#biology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #biology, aggregated by home.social.
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🐟 NEW: Recent long-term tracking #research indicates that lake #sturgeon in the #GreatLakes may reach ages exceeding 400 years.
By using capture-mark-recapture #data across decades, fishery biologists updated growth rate models for these #ancient cartilaginous #fish, showing lifespans nearly three times longer than previous estimates and rivaling some of the longest-living #vertebrates on Earth.
#lakesturgeon #freshwater #biology #science #ecology #nature #animals #wildlife #conservation #history
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🦀 NEW: Researchers documented #amphipods hitching rides on giant sea #spiders in the deep Southeast #Pacific #Ocean.
Separate encounters suggest that smaller #crustaceans use larger #marine #animals for #transportation across extreme distances. The #behavior shows how #deepsea organisms form ecological partnerships to navigate low food availability and high pressure #environments.
👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-creatures-seen-riding-giant-sea-spiders-in-the-midnight-ocean
#science #biology #animals #research #ecology #nature #wildlife #ecosystem
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🐒 NEW: Field researchers capture rare #video footage documenting adult #chimpanzees actively transferring tools to their offspring in #Senegal.
Experienced group members demonstrate #termite #fishing and #ant dipping techniques. Youngsters observe the demonstrations, receive the physical tools, and practice the motions until they master complex foraging.
👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/how-chimps-teach-their-kids-tool-tricks/
#primates #wildlife #biology #behavior #cognition #evolution #learning #zoology #nature #science #research #animals #education #babies
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Today's #SciArtSeptember prompt is "Hydrophobic". So, I decided to draw some phospho-lipid membranes and some membrane proteins for today's #inkyDays drawing.
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Massive study of over a million people identifies hundreds of genetic variants linked to personality
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🦝 NEW: #Wildlife #rabies remains a persistent public #health concern with high fatality rates in unvaccinated #mammals.
To build a protective #immunization barrier against #raccoon rabies variants, the United States Department of #Agriculture (USDA) conducts annual aerial drops of oral #vaccine packets encased in fishmeal bait across targeted southeastern regions.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/rabies-vaccine-airdrop-usda/
#science #publichealth #wildlife #conservation #animals #ecology #nature #biology #research #environment #outdoors
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Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded, new study confirms
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.popsci.com/science/tyrannosaurus-rex-warm-blooded/
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More science hype, from Ed Yong:
The book, then, is about life at every possible scale. It’s about what it’s like to be as large as a whale or as small as a bacterium, to repeatedly travel across the world like a migrating bird or to be rooted in place like a tree, or to live barely a few months like some coral reef fish or to endure for millennia like a bristlecone pine. It’s about the layered nature of life: how living beings evolve astonishing new materials out of simple building blocks; how they gain new powers by swarming together in groups; and how groups can evolve into new kinds of individuals. It’s about scales of influence: how beavers can make wetlands, how bacteria can remake a planet, and how thoughtless actions can unmake both. -
More science hype, from Ed Yong:
The book, then, is about life at every possible scale. It’s about what it’s like to be as large as a whale or as small as a bacterium, to repeatedly travel across the world like a migrating bird or to be rooted in place like a tree, or to live barely a few months like some coral reef fish or to endure for millennia like a bristlecone pine. It’s about the layered nature of life: how living beings evolve astonishing new materials out of simple building blocks; how they gain new powers by swarming together in groups; and how groups can evolve into new kinds of individuals. It’s about scales of influence: how beavers can make wetlands, how bacteria can remake a planet, and how thoughtless actions can unmake both. -
🐛 NEW: Researchers in #Australia recently described a new group of #flower-eating plant bugs found in she-oak #trees.
Named '#Swiftiephylus', these tiny yellow #insects feature distinct red markings. Scientists chose the moniker and specific species designations to honor a globally recognized musician, drawing inspiration from albums and iconic aesthetics while emphasizing the importance of documenting #biodiversity for #conservation.
👉 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/swiftiephylus-bug-named-taylor-swift
#science #entomology #nature #taylorswift #taxonomy #science #research #conservation #sheoak #biology #species #discovery
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Tiny cells and creatures dazzle in microscopic video competition
By Ellen PhiddianStunning scenes of the world through microscopes have been put on display by the Nikon Small World In Motion competition winners.
#Photography #ScienceandTechnology #Science #Biology #MarineBiology #MedicalResearch #EllenPhiddian
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Tiny cells and creatures dazzle in microscopic video competition
By Ellen PhiddianStunning scenes of the world through microscopes have been put on display by the Nikon Small World In Motion competition winners.
#Photography #ScienceandTechnology #Science #Biology #MarineBiology #MedicalResearch #EllenPhiddian
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Tiny cells and creatures dazzle in microscopic video competition
By Ellen PhiddianStunning scenes of the world through microscopes have been put on display by the Nikon Small World In Motion competition winners.
#Photography #ScienceandTechnology #Science #Biology #MarineBiology #MedicalResearch #EllenPhiddian
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Tiny cells and creatures dazzle in microscopic video competition
By Ellen PhiddianStunning scenes of the world through microscopes have been put on display by the Nikon Small World In Motion competition winners.
#Photography #ScienceandTechnology #Science #Biology #MarineBiology #MedicalResearch #EllenPhiddian
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Tiny cells and creatures dazzle in microscopic video competition
By Ellen PhiddianStunning scenes of the world through microscopes have been put on display by the Nikon Small World In Motion competition winners.
#Photography #ScienceandTechnology #Science #Biology #MarineBiology #MedicalResearch #EllenPhiddian
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Scientists have discovered strange 4-stranded genetic structures in human blood: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-strange-4-stranded-genetic-structures-in-human-blood
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Map of brain ‘microproteins’ could offer new clues to Alzheimer’s disease
#science #neuroscience #biology #medicine
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02914-6 -
Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
By Pippa Neill Environment reporterExclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins
#Plastics #Microbiology #Pollution #Science #Agriculture #Antibiotics #Biology #Environment #UKnews #Europe #Worldnews #Health #Farming #TheGuardian #PippaNeillEnvironmentreporter
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
By Pippa Neill Environment reporterExclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins
#Plastics #Microbiology #Pollution #Science #Agriculture #Antibiotics #Biology #Environment #UKnews #Europe #Worldnews #Health #Farming #TheGuardian #PippaNeillEnvironmentreporter
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
By Pippa Neill Environment reporterExclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins
#Plastics #Microbiology #Pollution #Science #Agriculture #Antibiotics #Biology #Environment #UKnews #Europe #Worldnews #Health #Farming #TheGuardian #PippaNeillEnvironmentreporter
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
By Pippa Neill Environment reporterExclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins
#Plastics #Microbiology #Pollution #Science #Agriculture #Antibiotics #Biology #Environment #UKnews #Europe #Worldnews #Health #Farming #TheGuardian #PippaNeillEnvironmentreporter
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
By Pippa Neill Environment reporterExclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins
#Plastics #Microbiology #Pollution #Science #Agriculture #Antibiotics #Biology #Environment #UKnews #Europe #Worldnews #Health #Farming #TheGuardian #PippaNeillEnvironmentreporter
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins #Plastics #Microbiology #Pollution #Science #Agriculture #Antibiotics #Biology #Environment #UkNews #Europe #WorldNews #Health #Farming
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins #Plastics #Microbiology #Pollution #Science #Agriculture #Antibiotics #Biology #Environment #UkNews #Europe #WorldNews #Health #Farming
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins #Plastics #Microbiology #Pollution #Science #Agriculture #Antibiotics #Biology #Environment #UkNews #Europe #WorldNews #Health #Farming
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins #Plastics #Microbiology #Pollution #Science #Agriculture #Antibiotics #Biology #Environment #UkNews #Europe #WorldNews #Health #Farming
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins #Plastics #Microbiology #Pollution #Science #Agriculture #Antibiotics #Biology #Environment #UkNews #Europe #WorldNews #Health #Farming
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🐿️ ICYMI: In the #Yukon #permafrost, researchers found 700,000-year-old fossilized #dung from an #extinct ground #squirrel species.
These preserved #burrows contained ancient plant material, #bones, and the oldest #woollymammoth #DNA identified in #NorthAmerica, tracking how #prehistoric #ecosystems shifted over time.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/ancient-ground-squirrel-poop-becomes-a-treasure-trove-for-paleontologists
#animals #archaeology #biology #canada #climate #climatechange #data #discovery #evolution #fossils #genetics #history #paleontology #plants #poop #research #science #technology #tech #mammoth #tksst #video
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🐿️ ICYMI: In the #Yukon #permafrost, researchers found 700,000-year-old fossilized #dung from an #extinct ground #squirrel species.
These preserved #burrows contained ancient plant material, #bones, and the oldest #woollymammoth #DNA identified in #NorthAmerica, tracking how #prehistoric #ecosystems shifted over time.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/ancient-ground-squirrel-poop-becomes-a-treasure-trove-for-paleontologists
#animals #archaeology #biology #canada #climate #climatechange #data #discovery #evolution #fossils #genetics #history #paleontology #plants #poop #research #science #technology #tech #mammoth #tksst #video
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The Round-leaved Sundews, Drosera rotundifolia, are preparing for winter. The trap leaves die back and the plant forms hibernacula, tightly packed buds of primordial leaves. The plant survives the winter in this form and new growth begins in the spring.
#plants #carnivorousplants #SavageGarden #botany #nature #naturephotography #biodiversity #photography #biology #ecology
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The Round-leaved Sundews, Drosera rotundifolia, are preparing for winter. The trap leaves die back and the plant forms hibernacula, tightly packed buds of primordial leaves. The plant survives the winter in this form and new growth begins in the spring.
#plants #carnivorousplants #SavageGarden #botany #nature #naturephotography #biodiversity #photography #biology #ecology
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The Round-leaved Sundews, Drosera rotundifolia, are preparing for winter. The trap leaves die back and the plant forms hibernacula, tightly packed buds of primordial leaves. The plant survives the winter in this form and new growth begins in the spring.
#plants #carnivorousplants #SavageGarden #botany #nature #naturephotography #biodiversity #photography #biology #ecology
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The Round-leaved Sundews, Drosera rotundifolia, are preparing for winter. The trap leaves die back and the plant forms hibernacula, tightly packed buds of primordial leaves. The plant survives the winter in this form and new growth begins in the spring.
#plants #carnivorousplants #SavageGarden #botany #nature #naturephotography #biodiversity #photography #biology #ecology
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The Round-leaved Sundews, Drosera rotundifolia, are preparing for winter. The trap leaves die back and the plant forms hibernacula, tightly packed buds of primordial leaves. The plant survives the winter in this form and new growth begins in the spring.
#plants #carnivorousplants #SavageGarden #botany #nature #naturephotography #biodiversity #photography #biology #ecology
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🐒 NEW: White-handed #gibbons in #Malaysia sing elaborate duets at dawn to mark territory and coordinate with mates, and their calls carry more than 800 meters (0.5 mi) through dense canopy.
A Universiti Sains Malaysia #study recorded morning calls at three sites with different noise levels. Gibbons beside a highway sang in 36% of recordings, compared with 71% near a #beach and 85% along a #hiking trail.
👉 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe
#primates #wildlife #conservation #noisepollution #rainforest #endangered #animalbehavior #habitat #urban #science #biology #cars #traffic #animals
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🐒 NEW: White-handed #gibbons in #Malaysia sing elaborate duets at dawn to mark territory and coordinate with mates, and their calls carry more than 800 meters (0.5 mi) through dense canopy.
A Universiti Sains Malaysia #study recorded morning calls at three sites with different noise levels. Gibbons beside a highway sang in 36% of recordings, compared with 71% near a #beach and 85% along a #hiking trail.
👉 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe
#primates #wildlife #conservation #noisepollution #rainforest #endangered #animalbehavior #habitat #urban #science #biology #cars #traffic #animals
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🐒 NEW: White-handed #gibbons in #Malaysia sing elaborate duets at dawn to mark territory and coordinate with mates, and their calls carry more than 800 meters (0.5 mi) through dense canopy.
A Universiti Sains Malaysia #study recorded morning calls at three sites with different noise levels. Gibbons beside a highway sang in 36% of recordings, compared with 71% near a #beach and 85% along a #hiking trail.
👉 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe
#primates #wildlife #conservation #noisepollution #rainforest #endangered #animalbehavior #habitat #urban #science #biology #cars #traffic #animals
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🐒 NEW: White-handed #gibbons in #Malaysia sing elaborate duets at dawn to mark territory and coordinate with mates, and their calls carry more than 800 meters (0.5 mi) through dense canopy.
A Universiti Sains Malaysia #study recorded morning calls at three sites with different noise levels. Gibbons beside a highway sang in 36% of recordings, compared with 71% near a #beach and 85% along a #hiking trail.
👉 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe
#primates #wildlife #conservation #noisepollution #rainforest #endangered #animalbehavior #habitat #urban #science #biology #cars #traffic #animals
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🐒 NEW: White-handed #gibbons in #Malaysia sing elaborate duets at dawn to mark territory and coordinate with mates, and their calls carry more than 800 meters (0.5 mi) through dense canopy.
A Universiti Sains Malaysia #study recorded morning calls at three sites with different noise levels. Gibbons beside a highway sang in 36% of recordings, compared with 71% near a #beach and 85% along a #hiking trail.
👉 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe
#primates #wildlife #conservation #noisepollution #rainforest #endangered #animalbehavior #habitat #urban #science #biology #cars #traffic #animals
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‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA Directly to Tumors in New Cancer Therapy
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Black mold can look identical on the wall while producing very different biological effects
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A new study by #FlindersUniversity estimates a #population of ~2.2 million #IndigenousAustralians prior to 1788. Some 93% of the pre- #colonial population was wiped out by 1861—around two million people—and at current growth rates, won’t return to pre-settlement levels until 2047.
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-indigenous-australian-population-larger-previously.html #australia #indigenous #FirstNations #FirstAustralians #aboriginal #ATSI #science #biology #genetics #history #colonialism #genocide
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A new study by #FlindersUniversity estimates a #population of ~2.2 million #IndigenousAustralians prior to 1788. Some 93% of the pre- #colonial population was wiped out by 1861—around two million people—and at current growth rates, won’t return to pre-settlement levels until 2047.
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-indigenous-australian-population-larger-previously.html #australia #indigenous #FirstNations #FirstAustralians #aboriginal #ATSI #science #biology #genetics #history #colonialism #genocide
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A new study by #FlindersUniversity estimates a #population of ~2.2 million #IndigenousAustralians prior to 1788. Some 93% of the pre- #colonial population was wiped out by 1861—around two million people—and at current growth rates, won’t return to pre-settlement levels until 2047.
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-indigenous-australian-population-larger-previously.html #australia #indigenous #FirstNations #FirstAustralians #aboriginal #ATSI #science #biology #genetics #history #colonialism #genocide
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A new study by #FlindersUniversity estimates a #population of ~2.2 million #IndigenousAustralians prior to 1788. Some 93% of the pre- #colonial population was wiped out by 1861—around two million people—and at current growth rates, won’t return to pre-settlement levels until 2047.
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-indigenous-australian-population-larger-previously.html #australia #indigenous #FirstNations #FirstAustralians #aboriginal #ATSI #science #biology #genetics #history #colonialism #genocide
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A new study by #FlindersUniversity estimates a #population of ~2.2 million #IndigenousAustralians prior to 1788. Some 93% of the pre- #colonial population was wiped out by 1861—around two million people—and at current growth rates, won’t return to pre-settlement levels until 2047.
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-indigenous-australian-population-larger-previously.html #australia #indigenous #FirstNations #FirstAustralians #aboriginal #ATSI #science #biology #genetics #history #colonialism #genocide
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Today's #SciArtSeptember prompt is "Innoculum", so I'm drawing some empty virus particles. They have the spike proteins, to trigger an immune response, but there is no infectious content in the capsule. This way, the immune system learns about the new virus, but isn't endangered by it.
https://www.patreon.com/KristinHenry/posts/inkydays-2026-168354660
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-Sept-2026-and-SciArtSeptember-Y5E726731L -
#AI models need more data about #biology, and #OpenAI is paying to create it
A #clinicaltrial policy analyst posted idea for super-charging medical AI systems: use data from failed #biotech.
By bidding at bankruptcy proceedings, it might be possible to obtain detailed regulatory filings, manufacturing strategies, and safety data—information usually kept as trade secrets.
#OpenAIFoundation said it would fund her idea as part of a new effort it calls #DataForPublicHealth.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/15/1144129/ai-models-need-more-data-about-biology-and-openai-is-paying-to-create-it/ -
#AI models need more data about #biology, and #OpenAI is paying to create it
A #clinicaltrial policy analyst posted idea for super-charging medical AI systems: use data from failed #biotech.
By bidding at bankruptcy proceedings, it might be possible to obtain detailed regulatory filings, manufacturing strategies, and safety data—information usually kept as trade secrets.
#OpenAIFoundation said it would fund her idea as part of a new effort it calls #DataForPublicHealth.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/15/1144129/ai-models-need-more-data-about-biology-and-openai-is-paying-to-create-it/
