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br00t4c

1 month ago

br00t4c
1 month ago

Male redback spiders invite cannibalism through a 'self-sacrificial somersault' during sex - but why?

#AnimalBehavior #Cannibalism #RedbackSpider #Evolution #SpiderMating

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Male redback spiders invite cannibalism through a ‘self-sacrificial somersault’ during sex – but why?

New research sheds light on the genetic basis of the venomous arachnid’s ‘weird mating behaviour’

^{Donna Lu (the Guardian)}

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jendefer

2 months ago

jendefer
2 months ago

This Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner discusses bird beak adaptations to food supplies, among other examples off evolution acting on a scale that humans can see in action.

#books #birds #evolution

#birds #Books #evolution

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World news | The Guardian

4 months ago

World news | The Guardian
4 months ago

Scientists make sourdough bread using yeast found in 5,000-year-old mummy theguardian.com/science/2026/j… #Science #Food #Beer #Europe #Migration #Evolution

Scientists make sourdough bread using yeast found in 5,000-year-old mummy

Team now plans to see if they can use yeast strains harvested from Ötzi the Iceman to brew beer too

^{Guardian staff reporter (the Guardian)}

#europe #food #migration #science #beer #evolution

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Alex Wild

5 months ago

Alex Wild
5 months ago

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An Azteca ant inside her brood nest in a hollow Cecropia tree stem.

What she is holding is not an egg or a larva (those are the lumpy things with the interior dark patch) but a food body produced by the tree specifically to feed the ants, as they protect the tree from caterpillars. Colombia.

#Ants #Azteca #Ecology #Evolution #Cecropia #Insects