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Listen to the latest episode of the Naked Scientists and hear our Professor James Jackson speak about last week's earthquake in Japan -- and why the region is susceptible to powerful quakes. #Geoscience #Geology #Earthquakes #Seismology #JapanEarthquake #Podcast https://lnkd.in/es2meiPu

Guardian of the Hive: A comprehensive guide to understanding and protecting your bees from Varroa mites. #beekeepingtips #varroaprotection #beeguardian #stopvarroa

Molecular characterization of non-aureus staphylococci and Mammaliicoccus from Hipposideros bats in Southwest Nigeria https://lnkd.in/eWxFDqVG

This Friday's Week Ahead highlights rising #PoliticalRisk in #Maldives, #Portugal, and #Serbia, and declining Risk in #Nigeria, #Thailand, and #Spain. Please visit www.geoquant.com or schedule a demo info@geoquant.com to learn more. #geopolitics

"Run Away Selection" A female will choose a mate based on traits that is going to help her to Survive and that is sexual selection. A female bird would choose a strong looking, disease free mate. That male will be a carrier of good genes which he will pass on to the offspring. However the female chooses a mate based on less useful traits or even detrimental to survive. Male with brightly coloured feathers will likely attract predators, so they ignores it. So, in Run Away Selection, whereby secondary sexual traits expressed in one sex becomes genetically correlated with the preference for the trait in the other sex (Secondary characters have genetic advantages). The genetic coupling of the trait and the preference leads to the coevolution of the trait and preference for the trait. This mechanism can lead to accelerated evolution of exaggerated traits and preferences. Long tailed members of the species have the higher chances of survival than the ones not having it. This hypothesis was proposed by R.A. Fisher (1930). #sexualselection #animalbehavior #behaviouralscience #wildlife #wildlifeplanet #wildlifeonearth #animallovers #wildlifeconservation

While the loss of the station is disappointing hopefully the images collected can support a greater understanding of what drives erosion rates of dune systems on the east coast of Scotland. This winter the area has been subjected to high frequency, high magnitude storm events. The sequencing of these, and alignment with different tidal stages, have been critical in the scale of the observed changes. https://lnkd.in/eZE-TRYy

Scorpions, those small, often feared creatures, carry in their tails a venom used for defense and hunting. Extracting this venom is a meticulous and often hazardous task. Specialists must carefully ‘milk’ the scorpions, a process that involves stimulating the scorpions to release their venom, which is then collected drop by drop. This labor-intensive method, combined with the venom’s scarcity, drives its high cost. https://lnkd.in/dj-YsBk3 #scorpionvenom #scorpionmondial #scorpionvenomsupplier #venom #supplier #milking #cancertreatment #alternativemedicine #scorpion #research

What do you know about Echidnas? 🦔🐾   1)    They are an egg laying mammal. 2)    There are two types of echidnas. 3)    They are named after the mother of monsters. 4)    They have toothless jaws. 5)    Their body temperature is the second lowest of all mammals. 6)    Echidnas maximum speed is 2.3km per hour. 7)    Echidnas have pouches like kangaroos do. 8)    Baby echidnas stay in the pouch for seven weeks. 9)    Echidnas don’t take notice of rumours 😄

📚🐝🐝 Nouvel article de presse internationale partagé par la Commission Apicole de la SNGTV sur L’ÉQUILIBRE ENTRE APIS MELLIFERA ET SES VIRUS DRAMATIQUEMENT MODIFIÉ PAR L’ARRIVÉE DE VARROA DESTRUCTOR : https://lnkd.in/di_B2y7v 📷 Photo : "Sampling sites in geographical regions (a) Canada, (b) Scandinavia, (c) New Zealand and (d) British Isles. Each point represents a sampled hive, where blue dots represent hives from varroa-free areas, and red dots hives from varroa-infested areas at the time of sampling. In New Zealand, overlapping blue and red dots show the dynamic movement of the varroa expansion front during the sampling period." #vetofocus #sectionapa #abeilles #apismellifera #virus #varroadestructor SNGTV