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Acoustic communication—an overlooked driver in #boxfish ...

2026-02-12T07:58:08Z

Acoustic communication—an overlooked driver in #boxfish evolution https://phys.org/news/2026-02-acoustic-communication-overlooked-driver-boxfish.html paper: https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/146/2/blaf079/8268841

"All species are capable of producing sounds, but acoustic data are lacking, particularly for Atlantic species whose sound mechanism was unknown until now... researchers demonstrated a novel sound apparatus, called the sphaera sonica. It consists of two globular masses of tissue surrounded by fast sonic muscles... like spheres used in swimming pools to generate waves"

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Researchers rediscover #weevil believed to be extinct thanks to ...

2025-12-25T11:53:19Z

Researchers rediscover #weevil believed to be extinct thanks to photos posted online https://www.actionnews5.com/2025/12/08/uofm-researchers-rediscover-weevil-believed-be-extinct-thanks-photos-posted-online/ https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(25)01460-5

"The greater chestnut weevil was believed to have gone #extinct with the decline of the #AmericanChestnut tree... a classic example of #coextinction — the loss of dependent species due to the decline of their hosts... This #rediscovery wouldn’t have been possible without volunteers and the digital tools that connect their data to scientists"

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Sulfur cave #spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the ...

2025-11-05T20:43:03Z

Sulfur cave #spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web https://phys.org/news/2025-11-sulfur-cave-spiders-arachnid-megacity.html

An extraordinary colonial spider community in Sulfur Cave sustained by chemoautotrophy https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/162344/

"the entire food chain is powered by sulfur-oxidizing #microbes that thrive in the cave system and are consumed by tiny non-biting midges. These small #insects are easily caught in the web, providing an abundant, continuous food source"

Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural ...

2025-10-03T08:39:07Z

Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifacts—some up to 650 years old https://phys.org/news/2025-10-bearded-vulture-hoards-cultural-artifacts.html

The #BeardedVulture as an accumulator of historical remains https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.70191

"the same nest is used for centuries... researchers in Spain had the opportunity to examine 12 of these nests in detail... The hoard included items like a slingshot made from esparto grass, shoes, a crossbow bolt, a decorated piece of sheep leather and a wooden lance."

The genetic prison that traps a ghost plant ...

2025-07-13T11:30:14Z

The genetic prison that traps a ghost plant https://botany.one/2025/06/the-genetic-prison-that-traps-a-ghost-plant/ paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pei3.70060

"M. humile gets energy from #fungi... Even though they don’t photosynthesise, ghost #plants still have leaves... it must have a flower to attract the #insects & get pollinated. But this leads to a genetic problem. The petals and sepals are specialised forms of leaf. Some of the genes that shape the petals and sepals also work on the ghost plant’s leaves... Without the leaves there is no flower."

Stripey-faced fish named after warrior princess San ...

2025-02-12T10:55:44Z

Stripey-faced fish named after warrior princess San https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwywq42ng8yo paper: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/130512

"A #DeepSea #fish new to science has been named after San, the warrior princess from #StudioGhibli's #PrincessMononoke, due to its striking facial markings... deepwater tilefish are found as deep as 600m below the surface... Only three #NewSpecies in the genus Branchiostegus have been identified in the last 34 years."

#Animals #Miyazaki #Biodiversity