LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 9 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Bee Bandits: USU Ecologists Study Mutualistic Plant-Pollinator-Microbe Interactions * LOGAN, Utah -From fundamental biological units as tiny as genes to complex societies, ecological systems rely on cooperation. All manner of organisms can benefit from working together to survive in a dog-eat-dog world. "Mutualism is a common example of interspecies cooperation," says Utah State University ecologist Valerie Marti more PR

PASADENA, California, Feb. 9 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Beetles Go Stealth Mode to Infiltrate Ant Societies * Earth's biosphere is brimming with symbiotic relationships: from bacteria that became our cells' mitochondria, to mycorrhizal fungi that help plants grow, to the myriad mites, wasps, worms, and flies that make a living by parasitizing other animals. Symbiosis often appears to be a one-way street: When it evolves, there is no going bac more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- Carnegie Mellon University posted the following news: * * * Carnegie Mellon Researchers Rethink Chronic Pain * Nearly one in four adults in the U.S. lives with chronic pain (opens in new window). Opioids like morphine help by reducing the brain's perception of pain, but they come with risks and side effects researchers still don't fully understand. Across neuroscience, biomedical engineering and artificial intelligence, esearchers from Carnegie Mellon Un more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 10 (TNSjou) -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State study of turtle fossil narrows timeline of Cretaceous species migration By Diana Setterberg, MSU News Service Before leaving on a fossil-hunting trip for a summer 2021 field paleontology class, a Montana State University junior made an apparently fate-tempting plea. "I kept joking through that whole class, 'Oh, please, just anything but a turtle,'" said Jack Prall, now a doctoral st more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * New Research Reveals Wildlife Trade's Threat to Vietnam's Painted Woolly Bat * BIG LAKE RANCH, British Columbia -A new study reveals that the painted woolly bat ( Kerivoula picta ) is being heavily exploited for the ornamental wildlife trade in Vietnam, raising serious concerns about the species' survival. The bats, a striking orange-and-black species, are in demand as tax more PR

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Feb. 9 (TNSjou) -- Newcastle University issued the following news: * * * Twilight action could reduce light pollution's impact on biodiversity Newcastle experts argue that twilight should be the focus of light pollution mitigations for biodiversity. * Professor Darren Evans and Madeleine Fabusova from the School of Natural and Environmental Science discuss new research which shows that typical levels of artificial light at night can simultaneously suppress ear more PR

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Feb. 10 -- The University of Dubuque issued the following news release: * * * University of Dubuque Professor Leads Bioinformatics Analysis in Discovery of Bacterial Communities Living in Scorpion Venom University of Dubuque Professor of Biology Adam Kleinschmit, PhD, was part of a collaborative research team that published new findings challenging a long-standing assumption that animal venom is sterile. The study, "Microbiota Discovered in Scorpion Venom," was published Janua more PR