WHALES are fashionable at present, both among scientific men and the public, on account of their supposed forthcoming extinction by large steam whalers working upon the high seas away from all ...

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What do crayfish and the metal mercury tell us about clean water? What do animal adaptations tell us about their environment. Meet a scientist who studies crayfish and hopes they will show him how ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

How life manages to persist in unpredictable and extreme environments is a major question in evolution. For aquatic animals, extreme environments include those with little water such as the deserts of ...

Sea snakes have dramatically reconfigured their sense of smell for underwater life. Researchers found their airborne scent detection system has largely vanished, while their water-based chemical ...

Animals adapt to survive. Learn how animal adaptations help organisms. How an animal looks or behaves reflects where it lives. It has to adapt to survive in its environment and passes those ...

SAN FRANCISCO (January 21, 2020)--From sea shores to salt flats, a high incidence of spiders spin a life in or around water. Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences and William Paterson ...

Animal populations from urban areas show significantly higher resilience to stressful environmental conditions. The mussel and crustacean species studied were able to adapt to disturbed environments, ...