female northern white rhinos at an enclosure at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. An international team of scientists said they have successfully extracted eggs from the…
“#Behavioural variability in captive African elephants in the use of the trunk while feeding” Credit: CC0 Public Domain The behaviors implied in the manipulation of food items by African elephants were correlated with the shape and size of these items. Despite a common ethogram, all the elephants showed different frequencies in the use of at…
“#Study shows how a single gene drives aggression in wild songbird” White-throated sparrows come in two different morphs, the white-striped (left) and the tan-striped (right). The morphs have both different plumage and behaviors, making these wild songbirds a good model organism for the genetic basis of behavior. Credit: Jennifer Merritt A new study shows how…
“#Surprising coral spawning features revealed” Corals spawning under red light in a tank at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. The white dots are egg-sperm bundles. Credit: Debashish Bhattacharya When stony corals have their renowned mass spawning events, in sync with the moon’s cycle, colonies simultaneously release an underwater ‘cloud’ of sperm and eggs for…
“#Native Hawaiian tiger cowries eat alien invasive species” Hawaiian tiger cowries feeding on the Orange keyhole sponge (Mycale grandis). Credit: Leon Weaver Researchers at the University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa’s Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) have just discovered that the Hawaiian tiger cowrie (Leho-kiko in Hawaiian) is a voracious predator of alien sponges…
“#Long ‘lost’ elephant shrew found in Horn of Africa” The elusive, insect-eating creature is neither an elephant nor a shrew For half a century scientists feared that the Somali elephant shrew had vanished from the face of the Earth. No one had seen so much as a whisker. But the tiny mammal with its probing…
“#Free-roaming dogs prevent giant pandas from thriving in the wild” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Before China declared giant pandas a protected species in 1962—hunters in pursuit of the black and white bear used dogs to track them. Since then measures have been put in place to protect the vulnerable pandas, but more than half a…
“#Scientists discover 30 new species in Galapagos depths” An international team of marine scientists have discovered 30 new species of invertebrates in deep water surrounding the Galapagos, the Ecuadoran archipelago’s national park authorities announced Monday. The deep-sea experts discovered fragile coral and sponge communities including 10 bamboo corals, four octocorals, one brittle star and 11…