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It’s easier to steal another seabird’s meal than catch your own fish. But this behaviour by skuas, frigatebirds and gulls is contributing to the spread of lethal avian influenza
Symbiosis is so much part of life on Earth that it has shaped the evolution and structure of cells. It’s happening almost everywhere we look, including inside our gut.
Mungee is a revered teacher to Noongar people with lessons for us all. This mighty mistletoe knows how to prosper in the hostile, infertile, but biologically rich landscapes of southwestern Australia.
An ecologist describes her field research and work on the impact of human activity on birds and their pathogens, which has taken her from Alaska to the Gulf of Guinea.
Even the most mutually-beneficial evolutionary relationship can turn sour.
Finches have evolved to feed off blood from red-footed and Nazca boobies – and we’ve seen it first-hand.
Mud blister worms make their homes in the shells of oysters and other shellfish, where they weaken their hosts.
We studied 515 million-year-old brachiopod fossils from southern China. These marine invertebrates were common in the geological past.
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