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Odd Creatures: Earth & Climate
April 10, 2020
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American Robins Now Migrate 12 Days Earlier Than in 1994

Apr. 1, 2020 — A new study concludes that robin migration is kicking off earlier by about five days each decade. The study is also the first to reveal the environmental conditions along the migration route that ... read more

Discovery of Life in Solid Rock Deep Beneath Sea May Inspire New Search for Life on Mars

Apr. 2, 2020 — Newly discovered single-celled creatures living deep beneath the seafloor have provided clues about how to find life on Mars. These bacteria were ... read more
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On Mars or Earth, Biohybrid Can Turn Carbon Dioxide Into New Products

Mar. 31, 2020 — Chemists have created a hybrid system of bacteria and nanowires that captures energy from sunlight and transfers it to the bacteria to turn carbon dioxide and water into ... read more
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Sea Otters, Opossums and the Surprising Ways Pathogens Move from Land to Sea

Mar. 19, 2020 — A parasite known only to be hosted in North America by the Virginia opossum is infecting sea otters along the West Coast. A ... read more
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Mechanical Forces Shape Bacterial Biofilms' Puzzling Patterns

Mar. 24, 2020 — Belying their slimy natures, the sticky patches of bacteria called biofilms often form intricate, starburst-like patterns as they grow. Now, researchers have combined expertise in molecular biology, ... read more

How Squid Communicate in the Dark

Mar. 24, 2020 — Researchers begin to reveal how social squid communicate in the near-blackness of the deep ... read more

Building a Better Color Vision Test for Animals

Mar. 19, 2020 — Biologists modified simple electronics to create a color vision test for fiddler crabs and other ... read more

Vampire Bats Form Deep Social Bonds by Grooming Before Sharing Blood

Mar. 19, 2020 — For vampire bats, sharing blood with a roostmate is the mark of a true bond. Though these relationships are uncommon, they demonstrate behavior akin to what some might call friendship. Researchers ... read more

Reef Manta Rays in New Caledonia Dive Up to 672 Meters Deep at Night

Mar. 18, 2020 — The first data collected on the diving behavior of reef manta rays in New Caledonia considerably extend the known depth range for this vulnerable species in decline, according to a new ... read more

Fish Scales Could Make Wearable Electronics More Sustainable

Mar. 18, 2020 — Flexible temporary electronic displays may one day make it possible to sport a glowing tattoo or check a reading, like that of a stopwatch, directly on the skin. In its current form, however, this ... read more

For Narwhals, the 'Unicorn of the Seas,' Size Matters for Sexual Selection

Mar. 17, 2020 — Showy peacock feathers, extravagant elk antlers and powerful crayfish claws are just a few examples of the ostentatious animal extremes used to compete for and attract mates, a process called sexual ... read more

'Little Foot' Skull Reveals How Human Ancestor More Than 3 Million Years Old Lived

Mar. 17, 2020 — High-resolution micro-CT scanning of the skull of the fossil specimen known as 'Little Foot' has revealed some aspects of how this Australopithecus species used to live more than 3 million ... read more
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Mysterious Bone Circles Made from the Remains of Mammoths Reveal Clues About Ice Age

Mar. 16, 2020 — Mysterious bone circles made from the remains of dozens of mammoths have revealed clues about how ancient communities survived Europe's ice ... read more

Bacteria Form Biofilms Like Settlers Form Cities

Mar. 13, 2020 — Biofilms are composed of bacteria living in a densely packed and organized community. Research paired high-level imaging tools with an algorithm to track a biofilm as it formed. Biofilm growth at ... read more

Microbes Far Beneath the Seafloor Rely on Recycling to Survive

Mar. 11, 2020 — Scientistsreveal how microorganisms could survive in rocks nestled thousands of feet beneath the ocean floor in the lower oceanic ... read more

Wearing Clothes Could Release More Microfibers to the Environment Than Washing Them

Mar. 9, 2020 — In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists compared four different items of polyester clothing and how many fibers were released when they were being worn and ... read more

Unexpected Ways Animals Influence Fires

Mar. 5, 2020 — Animals eating plants might seem like an obvious way to suppress fire, and humans are already using the enormous appetites of goats, deer, and cows to reduce the fuel available for potential ... read more

Half Billion-Year-Old 'Social Network' Observed in Early Animals

Mar. 5, 2020 — Some of the first animals on Earth were connected by networks of thread-like filaments, the earliest evidence yet found of life being connected in this ... read more
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Almost Alien: Antarctic Subglacial Lakes Are Cold, Dark and Full of Secrets

Mar. 4, 2020 — More than half of the planet's fresh water is in Antarctica. While most of it is frozen in the ice sheets, underneath the ice pools and streams of water flow into one another and into the ... read more

Engineers Zap and Unstick Underwater Smart Glue

Mar. 2, 2020 — Turning adhesion on and off is what makes a glue smart. Inspired by nature, catechols are synthetic compounds that mimic the wet-but-still-sticky proteins found in mussel feet and offer promise for ... read more
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Geologists Determine Early Earth Was a 'Water World' by Studying Exposed Ocean Crust

Mar. 2, 2020 — Geologists have studied exposed, 3.2-billion-year-old ocean crust in Australia and used that rock data to build a quantitative, inverse model of ancient seawater. The model indicates the early Earth ... read more

Hydrogen Energy at the Root of Life

Mar. 2, 2020 — Researchers are making progress on answering the question of the origin of life. It could be that life originated from chemical reactions catalyzed by minerals in submarine hydrothermal vents. These ... read more

Fish School by Randomly Copying Each Other, Rather Than Following the Group

Mar. 2, 2020 — An international team of researchers has revealed the mechanisms behind fish schooling -- and what they found differs from what scientists had previously ... read more

Study Shows Rapid Sea Level Rise Along Atlantic Coast of North America in 18th Century

Feb. 28, 2020 — Sea levels along a stretch of the Atlantic coast of North America in the 18th century were rising almost as fast as in the 20th century, a new study has ... read more
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