Why a Fruit Pest Thrives on Low-Protein Diets
Scientists discovered why spotted wing drosophila (a tiny fruit fly pest) can survive and grow on fresh fruit, which has very little protein compared to other …
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Why Some Animals Thrive at Extreme Sizes While Others Stay Medium
Scientists discovered that animals with specialized diets (like pandas eating only bamboo) can successfully evolve to be either very large or very small, while …
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Scientists studied over 500 woodrats across 57 different locations to understand why some animals eat a wide variety of foods while others stick to just a few …
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