#Social experiences impact zebrafish from an early age

“#Social experiences impact zebrafish from an early age” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It is commonly said that childhood experiences shape adult behavior; that events that we may not even remember can have long-lasting or even permanent effects. In a new article by scientists at the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Portugal, published in Current…

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#Old males vital to elephant societies

“#Old males vital to elephant societies” A young adolescent next to an older bull in the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park. Credit: Connie Allen Old male elephants play a key role in leading all-male groups, new research suggests. Trophy hunters justify targeting older bull elephants on the grounds they are “redundant” in terms of breeding and…

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#Globalization is reweaving the web of life

“#Globalization is reweaving the web of life” Introduced species blur natural geographic signatures in the global network of mutualistic interactions between plants and seed dispersers. Each point represents a plant or animal species and links show interactions observed at any location. Geographic patterns emerge when visualizing only interactions among native species (a) but are blurred…

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#Oldest radiocarbon dated temperate hardwood tree in the world discovered in southern Italy

“#Oldest radiocarbon dated temperate hardwood tree in the world discovered in southern Italy” Landscape view of the open forest landscape dominated by ancient sessile oaks in the Alto Aspromonte. Credit: Gianluca Piovesan Radiocarbon dating of five large and potentially old sessile oaks from Aspromonte National Parks has revealed a long lifespan ranging from 934 ±…

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#Taking stock of salmon survival, dams and science

“#Taking stock of salmon survival, dams and science” PNNL biologists have developed a more efficient way to estimate salmon survival through dams that uses solid science and saves over 42 percent of the cost—over $500,000 in a recent study. Credit: Donald Jorgensen | PNNL Federal agencies required a minimum criteria of 96 percent of spring-migrating…

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