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Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: Chondrichthyan fishes—a group that includes rays, skates, chimaeras, and sharks—are thought to have energy intensive reproduction cycles due in no ...

Research on using Marchantia polymorpha, commonly known as liverwort, a plant closely related to moss, for food and as an ingredient in medicine and supplements is being conducted at Kobe University.

What birders well know, fans of “composite organisms” and other creatures can now learn: how to identify obscure species in the wild. By Robert Ito Can you tell the difference between a highfin ...

In Telford's Exotic Zoo, life found a way. A casque-headed iguana has given birth to eight babies at the Shropshire wildlife park – without any contact with a male, via a phenomenon called ...

An artificial “superfood” that provides essential nutrients for bees results in colonies producing much more larvae, suggesting it could help tackle the global decline in honeybees. Bees need to eat ...

Kobe University plant geneticist ISHIZAKI Kimitsune thinks that the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha is an ideal model organism to study vegetative plant reproduction and over the past 10 years has ...

A gene that regulates the development of roots in vascular plants is also involved in the organ development of liverworts -- land plants so old they don't even have proper roots. The discovery ...

Sharks play a critical role in maintaining the balance of ocean ecosystems. Whether they’re top predators or mesopredators, their presence helps regulate populations of prey species and support the ...

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If you’ve ever had a spiny leaf insect as a pet, or you’re considering getting one, hopefully someone has warned you about this: if you put one in your enclosure, you might come back some time later ...