If you hate the rain, you have something in common with wolf spiders.
Rain Can Spoil a Wolf Spider’s Day, Too
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Keys to Aging Hidden in the Leaves
Scientists have known about a particular organelle in plant cells for over a century.
Rethinking Monarchs: Does the Beloved Butterfly Need Our Help?
To help the monarch butterfly, Texas writer Charlie Scudder decided to home-rear its caterpillars.
New USGS Map Shows Where Damaging Earthquakes Are Most Likely to Occur in US
Nearly 75 percent of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey-led team of 50+ scientists and engineers.
URI Professor Leads Effort Demonstrating Success of New Technology in Conducting Deep-Sea Research on Fragile Organisms
A University of Rhode Island professor of Ocean Engineering and Oceanography, along with a multidisciplinary research team from multiple institutions, successfully demonstrated new technologies that can obtain preserved tissue and high-resolution 3D images within minutes of encountering some of the most fragile animals in the deep ocean.
Climate Change Isn’t Producing Expected Increase in Atmospheric Moisture Over Dry Regions
The laws of thermodynamics dictate that a warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapor, but new research has found that atmospheric moisture has not increased as expected over arid and semi-arid regions of the world as the climate has warmed.
