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Migrating Bats Use the Setting Sun
Bats weighing no more than 6 grams, migrating over a thousand miles from the Baltic to Britain, could be the key to revealing how migrating mammals navigate.
Uncovering Polynya
A study led by NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Research Scientist Diana Francis has unraveled the four decade long mystery surrounding the occurrence of a mid-sea Polynya – a body of unfrozen ocean that appeared within a thick body of ice during Antarctica’s winter, almost two years ago.
In Korean DMZ, Wildlife Thrives. Some Conservationists Worry Peace Could Disrupt It
The quiet of the late-winter morning is interrupted by a staccato of gunshots.
Meet Callichimaera Perplexa, The Platypus of Crabs
The crab family just got a bunch of new cousins, including a 95-million-year-old species that will force scientists to rethink the definition of a crab — and perhaps the disparate ways animals evolve over time.
Why Are Space Scientists So Interested in Black Holes?
The work of two professors at NYU Abu Dhabi, Associate Professor of Physics Ingyin Zaw and Assistant Professor of Physics David Russell, is on black holes and the role these massive yet obscure objects play in the formation of galaxies.