#Bees use shark ‘supersense’ to help find food

“#Bees use shark ‘supersense’ to help find food” Fine hairs on bees’ bodies can sense tiny changes in electrostatic fields, enabling them to sense whether another bee has visited a flower before them. Credit: Unsplash/George Hiles, licenced under Unsplash licence Flying insects such as bees and moths have secret senses that allow them to ‘feel’…

Read More

#Captive beluga whales released into Iceland sea sanctuary

“#Captive beluga whales released into Iceland sea sanctuary” The beluga whales have moved to a sea sanctuary in Iceland after being released from a Shanghai aquarium Two beluga whales from a Shanghai aquarium have returned to the sea in an Icelandic sanctuary, conservationists said Monday, expressing hopes of creating a model for rehoming some 300…

Read More

#Eye candy: More than 50,000 pink flamingos mass in France

“#Eye candy: More than 50,000 pink flamingos mass in France” In this Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 photo provided by Salins de Camargue, flamingo experts surroung babies pink flamingos in Aigues-Mortes, the Camargue region, southern France, to gather and put bands on baby birds so scientists can track their migration. The numbers of pink flamingos may…

Read More

#Angels in disguise: Angelfishes hybridize more than any other coral reef species

“#Angels in disguise: Angelfishes hybridize more than any other coral reef species” Hybrids of marine angelfishes are often easily recognised due to their striking coloration. Offspring with hybrid ancestry often have varying levels of intermediate colouration patterns aligning with both parent species. Credit: Photographs by Y.K. Tea. Renowned journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B…

Read More

#An overview of the parasitic plant Langsdorffia

“#An overview of the parasitic plant Langsdorffia” Credit: Jean Carlos Santos A pair of researchers, one with Oxford University Botanic Garden, the other Universidade Federal de Sergipe, has conducted an overview of Langsdorffia, a parasitic flowering plant. In their paper published in Plants People Planet, Chris Thorogood and Jean Carlos Santos give an overview of…

Read More

#Rhode Island boy digs up massive 2 1/2-pound mollusk

“#Rhode Island boy digs up massive 2 1/2-pound mollusk” In this Tuesday, July, 28, 2020, photo provided by the University of Rhode Island, Cooper Monaco holds the large quahog he found Monday while clamming with his grandfather in Westerly, R.I. The quahog is more than five inches across and weighing more than two pounds, and…

Read More

#Don’t blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading to moral panic

“#Don’t blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading to moral panic” by William S. Lynn, Arian Wallach and Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila, The Conversation </p><div> <p>A number of conservationists claim cats are a zombie apocalypse for biodiversity that need to be removed from the outdoors by “any means necessary”—coded language for shooting, trapping…

Read More

#Deadpool fly among new species named by scientists

“#Deadpool fly among new species named by scientists” Deadpool fly (Humorolethalis sergius) has markings on its back that resemble Deadpool’s mask. The name Humorolethalis was chosen by Isabella Robinson (Twitter: @TheScienceRobin) both for its Latin meaning (wet/moist and deadly) and because it sounds like lethal humour in English. Deadpool fly is a species of Robber…

Read More