They outlived mammoths and saber-toothed tigers. But without dramatic action to reduce climate change, new research shows Joshua trees won’t survive much past this century. …read more Source:: Science
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Mutations in this molecule may have helped mammoths tolerate the cold
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•Biomedical researchers have captured close-up views of TRPV3, a skin-cell ion channel that plays important roles in sensing temperature, itch, and pain. …read more Source:: Science
Male mammoths more often fell into ‘natural traps’ and died, DNA evidence suggests
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•Researchers who have sexed 98 woolly mammoth specimens collected from various parts of Siberia have discovered that the fossilized remains more often came from males of the species than females. …read more Source:: Science