Melissa SterryBiology Australian lungfish has largest genome of any animal sequenced so far newscientist.com - By Donna Lu The Australian lungfish has the largest genome of any animal so far sequenced. Siegfried Schloissnig at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology …
Melissa SterryBiology Basking sharks travel in extended families with their own 'gourmet maps' of feeding spots, genetic tagging reveals phys.org - Catherine S Jones Picture the scene. Swimming off Scotland's west coast during a summer holiday you notice a large dark shark nearly 10 meters long headed towards you. …
Melissa SterryJellyfish Jellyfish push off a pocket of water under their bell to swim faster newscientist.com - By Gege Li Even though they lack fins and their bodies are gelatinous, jellyfish are some of the most energy-efficient swimmers. They achieve this by making use …
Melissa SterryBiodiversity More than 50 countries commit to protection of 30% of Earth's land and oceans verified_publisherThe Guardian - Patrick Greenfield and Fiona HarveyA coalition of more than 50 countries has committed to protect almost a third of the planet by 2030 to halt the destruction of the natural world and slow extinctions of wildlife. The High Ambition Coalition...
Melissa SterryScience Snakes make their bodies lassos in a strange new climbing technique newscientist.com - By Krista Charles Brown tree snakes in Guam have been seen climbing poles by making their bodies into lasso shapes, a type of snake locomotion that hasn’t been …
