Arm actions Twelve arm actions were identified from 15 behaviors with a total of 3,907 actions recorded from 25 wild octopuses (total 25 min, 1-min per octopus) across 6 field sites with varying ecohabitats. The majority of these actions were observed across multiple behaviors. Many actions were observed during the behaviors of crawl (11/12 actions), crawl speculative bottom searching (10/12 actions), …
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A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees
Thompson, L. R. et al. A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity. Nature 551, 457–463 (2017). ADS Google Scholar Bar-On, Y. M., Phillips, R. & Milo, R. The biomass distribution on Earth. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 115, 6506–6511 (2018). ADS Google Scholar Vandenkoornhuyse, P., Quaiser, A., Duhamel, M., Le Van, A. & Dufresne, A. The importance of the …
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A team led by the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx) at the Université de Montréal has achieved the most precise study to date of the L 98-59 planetary system, and confirmed the existence of a fifth planet in the star’s habitable zone, where conditions could allow liquid water to exist. Volcanic planets, a sub-Earth, and a water world Charles …
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