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Most vaccines work by inducing an immune response characterized by neutralizing antibodies against the respective pathogen. An effective HIV vaccine has remained elusive so far, but researchers have continued to make progress, often employing innovative methods. A new study reports that a combination of antibodies from llamas can neutralize a wide range of circulating HIV viruses.
About one tenth of the world's ants are close relatives; they all belong to just one genus out of 323, called Pheidole. New research suggests that Pheidole evolved the same way twice, once to take over the New World, and then again to take over the Old World.
Chisel-Toothed Beasts Push Back Origin of Mammals
The mouse-size animal Xianshou songae, shown in an artist’s illustration by Zhao Chuang, was a tree-dweller in Jurassic forests.
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10 Near Indestructible Creatures
5 Dinosaur Myths You Probably Thought Were True | TNTM Well - I think I’ve already proven able to get these ideas out of the heads of the kids I teach..
Laniakea, our supercluster neighbourhood..
A newly discovered species of ant supports a controversial theory of species formation. The ant, only found in a single patch of eucalyptus trees on the So Paulo State University campus in Brazil, branched off from its original species while living in the same colony, something thought rare in current models of evolutionary development.
An invasive grass species frequently found in forests has created a thriving habitat for wolf spiders, who then feed on American toads, a new study has found. Japanese stiltgrass, which was accidentally introduced to the US in the early 1900s, is one of the most pervasive invasive species. Typically found along roads and in forests, it has been found to impact native plant species, invertebrate populations and soil nutrients.
How an invasive species can influence the ecosystem it ends up in in unexpected ways..
While studying cicadas, researchers discovered that Hodgkinia had subtly become more complex through a speciation event, in which the original lineage split to produce two separate but interdependent species of Hodgkinia. What was previously thought to be a tripartite, or a three-way symbiosis, is now proven to actually be a four-way symbiosis.
Ideal for DP1: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts :) :)
meneer kunt u ons biologie examen vervalsen?
Ik zie de noodzaak, aangezien jullie werk natuurlijk weer prut was. Helaas heb ik geen loper van het CITO-gebouw. I recommend an individual approach aimed at reading a book. ]:)
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Meet the blanket octopus, a magnificent sea creature that has cape-like webs that extend down their longest arms. The ‘blanket’, which can be rolled when not in use, makes them appear much bigger, helping them fend off predators. But these octopuses have an even more amazing defence strategy. They are immune to the sting of the deadly Portuguese man-o-wars, which means they can collect the jellyfish-like creature poisonous tentacles and use them as weapons against would-be attackers.
via ScienceAlert
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internal parts by lyam on Flickr.
ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?
Dinosaurs, definitely. Been mad about them since my prepubescent phase and ever since they have had a special place in my heart..
Eco-Systems Still Feel the Pain of Ancient Extinctions
by Michael Marshall
It’s not just humans that still feel the effects of a trauma many years later: ecosystems do too. Thousands of years after human hunters wiped out big land animals like giant ground sloths, the ecosystems they lived in are still feeling the effects.
Many ecosystems rely on big animals to supply them with nutrients, mostly from dung. “If you remove the big animals from an ecosystem, you pretty much stop nutrients moving,” says Chris Doughty of the University of Oxford.
Doughty and colleagues simulated the distribution of phosphorus, a nutrient that plants need to grow, in the Amazon basin in South America. This area was once home to spectacularly large animals, including the elephant-like gomphotheres and giant ground sloths.
But 12,500 years ago, around the time humans moved into South America, these huge animals all died out, hit by a double whammy of being hunted and a changing climate. Nowadays the Amazon is still home to a huge diversity of animals. “But these extinctions cut out all the big animals,” says Doughty…
(read more: New Scientist)
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Meet Britain’s smallest mammal, the pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus). It has a body length of just 5cm and weighs less than a 10p coin. The pygmy shrew’s incredibly small size means that it loses heat easily, so energy is used up quickly in order to keep the body warm. As a result, it can only go a maximum of 2-4 hours without eating, and consumes considerably more than its own bodyweight in food every day. Pygmy shrews are therefore active during the day and night, searching almost continuously for small insects to eat - potentially making more than 250 kills a day. Iron deposits on the tips of their teeth help to protect against the wear and tear of such regular eating, colouring the teeth a vampirish red. They have tiny eyes and poor vision but, as their long snout and many whiskers suggest, they have keen senses of smell and touch. Pygmy shrews are solitary and highly territorial outside of breeding season; they will patrol and defend an impressive 200 to 2000 square metres of land. The pygmy shrew cannot store enough fat to allow hibernation in winter, so they must remain active, although they may lose up to a third of their normal body weight. Their lifespan is approximately one year, during which they will experience a single breeding season between April and August. With a gestation period of just three weeks, a female will usually birth two or three litters of 2-8 young in her lifetime. The pygmy shrew is widespread across Britain and Ireland and can be found in a wide variety of terrestrial habitats such as gardens, parks, woodland, farmland and moorland.
This is the first in a new series, Best of British, which will be highlighting the amazing animals that live on our doorstep. More information at: The Wildlife Trusts - The Mammal Society - UK Safari - The Vincent Wildlife Trust - Arkive Photo by polandeze
