/channels/taxonomy/term/4672/all en /channels/channels/news/ecological-rule-breaker-shows-effects-climate-change-body-size-evolution-343871 <p>Does evolution follow certain rules? Can these rules be predicted? Southeast Asia’s tree shrews break multiple rules when it comes to body size variation – with an unexpected twist – according to researchers from ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ, University of Cambridge, and Yale University. The <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23774-w">findings</a> shed new light on the effects of climate change on the evolution of body size in animals.</p> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 14:24:09 +0000 webfull 184914 at /channels /channels/news/personalities-spiders-254382 <p>Even jumping spiders have personalities scientists have discovered. A "shy" individual will not make the same choices as a "bold" individual. This means that some individuals, because of their personality type, will capture more prey than others, and will therefore have a larger effect on local ecosystems.</p> <p> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:35:01 +0000 webfull 111562 at /channels /channels/news/pesticides-more-toxic-previously-thought-254401 <p>Insecticides that are sprayed in orchards and fields across North America may be more toxic to spiders than scientists previously believed. Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:35:06 +0000 webfull 111563 at /channels /channels/news/why-do-some-fish-thrive-oil-polluted-water-258096 <p><strong><em>By Melody Enguix</em></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="/newsroom">ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Newsroom</a></strong></p> <p>When scientists from ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ learned that some fish were proliferating in rivers and ponds polluted by oil extraction in Southern Trinidad, it caught their attention. They thought they had found a rare example of a species able to adapt to crude oil pollution.</p> Tue, 26 Jan 2016 07:58:11 +0000 webfull 115500 at /channels