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12 Nov 2024
National Taiwan University study finds that burying beetles thrive on both lab and wild carcasses, validating lab studies on their behaviour, ecology, and evolution.
18 Aug 2021
A collaboration between Osaka City University and Setsunan University sheds light on the effect urbanization has on the flesh fly species Sarcophaga similis. Through a series of laboratory and in-field experiments, scientists show that an increase in nighttime illumination and temperature, two of the major characteristics of urbanization, can postpone S. similis hibernation anywhere from 3 weeks to a month.