High-energy particles streaming through space can damage DNA and increase cancer risk, but antioxidants, tardigrades and hibernation could help astronauts make the journey safely.

Abstract. Honest signals have long posed a challenge for evolutionary biologists to explain. Here we propose a general Darwinian theory of signalling, Sign

Tenemos una percepción estereotipada de los reptiles como animales extraños y poco inteligentes que no se corresponde con la realidad y que puede influir en el trato deficiente que reciben en cautivid...

The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down

Native to Europe, common wall lizards are growing bigger, faster, and more resilient in Ohio. Scientists say the city itself may be driving their evolution.

El plan de conservación de esta especie ha encendido un fuego cruzado en el campo: mientras científicos y ecologistas reclaman medidas urgentes para salvarla, Vox agita el miedo entre los agricultores...

El Departamento de Alimentación, Desarrollo Rural, Agricultura y Pesca del Gobierno Vasco se ha reunido...

La UV, fundada en 1499, es una de las universidades más antiguas de España. Es una universidad pública, moderna e innovadora orientada a la docencia y a la investigación en casi todos los ámbitos del ...

Using in vivo measurements of thrush nightingales flying in a wind tunnel, Macias-Torres et al. show that energy conversion efficiency varies with airspeed following a concave function, with a maximum...

Wall lizards' ventral coloration undergoes cryptic ontogenetic color changes invisible without UV vision. We tracked wall lizards from hatching to one year of age. Spectrophotometry and visual modeli...

Lejos de los 500 grupos necesarios para que sea viable genéticamente, el ministerio asegura que la especie está en “estado desfavorable” y que no se debería estar cazando

The authors show that daytime activity fundamentally shapes the appearance of prey animals to potential predators and that colour pattern phenotypes likely associated with visual signalling are predo....

The Department of Zoology is one of the departments within the Faculty of Science and has approximately 80 employees including researchers, PhD students, and administrative staff. Research and educati

Wall lizards (genus Podarcis) show substantial intraspecific colour variation and iridescence, which may interact and affect overall colour appearance. Here, we set out to study iridescence in Podarc...

Behavioral signals outweigh static color patches in determining the winner of territorial disputes. To understand what limits aggression in wall lizards, w

What drives the diversity of squamate colors? Our study finds that brightness variation is associated with habitat openness, revealing trade-offs between multiple ecological pressures in color evoluti...

Wall lizards (genus Podarcis) show substantial intraspecific colour variation and iridescence, which may interact and affect overall colour appearance. Here, we set out to study iridescence in Podarc....

Wall lizards (genus Podarcis) show substantial intraspecific colour variation and iridescence, which may interact and affect overall colour appearance. Here, we set out to study iridescence in Podarc....

An emerging field shows how animal feelings can be studied scientifically

Los temporales invernales suelen arrastrar animales con las corrientes marinas, que acaban en nuestras costas.