Fish of the Year | Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust

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New Zealand bug of the year: moth named Avatar after mining threat crowned winner

Arctesthes avatar moth, which won nearly half of the votes, was discovered in 2012 and is critically endangered

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Geological processes shaping freshwater biodiversity: a synthesis of global evidence

Recent genomic data highlight the key roles of geological processes in shaping the diversification and biogeography of freshwater lineages. Specifically, physical processes such as tectonic uplift, e....

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Genomics of rafting crustaceans reveals adaptation to climate change in tropical oceans - Nature Communications

Rafting dispersal can facilitate responses to environmental change. Here, authors integrate dispersal simulations, ecological genomics, and salinity stress experiments to elucidate the rafting dynamic...

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Rafting Crustaceans’ Genomes Reveal Climate Adaptation

In a groundbreaking study published recently in Nature Communications, Liu, Waters, Huang, and their colleagues have unveiled the extraordinary genomic adaptations of rafting crustaceans that enable

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Do freshwater insect assemblages in exotic plantations resemble those from native forest? Evidence from environmental DNA

Widespread deforestation has impacted biodiversity patterns globally, but the potential for forest plantations to restore biodiversity remains unclear. Here we used environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis ...

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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High-resolution genomic history of early medieval Europe

Nature - Twigstats, a method for ancestry reconstruction, provides high-resolution genetic histories and movement patterns of people living in Europe during the first millennium ce.

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Statement on cuts to Marsden Funds for Humanities and Social Sciences | Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara

Today's announcement from Government disbanding the humanities and social sciences panels from the Marsden Fund is very concerning. Whilst investment in STEM disciplines is important for shorter-term ...

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Large-scale gene expression alterations introduced by structural variation drive morphotype diversification in Brassica oleracea - Nature Genetics

De novo genome assemblies of 22 Brassica oleracea accessions and pan-genome analyses highlight the effects of structural variations on gene expression and their contributions to morphotype diversifica...

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Stoneflies change colour in response to deforestation, suggesting humans can alter evolution – new research

A new study shows that rapid loss of forests has prompted a colour change in stoneflies, caused by a genetic mutation. This means human change to the environment can drive evolution.

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Human-driven evolution of color in a stonefly mimic

Rapid adaptation is thought to be critical for the survival of species under global change, but our understanding of human-induced evolution in the wild remains limited. We show that widespread defore...

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