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Researchers Warn: Climate Change Could Expand Habitats for Malaria Mosquitoes

If we fail to curb climate change, malaria mosquitoes could significantly expand their habitats…

New initiative is set to make climate education tangible and relevant

A new teaching project from the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, supported by the…

Anomalous two-tusked narwhals show no difference in diet or foraging ecology relative to normal narwhals

New research sheds light on one of the Arctic’s rarest biological phenomena—the two-tusked narwhal.

PREHISTORIC ANIMALS

The world’s oldest RNA extracted from woolly mammoth

New research offers a unique insight into the lives of mammoths during the last Ice Age.

Reconstructing maize domestication

Assistant Professor Jazmín Ramos Madrigal has been awarded a prestigious grant for her project…

Sled Dog DNA Reveals Hidden Chapter in Greenland’s History

The Inuit arrived in Greenland several hundred years earlier than previously believed. This is…

Arctic Reindeer Face Drastic Decline

By the year 2100, reindeer populations in parts of the Arctic could decline by up to 80 percent.…

Millipede species named in honor of Louis A. Hansen

A new species of millipede is named in honor of Louis A. Hansen, who collected the specimen in…

New insight into biodiversity hotspots

New study enhances our understanding of what determines biodiversity richness on Earth.

Nature and health

Researchers call for tools to link nature and public health

New study urges governments to rethink how the measure and address the health of both people and th…