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Ecosystems, adaptation, biodiversity loss, and conservation genetics.
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Snails Carry a Surprising Record of Extreme Weather on Their Backs
16+ hour, 5+ min ago (221+ words) The rhythms of prehistoric cyclones and other extreme weather events could be mapped using the shell on a land snail's back, according to new research led by a team at the University of Queensland in Australia....
Swedish Migration Reshaped Medieval Finland???s Genetic Landscape, Study Finds
22+ hour, 5+ min ago (544+ words) A new ancient DNA study reveals that coastal and inland communities in southwestern Finland were genetically similar during the early Middle Ages, before migration from Sweden transformed the coastal population. The research also shows that medieval Finland was deeply connected…...
Modern humans are the evolutionary product of different ancestral populations
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (201+ words) Most recently, an article in the scientific journal Nature (“Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints new picture” Dyani Lewis, September 9, 2026) adds important new knowledge about their culture and geographic distribution. Furthermore, it was discovered that:…...
Mass extinction: our fossil study reveals which types of species are most at risk from climate change
1+ week, 5+ day ago (659+ words) Many experts believe we may soon face a mass extinction event, with a high proportion of Earth’s species dying out. Projections indicate the climate will continue to change for centuries to come, and this is a significant threat to biodiversity…...
Grey squirrels with a rival nearby dug a hole, mimed burying a nut, covered it over and walked off still holding the nut. The fake burials became much more common when other squirrels were close, apparently creating decoy caches for would-be thieves
5+ hour, 50+ min ago (614+ words) Somewhere in a Pennsylvania woodlot, a squirrel is committing fraud. It scrapes out a hole, shoves its face into the dirt, pats the soil back down and trots off looking pleased with itself. Published September 21, 2026 · How we edit Somewhere in…...
Antarctica’s Blood Falls isn’t coloured by blood or algae. Dissolved iron in ancient brine beneath Taylor Glacier oxidises at the surface, forming iron-rich nanospheres that stain the ice rust-red.
6+ hour, 35+ min ago (1587+ words) Microscopy of Blood Falls deposits revealed amorphous iron-rich nanospheres formed as dissolved iron in ancient subglacial brine oxidizes at Antarctica's surface. By The Long View · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 21, 2026 · How we edit Blood Falls looks like a wound…...
AP CM Bats For Green, Regenerative Urban Growth
9+ hour, 4+ min ago (410+ words) VIJAYAWADA: Development must take place in harmony with nature and the needs of future generations must be met without compromising the environment, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Sunday. Speaking at the inauguration of the Earth Centre at Whitefield in…...
Dutch men went from averaging about 5 feet 5 inches in the mid-1800s to nearly 6 feet today, gaining almost 8 inches in roughly 150 years, but researchers found natural selection may explain less than 2% of that extraordinary national growth spurt
10+ hour, 17+ min ago (748+ words) Home - Science - Dutch men went from averaging about 5 feet 5 inches in the mid-1800s to nearly 6 feet today, gaining almost 8 inches in roughly 150 years, but researchers found natural selection may explain less than 2% of that extraordinary national growth spurt How does a…...
Anyone who drove long distances in the 1980s may remember stopping to scrape insects from the windscreen — and noticing, years later, that it was no longer necessary. Standardised trapping across German nature reserves found flying insect biomass had fallen 76 percent in just 27 years.
11+ hour, 32+ min ago (814+ words) The disappearance of insects from our windscreens masks a catastrophe unfolding across ecosystems worldwide, with consequences we are only beginning to understand. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 20, 2026 · How we edit Every family car once carried a rag with…...
Thoughts on “The Origin of Life”
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (89+ words) A dense tome by Smith and Morowitz. Contends endlessly with chance and necessity. Early on we get a quote from Melville in Moby Dick: "aye…Continue reading on Medium » Thoughts on “The Origin of Life” A dense tome by Smith…...