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Published Nature favors creatures in largest and smallest sizes - Nature Favors Creatures in Largest and Smallest Sizes
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Surveying the body sizes of Earth's living organisms, researchers found that the planet's biomass -- ...
Published Lake Erie walleye growth is driven by parents' size, experience
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Parent size and the conditions in which actively spawning adults lived are the most influential fact ...
Published Size doesn't matter for mammals with more complex brains
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Mammals that have evolved more developed brains tend to have a smaller size difference between males ...
Published Earth prefers to serve life in XXS and XXL sizes - Earth Prefers to Serve Life in XXS and XXL Sizes
(via sciencedaily.com) Life comes in all shapes in sizes, but some sizes are more popular than others, new research has fou ...
Published Vocal learning linked to problem solving skills and brain size
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The better a songbird is at working its way around obstacles to retrieve a snack, the more complex i...
Published New tomato, potato family tree shows that fruit color and size evolved together
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new family tree of the plant genus Solanum helps explain the striking diversity of their fruit col...
Published Researchers make breakthrough in understanding species abundance
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The key finding was that temperature and genome size, not body size, had the greatest influence on t ...
Published Water warming study shows unexpected impact on fish size - Water Warming Study Shows Unexpected Impact on Fish Size
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The theory that water-breathing animals such as fish will shrink due to global warming has been call...
Published Cheetahs' unrivalled speed explained by their 'sweet spot' size, finds Imperial study
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study has answered a long-held question about why medium-sized land animals like cheetahs tend ...
Published Brain size riddle solved as humans exceed evolution trend
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The largest animals do not have proportionally bigger brains -- with humans bucking this trend -- a...
Published Jellyfish size might influence their nutritional value - Jellyfish Size Might Influence Their Nutritional Value
(via sciencedaily.com) Researchers confirmed what was already known: jellyfish eat bigger prey as they grow, which means th...
Published Contours that kill: Geometry influences prey capture in carnivorous pitcher plants
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have shown that the shape, size, and geometry of carnivorous pitcher plants determines t ...
Published Eating small fish whole can prolong life expectancy, a Japanese study finds
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study has found evidence linking the intake of whole-sized small fish with a reduced risk of a ...
Published Insecticides contributed to loss of butterflies across American Midwest, study finds
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Insecticide use is a major factor causing a decrease in the size and diversity of butterfly populati ...
Published Researchers discovered that various species share a similar mechanism of molecular response to nanoparticles - Researchers Discover Similar Molecular Response Mechanism in Various Species to Nanoparticles
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Living organisms are exposed to nanoparticles through different products and air pollution every day...
Published Why are fish getting smaller as waters warm? It's not their gills
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A collaborative team of scientists recently found that there is no physiological evidence supporting...
Published Computational tools fuel reconstruction of new and improved bird family tree
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Using cutting-edge computational methods and supercomputing infrastructure, researchers have built t...
Published Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in California's Mono Lake
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Mono Lake is a beautiful but harsh environment, its salty and arsenic-laced water home to brine shri...
Published Move over pythons: These snakes are the real champion eaters
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Pythons have huge appetites, but which snake would win an eating contest? Surprisingly, it's a harml...
Published Zebrafish navigate to find their comfortable temperature
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Zebrafish are smaller than your little finger, with a brain no more than half the size of a pinhead. ...