[unable to retrieve full-text content]Scientists have shown for the first time that exosomes from tick cells can aid transmission of viral proteins and genetic material from arthropod to vertebrate host cells, according to new research....
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Aversion to holes driven by disgust, not fear, study finds
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Clusters of holes may be evolutionarily indicative of contamination and disease -- visual cues for rotten or moldy food or skin marred by an infection....
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Impact of lions living alongside giraffe populations
[unable to retrieve full-text content]New research is calling for an urgent review into how populations of giraffes are managed in the wild when living alongside lions....
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Little wasp bodies mean little wasp brain regions
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A new study looking at 19 species of paper wasps found that body size may lead to variation in the complex parts of their brains....
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Automated bird identification system based on bird calls and song
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Birds play an important role in a wide variety of ecosystems as both predator and prey, in controlling insect populations, pollinating and seed dispersal for many plants, and in releasing nutrients on to land and sea in the form of guano. From a scientific perspective it is therefore crucial to monitor...
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Lethal fungus that causes white-nose syndrome may have an Achilles' heel
[unable to retrieve full-text content]In the course of genomic analyses of the fungus behind white-nose-syndrome, a devastating disease that has killed millions of bats in North America, US Forest Service scientists discovered something very surprising: brief exposure to UV-light kills Pseudogymnoascus destructans....
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