Corryn Wetzel

New York

Wildlife Reporter at New Scientist

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Antidote to deadly pesticides boosts bee survival

Sep 13, 2024 | newscientist.com | Corryn Wetzel

Life Feeding bees edible bits of hydrogel increases their odds of surviving pesticide exposure by 30 per cent In the first study of its kind, scientists discovered that feeding bees absorbent bits of hydrogel boosts their chances of surviving exposure to toxic pesticides. As the worldâ€™s pollinators, bees provide essential services to both wild plants and human-grown crops.
Fish size themselves up in a mirror to decide if they can win a fight

Sep 10, 2024 | newscientist.com | Corryn Wetzel

Before deciding whether or not to fight another fish, cleaner wrasse check their own reflection in a mirror and size themselves up. Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) are remarkably bright. These finger-sized coral reef fish were the first fish to pass the mirror test, a common assessment to see whether an animal recognises that the reflection is of its own body and not another animal.
Stunningly preserved pterosaur fossils reveal how they soared

Sep 5, 2024 | msn.com | Corryn Wetzel

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Stunningly preserved pterosaur fossils reveal how they soared

Sep 5, 2024 | newscientist.com | Corryn Wetzel

Despite living hundreds of millions of years apart, pterosaurs may be more similar to modern-day birds than previously thought. Structures in the bones of these giant reptiles suggest the largest ones used their wings to soar while the smaller ones flapped through the skies. The finding comes from stunningly preserved pterosaur fossils unearthed in Jordan. â€śThe mechanics of flight leaves an imprint on the skeleton,â€ť says Jeffrey Wilson Mantilla at the University of Michigan.
Arts and crafts seem to boost well-being more than employment

Aug 15, 2024 | msn.com | Corryn Wetzel

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Arts and crafts seem to boost well-being more than employment

Aug 15, 2024 | msn.com | Corryn Wetzel

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Arts and crafts seem to boost well-being more than employment

Aug 15, 2024 | newscientist.com | Corryn Wetzel

Engaging in arts and crafts boosts your mental well-being and improves the sense that life is worthwhile. These activities have a positive effect that is as strong or stronger than the mental health improvements that come with being employed. Decades of research have shown that health, income and employment status are major factors in predicting people’s satisfaction with their lives.
Bird deaths from building strikes may be double past estimates

Aug 7, 2024 | newscientist.com | Corryn Wetzel

More than 1 billion birds in the US may die from colliding with buildings each year – a significant increase from many past estimates. Despite popular belief, skyscrapers aren’t the main culprit. The disorienting and appealing light from buildings at night, along with confusing reflections from glass during the day, can cause birds to fly into them. Most collisions occur with low-rise buildings like homes, and the problem has worsened in recent decades with increasing light pollution.
Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster than ancient ones

Jul 24, 2024 | msn.com | Corryn Wetzel

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Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster than ancient ones

Jul 24, 2024 | newscientist.com | Corryn Wetzel

Life The 166-million-year-old fossils of an adult and a juvenile of the same extinct mammal species reveal that they had longer "childhoods" and lifespans than similar species today In the middle of the Jurassic Period, small mammals had much longer lives than their modern counterparts, and spent years instead of weeks being cared for by their parents.