Ecologists Use Museum Specimens to Dig into the Parasitic Past
Ecologists Use Museum Specimens to Dig into the Parasitic Past
New techniques to quantify what lived in and on preserved animals throw light on how parasite abundance has changed over time.
New techniques to quantify what lived in and on preserved animals throw light on how parasite abundance has changed over time.
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Scratchy Scalps Help Glue Together Pieces of an Ancient Past
Chloe Tenn | Dec 29, 2021 | 3 min read
Scientists find human DNA preserved in lice cement from the heads of South American mummies.
Paleontologists Find Possible Dinosaur DNA
Chloe Tenn | Oct 26, 2021 | 3 min read
A report of preserved fragments of nuclei and chromatin in a fossilized femur of a 125-million-year-old Caudipteryx dinosaur elicits skepticism.
Opinion: New Repository Will Hold the World’s Microbial Riches
Jack Gilbert, Rob Knight, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, and Martin Blaser | Jun 1, 2019 | 3 min read
The Microbiota Vault takes a holistic approach to preserving Earth’s microscopic diversity.
Wild Cat Conservationist Alan Rabinowitz Dies
Ashley Yeager | Aug 8, 2018 | 3 min read
The “Indiana Jones of Wildlife Protection” helped established nature preserves around the world.
Researchers Succeed in Keeping Disembodied Pig Brains Alive
Catherine Offord | May 1, 2018 | 2 min read
The organs showed neural activity for up to 36 hours, adding fuel to discussions about the ethics of future neuroscientific research.
Soft Tissue Detected in Millennia-Old Dino Bones
Bob Grant | Jun 9, 2015 | 2 min read
Researchers report finding evidence of red blood cells and proteins in 75-million-year-old dinosaur fossils.