The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category of Ecology and Conservation Biology has gone to the British naturalist Edward O. Wilson in its third edition, considered the father of the term biodiversity, as well as "one of the most important thinkers influential of our time ".
Popeye was not wrong when he bragged about gaining muscle strength by eating spinach. According to an article published in 'Cell Metabolism', the daily consumption of 300 grams of spinach reduces the amount of oxygen necessary for the functioning of the muscles when doing physical exercise, such as cycling.
From a biological point of view yes, according to a study published in the journal 'BMC Evolutionary Biology'. Its authors, from the Center for Evolutionary Biology at the University of Western Australia, demonstrated through a series of experiments with domestic mice that the sperm of polygamous rodents compete better in the race for fertilization than that of monogamous rodents.
Scientists at Rice University in Texas (USA) have discovered an amoeba ('Dictyostelium discoideum') that is capable of transporting, growing and gathering its own food, abilities similar to those of primitive farmers.
Sharks are unable to distinguish between colors, according to an Australian study that has analyzed the cells of the retina of 17 species of shark. In all these species, the receptors found were rod cells, very sensitive to light, useful for night vision, but unable to distinguish between colors.
In the busy life of a honey bee swarm, workers periodically need a good night's sleep. If they do not rest, they fail to adequately communicate the food situation to their hive mates, a study by the University of Texas has just shown.
Researchers from the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) of Barcelona have made an important scientific advance in the field of synthetic biology that will allow the design, through cellular engineering, of biological systems with decision-making capacity.
What do the sounds animals make when they are in distress have in common with soundtracks? Much, according to an American study that has identified sound codes in the sounds of the big screen similar to those heard in nature. The results are published in the journal 'Biology Letters'.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
