Biology article list
Why is the urine marked by cats more tasteful than usual? Iwate University explains
A research group at Iwate University has revealed why cat spray urine tastes worse than regular urine.
Older males are more persistent in the fight at hand Discovering changes in fighting patterns depending on the age of beetles
A joint study between Okayama University and the University of Exeter in the UK has revealed that the fighting patterns between males of the beetle, the giant horned beetle, depend on the age of the males […]
Do living things evolve between the four seasons? Chiba University discovers the evolution of flies due to seasonal changes
A group from Chiba University and the Kazusa DNA Research Institute found that fruit flies undergo rapid evolution over just six seasons.
Fragments of the world's oldest German cockroach, including Nara Women's University, discovered at ruins in Nara Prefecture
A research team from Nara Women's University and the Osaka City Museum of Natural History, with the cooperation of the Sakurai City Makimuku Research Center, conducted research at Makimuku, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture.
Snail active day and night, running away from natural enemies, discovered by Kyoto University
A research group consisting of teachers from Kyoto University/Graduate School, Hokkaido Sapporo Keisei High School, and six students from the same school's Faculty of Science investigated external stimuli that imitate natural enemies […]
World's second luminescent snail; Chubu University discovers five species at the same time in Thailand
Masaku Mizuno, master's degree, and Professor Yuichi Oba of the Faculty of Applied Biology, Chubu University, and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, with whom Chubu University has an interuniversity agreement, […]
Combining informatics, engineering, and biology - from expanding human senses and perceptions to researching the senses of insects.From the development of insect robots to the creation of "moving specimens"
When you look into the laboratory, you will see what looks like a mechanical workshop.As you go deeper, you will see a huge cardboard box made of blue plastic […]
Juntendo University and the University of Tokyo elucidate the mechanism that determines the development of left-right asymmetric internal organs
A research team from Juntendo University and the University of Tokyo has discovered a new mechanism that causes internal organs to develop asymmetrically.
Tohoku University and others report first direct evidence of 4-kilometer air travel by snails on birds
A research group at the Abiko City Bird Museum and Tohoku University found that snails attached to the body surface of migratory birds that flew to Japan from Oceania to the Philippines […]
Developed by Kyoto University, etc.
A research group of Kyoto University, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, and Photron Co., Ltd. has the sensitivity of a single fluorescent molecule and the ultimate speed (video speed […]