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Released: 15-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
Meow or rooaaar - exotic cats' ability to recognize familiar caregivers' voices
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In a recent PeerJ Life & Environment study, Professor Jennifer Vonk from Oakland University presents compelling evidence that exotic cats possess the remarkable ability to discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar human voices.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Study shows advanced footwear technology positively impacts elite sprint performances
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A scientific study published in PeerJ Life & Environment sheds light on the potential game-changing impact of advanced footwear technology (AFT) on elite sprint performances in track and field.

Released: 15-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
New scientific study reveals the crucial role of herbivorous fishes and sea urchins in restoring Caribbean coral reefs
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A new study has found that herbivorous fishes and the sea urchin Diadema antillarum have complementary and redundant feeding preferences. This suggests that both types of herbivores are important for controlling macroalgae and restoring degraded coral reefs.

Released: 14-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EST
New study reveals surprising insights into feeding habits of carnivorous dinosaurs in North America
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Study reveals bite marks on dinosaur bones from Jurassic rocks, shedding light on feeding habits.

Released: 2-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EDT
The influence of media narratives on microplastics risk perception revealed
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Media narratives play a critical role in shaping public awareness and risk perception of microplastics.

Released: 2-Oct-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Climate change and carnivores: shifts in the distribution and effectiveness of protected areas in the Amazon
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A new article published in PeerJ Life & Environment, authored by Camila Ferreira Leão at Universidade Federal do Pará sheds light on the effects of climate change on carnivorous mammals in the Amazon and their representation within Protected Areas (PAs).

Newswise: Canadian paleontologists discover microvertebrate faunal assemblages in Manitoba, Canada
Released: 3-Aug-2023 5:20 PM EDT
Canadian paleontologists discover microvertebrate faunal assemblages in Manitoba, Canada
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Canadian vertebrate palaeontologist, Aaron Kilmury, and a team of researchers from the University of Manitoba have published new research in PeerJ Life and Environment, unveiling the first-ever formal description of microvertebrate fossil assemblages from the late Cenomanian to middle Turonian periods in Manitoba, Canada.

Released: 14-Jul-2023 12:45 PM EDT
New study demonstrates the potential of diseased coral parents in restoring stony coral tissue loss disease-affected species
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A new study reveals that even colonies affected by SCTLD can play a vital role in the assisted sexual reproduction for the restoration of SCTLD-susceptible species.

Newswise: 2018–2022 Southern Resident killer whale presence in the Salish Sea: continued shifts in habitat usage
Released: 12-Jul-2023 11:25 AM EDT
2018–2022 Southern Resident killer whale presence in the Salish Sea: continued shifts in habitat usage
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Monika Wieland Shields, Director of the Orca Behavior Institute, has observed orcas in the Salish Sea, a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington, since 2000.

Released: 23-Jun-2023 4:05 PM EDT
A new species of early toothed whale
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Have you ever wondered what the earliest ancestors of today’s dolphins looked like? Then look no further, meet Olympicetus thalassodon, a new species of early odontocete, or toothed whale, that swam along the North Pacific coastline around 28 million years ago.

Released: 1-Jun-2023 10:25 AM EDT
Integrating robotics into wildlife conservation: enhancing predator deterrents through innovative movement strategies
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The coexistence of wildlife and agricultural practices has long posed challenges for wildlife conservation, especially when conflicts arise.

Newswise: Spinosaur Britain: Multiple different species likely roamed Cretaceous Britain
Released: 31-May-2023 11:15 AM EDT
Spinosaur Britain: Multiple different species likely roamed Cretaceous Britain
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Analysis of a British spinosaur tooth by palaeontologists at the EvoPalaeoLab of the University of Southampton shows that several distinct spinosaur groups inhabited Cretaceous Britain.

Released: 18-May-2023 12:35 PM EDT
The importance of social media in corporate social responsibility
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A new study by Dr. Lucie Kvasničková Stanislavská from Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague published in PeerJ Computer Science titled ‘Global analysis of Twitter communication in corporate social responsibility area: sustainability, climate change, and waste management’ has found that social media is an increasingly important tool for companies to communicate their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts.

Released: 24-Apr-2023 11:05 AM EDT
If it pays to be a jerk, why isn’t everyone that way?
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Throw a tantrum. Threaten, shove aside or steal from your colleagues. Science confirms, yet again, that brutish behavior can be an effective path to power.

Released: 2-Feb-2023 1:35 PM EST
New research turns what we know about bird window strikes inside-out
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New research from William & Mary published in PeerJ Life & Environment reveals that decals intended to reduce incidents of bird window strikes—one of the largest human-made causes of bird mortality— are only effective if decals are placed on the outside of the window.

Newswise: Opening the black box of bird-window collisions: passive video recordings in a residential backyard
Released: 20-Dec-2022 10:05 AM EST
Opening the black box of bird-window collisions: passive video recordings in a residential backyard
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Collisions with glass windows on buildings, transportation shelters, noise barriers and fences are a major source of bird mortality.

Newswise: Can cats and coyote co-exist?
Released: 7-Oct-2022 4:10 PM EDT
Can cats and coyote co-exist?
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As urban environments continue to encroach on natural habitats, instances of human-wildlife conflict tend to increase. While some animals avoid human contact at all costs, other species thrive in urban habitats.

Newswise: New York City coyotes do not need to rely on human food
Released: 28-Sep-2022 4:40 PM EDT
New York City coyotes do not need to rely on human food
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Researchers in New York City (NYC) have analyzed the DNA of urban coyotes and discovered that the coyotes eat a variety of native prey species and supplemented with human-sourced food items.

Released: 18-Aug-2022 12:50 PM EDT
Assessing the toxicity of Reddit comments
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Researchers analyze over 2 billion posts and comments from cross-community Redditors to assess how toxicity changes depending on the community in which they participate

Newswise: A Large Predator From the Pyrenees
Released: 15-Jun-2022 10:15 AM EDT
A Large Predator From the Pyrenees
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A fossilized lower jaw has led an international team of palaeontologists, headed by Bastien Mennecart from the Natural History Museum Basel, to discover a new species of predator that once lived in Europe.

Newswise: Komodo National Park is home to some of the world’s largest manta ray aggregations, new study shows
Released: 16-May-2022 1:15 PM EDT
Komodo National Park is home to some of the world’s largest manta ray aggregations, new study shows
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Through a collaborative effort including the public, scientists from the Marine Megafauna Foundation and Murdoch University are reporting a large number of manta rays in the waters of Komodo National Park, an Indonesian UNESCO World Heritage Site, suggesting the area may hold the key to regional recovery of the threatened species.

Newswise: New sabre-tooth predator precedes cats by millions of years
Released: 15-Mar-2022 10:45 AM EDT
New sabre-tooth predator precedes cats by millions of years
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The fossil, housed in The Nat’s paleontology collection, offers a window into what the Earth was like during the Eocene Period, more than 40 million years ago.

Released: 6-May-2021 1:15 PM EDT
Slender-snouted Besanosaurus was an 8 m long marine snapper
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Middle Triassic ichthyosaurs are rare, and mostly small in size. The new Besanosaurus specimens described in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ - the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences - by Italian, Swiss, Dutch and Polish paleontologists provide new information on the anatomy of this fish-like ancient reptile, revealing its diet and exceptionally large adult size: up to 8 meters, a real record among all marine predators of this geological epoch.

Released: 24-Aug-2020 2:35 PM EDT
New species of Cretaceous brittle star named in honour of Nightwish vocalist
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Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museums in Luxembourg and Maastricht have discovered a previously unknown species of brittle star that lived in the shallow, warm sea which covered parts of the present-day Netherlands at the end of the Dinosaur Era

29-Jun-2018 11:50 AM EDT
Some of the World’s Poorest People Are Bearing the Costs of Tropical Forest Conservation
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Researchers from Bangor University in the UK and the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar show that new conservation restrictions in Madagascar bring very significant costs to local people. In their paper published in PeerJ – the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences, the researchers estimate that 27,000 people have been negatively impacted by the conservation project.

27-Mar-2018 11:00 AM EDT
Sea Turtles Use Flippers to Manipulate Food
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Sea turtles use their flippers to handle prey despite the limbs being evolutionarily designed for locomotion, a discovery by Monterey Bay Aquarium researchers published today in PeerJ.

10-Jan-2018 7:00 AM EST
New Turkey-Sized Dinosaur From Australia Preserved in an Ancient Log-Jam
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The partial skeleton of a new species of turkey-sized herbivorous dinosaur has been discovered in 113 million year old rocks in southeastern Australia. The fossilized tail and foot bones give new insight into the diversity of the small, bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs called ornithopods.

7-Dec-2017 3:00 PM EST
Water Extraction in the Colorado River Places Native Species at Risk of Extinction
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Agriculture and domestic activities consume much of the Colorado River water that once flowed to the Colorado Delta and Northern Gulf of California. The nature and extent of impact of this fresh-water loss on the ecology and fisheries of the Colorado Delta and Gulf of California is controversial. A recent publication in the journal PeerJ reveals a previously unseen risk to the unique local biodiversity of the tidal portion of the Delta.

Released: 11-Dec-2017 7:00 AM EST
Scientists Urge Endangered Listing for Cheetahs
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In a study published today in the open-access journal PeerJ, researchers present evidence that low cheetah population estimates in southern Africa support a call to list the cheetah as “Endangered” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.

6-Oct-2017 10:00 AM EDT
Researchers Map the Illegal Use of Natural Resources in the Protected Brazilian Amazon
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New research published in the open access peer-reviewed journal PeerJ uses law enforcement data collected from 2010 to 2015 to understand the geographical distribution of the illegal use of natural resources across the region’s protected area network.

Released: 3-Oct-2017 7:00 AM EDT
Ancient Petrified Salamander Reveals Its Last Meal
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A new study on an exceptionally preserved salamander from the Eocene of France reveals that its soft organs are conserved under its skin and bones. Organs preserved in three dimensions include the lung, nerves, gut, and within it, the last meal of the animal, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ.

25-Aug-2017 7:00 AM EDT
Woolly Rhino Neck Ribs Provide Clues About Their Decline and Eventual Extinction
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Researchers from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden examined woolly rhino and modern rhino neck vertebrae from several European and American museum collections and noticed that the remains of woolly rhinos from the North Sea often possess a ‘cervical’ (neck) rib—in contrast to modern rhinos. The study, published in the open access journal PeerJ today, reports on the incidence of abnormal cervical vertebrae in woolly rhinos. Given the considerable birth defects that are associated with this condition, the researchers argue it is very possible that developmental abnormalities contributed towards the eventual extinction of these late Pleistocene rhinos.

25-Aug-2017 5:05 AM EDT
An Alternative to Wolf Control to Save Endangered Caribou
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In a recent study, researchers used a new Canadian government policy as an experiment and found that reducing invasive moose populations has led to population stability for endangered caribou herds.

18-Aug-2017 7:05 PM EDT
A Potential Breeding Site of a Miocene Era Baleen Whale
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Baleen whales are amongst the largest animals to have ever lived and yet very little is known about their breeding habits. One researcher’s second look at previously found baleen whale fossils from Japan provides new evidence of a now long-gone breeding ground of the extinct baleen whale Parietobalaena yamaokai dating back over 15 million years.

27-Jul-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Can Insects Be Used as Evidence to Tell if a Body Has Been Moved?
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The use of insects as indicators of post-mortem displacement is a familiar technique depicted on many crime investigation TV shows. In reality, this practice is far from clear-cut. To cut through the hype, researchers have looked across existing studies to review how exactly insects have been used in legal investigations and to what extent these methods have been useful.

27-Jun-2017 2:00 PM EDT
Gigantic Crocodile with T. Rex Teeth Was a Top Land Predator of the Jurassic in Madagascar
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Little is known about the origin and early evolution of the Notosuchia, hitherto unknown in the Jurassic period. New research on fossils from Madagascar, published in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ by Italian and French paleontologists, begin to fill the gap in a million-year-long ghost lineage.

21-Jun-2017 3:00 PM EDT
The Blue-Winged Amazon: A New Parrot Species From the Yucatán Peninsula
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In 2014, during a visit to a remote part of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, ornithologist Dr. Miguel A. Gómez Garza came across parrots with a completely different colour pattern from other known species. A study published today in the open-access journal PeerJ names these birds as a new species.

1-Jun-2017 4:05 PM EDT
How the Famous Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Bone Bed Came to Be
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The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is the densest collection of Jurassic dinosaur fossils. Since its discovery in the 1920s, numerous hypotheses have been proposed to explain the origin of the quarry. Were the dinosaurs poisoned? Did they die due to drought? Were they trapped in quick sand? A new study suggests that the quarry represents numerous mortality events which brought the dinosaurs to the site over time, rather than a single fatal event.

30-Apr-2017 12:05 AM EDT
New Dinosaur Species Increases the Diversity of the 'Whiplash Dinosaurs'
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New sauropod species is named Galeamopus pabsti by the same team which recently reinstated the brontosaurus as a distinct genus.

30-Mar-2017 7:00 PM EDT
“Spiderman” Worm-Snails Discovered on Florida Shipwreck
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Scientists have discovered a new species of worm-snails that are brightly colored, live on shipwrecks, filter-feeds like a whale, and shoot webs. Their discovery could play an important role in coral reef restoration work.

1-Mar-2017 1:05 PM EST
First Underwater Video Footage of the True´s Beaked Whale
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The True´s beaked whale is a deep-diving mammal so rarely seen that it often defies recognition at sea by researchers. Scientists have now obtained the first images of a calf along with the first underwater video of these whales – helping to reveal the secrets of this species.

14-Feb-2017 12:05 PM EST
Seven New Species of Night Frogs From the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot Including Four Miniature Forms
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Scientists from India have discovered seven new frog species belonging to the Night Frogs genus. Four out of seven of the new species are miniature-sized frogs (12.2–15.4 mm), which can comfortably sit on a coin or a thumbnail. These are among the smallest known frogs in the world.

1-Feb-2017 11:05 AM EST
A New Species of Gecko with Massive Scales and Tear-Away Skin
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Many lizards can drop their tails when grabbed, but one group of geckos has gone to particularly extreme lengths to escape predation with large scales that tear away with ease, leaving them free to escape whilst the predator is left with a mouth full of scales. Scientists have now described a new species that is the master of this art, possessing the largest scales of any gecko.

24-Jan-2017 6:05 PM EST
Boxer Crabs Acquire Anemones by Stealing From Each Other, and Splitting Them Into Clones
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Researchers have described a little known yet fascinating aspect of the behavior of Lybia crabs, a species which holds sea anemones in each of its claws (behavior which has earnt it the nickname ‘boxer’ or ‘pom-pom’ crab). In a series of experiments, they showed that when these crabs need an anemone, they will fight to steal one from another crab and then both crabs will split their anemone into two, creating identical clones.

7-Nov-2016 5:05 PM EST
Three New Species of Miniaturized Tropical Salamanders Are Already Endangered
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Researchers working in Mexico have discovered and named 3 new species of the enigmatic genus Thorius. With adults smaller than a matchstick, these salamanders are the smallest tailed tetrapods and are already endangered.

30-Sep-2016 7:00 AM EDT
Extensive Deep Coral Reefs in Hawaii Harbor Unique Species and High Coral Cover
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Researchers has completed a comprehensive investigation of deep coral-reef environments throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago. The study spanned more than two decades and the researchers documented vast areas of 100% coral-cover at depths of 50-90 meters extending for tens of square kilometers, discovering that these deep-reef habitats are home to many unique species.

Released: 31-Aug-2016 11:05 AM EDT
The Great Elephant Census Reports Massive Loss of African Savannah Elephants
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Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. today announced the results of the $7 million, three-year Great Elephant Census, the first-ever pan-African survey of savanna elephants using standardized data collection and validation methods. The researchers report that the current rate of species decline is 8 percent per year, primarily due to poaching.

30-Aug-2016 7:00 AM EDT
New Species of Pterosaur Discovered in Patagonia
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Scientists today announced the discovery of a new species of pterosaur from the Patagonia region of South America. The researchers have named this new species ‘ Allkauren koi’ from the native Tehuelche word ‘all’ for ‘brain’, and ‘karuen’ for ‘ancient’.

Released: 18-Jul-2016 4:05 PM EDT
PeerJ Launches a Free ‘Jobs Board’ for Academic Positions
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PeerJ (an open access publisher of scholarly journals in biology, medicine, health and computer sciences) today launched a free-to-use “Jobs Board” (available at https://peerj.com/jobs/).

   
Released: 30-Jun-2016 5:05 PM EDT
UK Author And Collaborator APC Relief At PeerJ
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In light of the “leave” result in the June 23rd United Kingdom EU referendum, PeerJ will be offering a $100 discount to any publication with a UK author.


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