Research: Study upends ideas inferred from nonwoody plants —
North Carolina State University researchers have uncovered how a complex network of transcription factors switch wood formation genes on and off. Understanding this...
Research: Culturally sensitive conservation approaches needed to protect Ethiopian church forests —
Human disturbance reduces forest density, biomass, and richness of species in sacred church forests of northern Ethiopia, according to new research by Catherine...
Research: Rethinking old-growth forests using lichens as an indicator of conservation value —
Two Canadian biologists are proposing a better way to assess the conservation value of old-growth forests in North America -- using lichens, sensitive...
Research: Rain is important for how carbon dioxide affects grasslands —
Vegetation biomass on grasslands increases in response to elevated carbon dioxide levels, but less than expected. Vegetation on grasslands with a wet spring...
Research: Climate-driven evolution in trees alters their ecosystems —
A new study published in Global Change Biology and coauthored by researchers from UT, explores how climate, evolution, plants, and soils are linked....
Research: Preening drives divergent camouflage in feather lice on both micro- and macro-evolutionary timescales...
When naturalist Charles Darwin stepped onto the Galapagos Islands in 1835, he encountered a bird that sparked a revolutionary theory on how new...
Research: Increased dust loads result in decreased chewing efficiency in chimpanzees —
In their study, the researchers collected feces from chimpanzees living at Taï National Park, Ivory Coast, and analyzed chewing efficiency during dry and...
Research: Migrating snowline plays outsized role in setting pace of Greenland ice melt —
In a finding that may help scientists better predict sea-level rise in a warming world, Brown University researchers have found an underappreciated factor...
Research: Researchers aim for spintronic applications thanks to great leap forward —
Electric currents drive all our electronic devices. The emerging field of spintronics looks to replace electric currents with what are known as spin...
Research: The largest sacrifice of its kind known from the Americas was associated with...
A mass sacrifice at a 15th century archaeological site in Peru saw the ritual killing of over 140 children and over 200 llamas,...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
