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Global commodities trade and consumption place the world's primates at risk of extinction

The world's primate fauna, distributed in the Neotropics, Africa and in South and Southeast Asia, represents an important global component of the Earth ́s land-based biodiversity..

Africa's elephant poaching rates in decline, but iconic animal still under threat

However, the team say the continent's elephant population remains threatened without continuing action to tackle poverty, reduce corruption and decrease demand of ivory..

How old are your organs? To scientists' surprise, organs are a mix of young and old cells: Scientists discover cellular structures with extreme longevity, leading to insights for age-associated diseases

"We were quite surprised to find cellular structures that are essentially as old as the organism they reside in," says Salk Vice President, Chief Science Officer Martin Hetzer, senior author and professor. "This suggests even greater cellular complexity than we previously imagined and has intriguing implications for how we think

The fellowship of the wing: Pigeons flap faster to fly together

Birds that fly in 'V'-formations, such as geese, are able to conserve energy by flying in aerodynamically optimal positions.

Small cluster of neurons is off-on switch for mouse songs: With precise control, researchers could make a mouse sing or not on command

In fact, they now understand these neurons well enough to be able to make a mouse sing on command or to silence it so that it can't sing, even when it wants to impress a mate.

Squid could thrive under climate change

Dr Blake Spady, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) at James Cook University (JCU), led the study.

Now your phone can become a robot that does the boring work: What you do is what the robot does

This is because workers would be able to shift to taking on more varied and higher-level tasks, and factories could produce a greater variety of products.

Scientists find new type of cell that helps tadpoles' tails regenerate

It has long been known that some animals can regrow their tails following amputation -- Aristotle observed this in the fourth century B.C.

Polymers jump through hoops on pathway to sustainable materials

Most consumer plastics are blends of linear polymers..

Australian islands home to 414 million pieces of plastic pollution

The study led by IMAS researcher Dr Jennifer Lavers and published in the journal Scientific Reports estimated beaches on the Indian Ocean islands are littered with 238 tonnes of plastic, including 977,000 shoes and 373,000 toothbrushes. Dr Lavers' research made headlines around the world when in May 2017

Brain's insular cortex processes pain and drives learning from pain

We've known for a while that a brain area called amygdala is important for threat learning.

Breakthrough in new material to harness solar power

The University of Toledo physicist pushing the performance of solar cells to levels never before reached made a significant breakthrough in the chemical formula and process to make the new material.

Hummingbird robot uses AI to soon go where drones can't

Your friendly neighborhood hummingbirds.If drones had this combo, they would be able to maneuver better through collapsed buildings and other cluttered spaces to find trapped victims.

Broccoli sprout compound may restore brain chemistry imbalance linked to schizophrenia

They say the results advance the hope that supplementing with broccoli sprout extract, which contains high levels of the chemical sulforaphane, may someday provide a way to lower the doses of traditional antipsychotic medicines needed to manage schizophrenia symptoms, thus reducing unwanted side effects of the medicines. "It's possible that

Paper wasps capable of behavior that resembles logical reasoning

For millennia, transitive inference was considered a hallmark of human deductive powers, a form of logical reasoning used to make inferences: If A is greater than B, and B is greater than C, then A is greater than C. But in recent decades, vertebrate animals including monkeys, birds and fish