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Antidepressants affect aquatic life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Apr 2014

The presence of antidepressants in our aquatic ecosystem is threatening wildlife, affecting its beh…

Circadian clock sensitive to vibration

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Mar 2014

The internal circadian clock of the fruit fly can be influenced by more than just the cycle of nigh…

Cognitive powers unique to humans

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Mar 2014

An area of the brain responsible for strategic planning, decision making and multi-tasking is uniqu…

Sudden collapse could await insect networks

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Feb 2014

Insect pollinators play a crucial role in food security and biodiversity and are already subject to…

Too few unsung heroes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jan 2014

The honeybee is the unsung hero of the countryside, but there are 13.4 million too few colonies to …

Aphids act as pawns to spread viruses

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jan 2014

Aphids have become the pawns of crop-infecting viruses which influence their host and force them to…

Unique organ gives koalas low-pitched call

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Dec 2013

Koalas have an unusual mating call; its pitch is about 20 times lower than it should be for an anim…

Rudolf’s eye adaptation copes with extremes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Dec 2013

Reindeers’ eyes have to function in extreme conditions – continuous summer daylight, followed by co…

Sea louse with second body clock

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2013

The tiny speckled sea louse boasts not one but two body clocks ­– one for night and day, and one fo…

Multiple mates improves disease resistance

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Oct 2013

Being promiscuous may have benefits say researchers who have found mating with different males help…

Helping hand for panda cubs

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Sep 2013

As Edinburgh Zoo eagerly anticipates the birth of a panda cub, scientists in Glasgow – together wit…

Key fungus species help explain mysterious bat disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Sep 2013

Researchers have identified what might be the key to unravelling the mystery of White Nose Syndrome…

Robotic frog improves boring mating call

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Aug 2013

A robotic frog has aided researchers to discover that manipulated mating calls can be very attracti…

Electrically charged insects perfect prey for spiders

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Aug 2013

Spider webs take advantage of an electrical charge built up by flying insects to snare their prey s…

Eel fluorescent protein transforms clinical assay

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jul 2013

A Japanese freshwater eel called unagi possesses a fluorescent protein that could revolutionise a k…

Coral reef skeleton can survive even in acidic oceans

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jul 2013

For the first time, scientists have described the biological process of how corals create their ske…

Coral reefs could be saved by geoengineering

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jun 2013

At-risk tropical coral reefs could be bought time by limiting the amount of warming experienced by …

Alligator’s smile provides tooth regeneration clues

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jun 2013

Scientists are studying alligators in order to potentially understand how to stimulate tooth regene…

Flight of the bumblebee

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Apr 2013

A bumblebee is more stable when it is flying quickly, rather than hovering at slow speeds suggests …

Hopping back to the gene pool

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2013

Scientists have revitalised the genome of an extinct Australian frog using sophisticated cloning te…