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Strait of Georgia: Salish Sea Seagull Populations Halved Since 1980s
Feb. 27, 2015 — The number of seagulls in the Strait of Georgia is down by 50 per cent from the 1980s and researchers say the decline reflects changes in the availability of ... full story -
Bumblebees Make False Memories, Too
Feb. 26, 2015 — It's well known that our human memory can fail us. People can be forgetful, and they can sometimes also 'remember' things incorrectly, with devastating consequences in the classroom, ... full story -
Amphibian Chytrid Fungus Reaches Madagascar
Feb. 26, 2015 — The chytrid fungus, which is fatal to amphibians, has been detected in Madagascar for the first time. This means that the chytridiomycosis pandemic has now reached a biodiversity hotspot. Researchers ... full story -
The Eyes Have It: Cats Put Sight Over Smell in Finding Food
Feb. 26, 2015 — Cats may prefer to use their eyes rather than follow their nose when it comes to finding the location of food, according to new research by leading animal ... full story -
Suspended Soils Maintain Rainforest Ecosystems, Says Researcher
Feb. 26, 2015 — The bird’s nest fern, a plant commonly found in many of our homes, has a critical place in maintaining the biodiversity and the ecosystems of the world’s rainforests, researchers ... full story -
Sharp Rise in Experimental Animal Research in US
Feb. 25, 2015 — The use of animals in experimental research has soared at leading US laboratories in recent years, finds new research. This is despite growing public opposition to animal experimentation, mounting ... full story -
Antifreeze Protein from Ticks Fights Frostbite in Mice
Feb. 25, 2015 — A protein that protects ticks from freezing temperatures also prevents frostbite when introduced in mice, a new study has found. The research is the first to demonstrate the protein's ability to ... full story -
Norway Rats Reciprocate Help According to the Quality of the Help They Received
Feb. 25, 2015 — Non-human animals consider the value of previously received help when deciding whether to help a social partner, according to a new study in rats. Until now, it was unclear whether animals other than ... full story -
Crocodiles Rocked Pre-Amazonian Peru: Seven Crocodile Species Found in Single 13-Million-Year-Old Bone Bed
Feb. 24, 2015 — Thirteen million years ago, as many as seven different species of crocodiles hunted in the swampy waters of what is now northeastern Peru, new research shows. This hyperdiverse assemblage, revealed ... full story -
Climate-Change Clues from Turtles of Tropical Wyoming
Feb. 24, 2015 — Tropical turtle fossils discovered in Wyoming reveal that when Earth got warmer, prehistoric turtles headed north. But if today's turtles try the same technique to cope with warming habitats, ... full story -
Kenyan Fossils Show Evolution of Hippos
Feb. 24, 2015 — A French-Kenyan research team has just described a new fossil ancestor of today's hippo family. This discovery bridges a gap in the fossil record separating these animals from their closest ... full story -
Mapping Lizard Venom Makes It Possible to Develop New Drugs
Feb. 24, 2015 — Lizards and other reptiles are not normally considered venomous, but a number of lizard species actually do produce and use venom. The most classic venomous lizard is no doubt the gila monster -- a ... full story -
Small Predator Diversity an Important Part of a Healthy Ecosystem
Feb. 23, 2015 — Biodiversity, including small predators such as dragonflies and other aquatic bugs that attack and consume parasites, may improve the health of amphibians, according to a team of researchers. ... full story -
Hidden in Plain Sight: Amazonian Bird Chick Mimics Toxic Caterpillar to Avoid Being Eaten
Feb. 23, 2015 — A unique nesting strategy has been observed in a species of tropical bird. By simulating the appearance of a hairy aposematic caterpillar, cinereous mourner chicks in Peru employ Batesian mimcry to ... full story -
Flawed Method Puts Tiger Rise in Doubt, Calls for New Approach
Feb. 23, 2015 — Flaws in a method commonly used in censuses of tigers and other rare wildlife put the accuracy of such surveys in doubt, a new study suggests. The study exposes, for the first time, inherent ... full story -
Insect and Mammal Ovulation More Alike Than Not?
Feb. 19, 2015 — The average American woman lives more than 80 years and ovulates for 35 of them, producing an egg approximately once a month. The typical fruit fly lives about 4 weeks as an adult and ovulates every ... full story -
Minimizing 'False Positives' Key to Vaccinating Against Bovine TB
Feb. 19, 2015 — New diagnostic tests are needed to make vaccination against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) viable and the number of false positives from these tests must be below 15 out of every 10,000 cattle ... full story -
Animals Tend to Evolve Toward Larger Size Over Time
Feb. 19, 2015 — In one of the most comprehensive studies of body size evolution ever conducted, scientists have found fresh support for Cope's rule, a theory in biology that states that animal lineages tend to ... full story -
Mouse Embryo With Big Brain: Evolving a Bigger Brain With Human DNA
Feb. 19, 2015 — The human brain expanded dramatically in size during evolution, imparting us with unique capabilities. Scientists have now shown that it's possible to pick out key changes in the genetic code ... full story -
Global Impact of Debris on Marine Life Studied
Feb. 19, 2015 — Nearly 700 species of marine animal have been recorded as having encountered humanmade debris such as plastic and glass according to the most comprehensive impact study in more than a ... full story
- Bumblebees make false memories, too
- Amphibian chytrid fungus reaches Madagascar
- The eyes have it: Cats put sight over smell in finding food
- Suspended soils maintain rainforest ecosystems, says researcher
- Sharp rise in experimental animal research in US
- Antifreeze protein from ticks fights frostbite in mice
- Norway rats reciprocate help according to the quality of the help they received
- Crocodiles rocked pre-Amazonian Peru: Seven crocodile species found in single 13-million-year-old bone bed
- Climate-change clues from turtles of tropical Wyoming
- Kenyan fossils show evolution of hippos
- Mapping lizard venom makes it possible to develop new drugs
- Small predator diversity an important part of a healthy ecosystem
- Hidden in plain sight: Amazonian bird chick mimics toxic caterpillar to avoid being eaten
- Flawed method puts tiger rise in doubt, calls for new approach
- Insect and mammal ovulation more alike than not?
- Minimizing 'false positives' key to vaccinating against bovine TB
- Animals tend to evolve toward larger size over time
- Mouse embryo with big brain: Evolving a bigger brain with human DNA
- Global impact of debris on marine life studied
- Hydrogel baits offer novel way to manage invasive ants
- Medtech meets cleantech: Malaria vaccine candidate produced from algae
- Moths shed light on how to fool enemy sonar
- Fearless birds and big city spiders: Is urbanization pushing Earth's evolution to a tipping point?
- Where ants go when nature calls: Ants use corners of their nest as 'toilets'
- Tropical fire ants traveled the world on 16th century ships
- In a warmer world, ticks that spread disease are arriving earlier, expanding their ranges
- Size matters in the battle to adapt to diverse environments, avoid extinction
- In the city, rabbits build more densely
- Dolphins set up home in the Mediterranean after the last Ice Age
- Time for a bold dingo experiment, researchers say
- Even animals compose: What it means to be a musical species
- Bacteria jump between species more easily than previously thought
- Complex nerve-cell signaling traced back to common ancestor of humans and sea anemones
- Researchers unearth county colic risk in horses
- Cold-blooded animals grow bigger in the warm on land, but smaller in warm water
- Distant species produce 'love child' fern after 60-million-year breakup
- Harm and response: Plants recognize and respond to different insects
- First evidence of Seoul hantavirus found in wild rat population in the Netherlands
- Wildlife at risk around the globe: Scientists say vaccinating endangered carnivores of increasing importance
- How the Eastern tiger swallowtail got 'scary'
- Dogs know that smile on your face
- Microbes prevent malnutrition in fruit flies, and maybe humans, too
- Ants are more than just convenience food to young spiders
- A gene that shaped the evolution of Darwin's finches
- Oldest fur seal identified, ending 5-million-year 'ghost lineage'
- Making a better wound dressing, with fish skin
- What makes the feather soar
- Extreme mechano-sensitive neurons of tactile-foraging ducks fit the bill for touch research
- A new variant of the rabbit hemorrhagic disease endangers the Iberian lynx
- The first kobuviruses described from Africa
- Crocodiles just wanna have fun, too
- Numerous bats killed by German wind turbines: Migratory bats at risk
- Epigenetic breakthrough: A first of its kind tool to study the histone code
- Too much of a good thing: Extra genes make bacteria lethal
- Avian malaria also affects wild birds in Austria
- Genetics lab unravels mystery whale killing at sea
- After merger, chimpanzees learned new grunt for 'apple'
- Norwegian lemmings dress loudly and scream even louder to survive
- How tuna stay warm with cold hearts
- Pigeon power: Study suggests similarity between how pigeons learn the equivalent of words and the way children do
- An extra protein gives naked mole rats more power to stop cancer
- Fossils from heart of Amazon provide evidence that South American monkeys came from Africa
- Mapping of the canary genome
- Project Successfully Maps Out Wildlife Pathways Across the 'Longest Main Street in America'
- Kidney images reveal the secrets of how a complex organ develops
- A bright-yellow new species of water frog from the Peruvian Andes
- Caterpillar to butterfly: New light shed on diet, steroid hormones and development
- Giant rodent used incisors like tusks
- Tropical wasps attack intruders with unfamiliar faces
- Machine learning offers insights into evolution of monkey faces, researchers find
- Sea slug has taken genes from algae it eats, allowing it to photosynthesize like a plant
- There have been a lot of cats in The New York Times over the years
- New mechanism of inheritance could advance study of evolution, disease treatment
- Addressing feral cats' diet may help protect native species
- Spiny lobster abundance study at Glover's Reef, Belize finds fishery in good shape
- One good turn: Birds swap energy-sapping lead role when flying in v-formation
- Friend, foe or queen? Study highlights the complexities of ant perception
- Shrinking range of pikas in California mountains linked to climate change
- Fewer viral relics may be due to a less bloody evolutionary history
- New technique captures real-time diagnostic 3-D images
- Urban taste for bushmeat poses threat to Amazonian wildlife
- Picking up on the smell of evolution: Researchers discover changes that let a species drastically change its lifestyle
- A rare glimpse at the elusive Saharan cheetah
- Baleen whales hear through their bones
- Our seas are in trouble: Extinction risk for 20-25% of well-known marine species
- Why is a dolphin not a cat? Repurposing non-coding elements in genome gave rise to great 'mammalian radiation'
- Ancient 'genomic parasites' spurred evolution of pregnancy in mammals
- Invasive species in the Great Lakes by 2063
- Home is a safe haven for female deer
- Chimps with higher-ranking moms do better in fights
- Illinois: Muskrats, minks harbor toxoplasmosis, a cat disease
- Urban sprawl promotes worm exchange across species
- Researchers capture, document first northern saw-whet owl in Arkansas
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