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Larvae of caddisfly, aquatic insects of the order Trichoptera, using substrate particles, build tiny tubes where they protect their fragile bodies and carry out the metamorphosis which will transform them in adults Researchers from the University of Granada unveil a...

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Universityof Granada scientists confirm that ectotherms–like reptiles and amphibians–dofollow «Bergmann’s rule». The 19th-century naturalist posited thatanimals inhabiting colder climates have a larger body size The study has been published in the prestigious Journalof Evolutionary Biology Scientists at the University of...

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Scientists from the universities of Granada (Spain) and Warwick (United Kingdom) suggest a possible reason for the coexistence of different similar species in a complex ecosystem without one of them prevailing above all the rest and displacing them The results...

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Researchers at the University of Granada and the CSIC have found that hoophoes (Upupa epops) cover their eggs with a certain fat which they produce themselves. This fat contains mutualistic bacteria, which protects them from infection by pathogens and increases...

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An international team of scientists, coordinated by a researcher from the University of Granada, finds this phenomenon to be as old as the seeds themselves.  Seed dormancy is a phenomenon that has intrigued naturalists for decades, since it conditions the...

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Javier Alba-Tercedor, professor of Zoology at the University of Granada, has obtained an award at the “Bruker micro-CT user meeting”, which took place in Belgium, for a video produced with an innovative technique called microtomography A researcher from the University...

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The images were filmed by a Department of Zoology researcher using a microtomograph—a high-resolution scanner that facilitates the study of small animals Several thousand x-rays need to be taken to record images like these Images of the inside of a...

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The images were filmed by a Department of Zoology researcher using a microtomograph—a high-resolution scanner that facilitates the study of small animals Several thousand x-rays need to be taken to record images like these Images of the inside of a...

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The images were filmed by a Department of Zoology researcher using a microtomograph—a high-resolution scanner that facilitates the study of small animals Several thousand x-rays need to be taken to record images like these Images of the inside of a...

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Researchers at the Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra and other CSIC institutes are co-authors of this article, which was recently published in the prestigious jorunal Reviews of Modern Physics. This study analyses all ice types and the structures...

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