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  Biodiversity Does Not Reduce Transmission of Disease from Animals to Humans, Researchers Find

  March 20, 2013 — A new analysis pokes holes in widely accepted theory that connects biodiversity abundance with a reduced disease risk for ... > full story
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  Some Alaskan Trout Use Flexible Guts for the Ultimate Binge Diet

  March 20, 2013 — The stomach and intestines of certain trout double to quadruple in size during month-long eating binges in Alaska each August. The rest of the year, the fish live off their reserves and their ... > full story
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  Peru Surprises With Two New Amazing Species of Woodlizards

  March 20, 2013 — Two new beautifully coloured woodlizard species from the genus Enyalioides have been discovered during expeditions to the unexplored jungles of Cordillera Azul National Park in the Peruvian Andes. ... > full story
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  How Does the Price of Cheese Influence Perceptions of Wolves?

  March 20, 2013 — Relationships between humans and wolves are often linked to conflicts with livestock breeding activities. Contrary to a widespread belief among western environmentalists, these conflicts don’t ... > full story
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  Hunting for Meat Impacts on Rainforest, Fruit Tree Seed Dispersal

  March 20, 2013 — Hunting for meat in the African rainforests has halved the number of primates. However, the hunting also has other negative consequences. The decline in the number of primates causes a reduction in ... > full story
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  For Polar Bears, It's Survival of the Fattest

  March 19, 2013 — One of the most southerly populations of polar bears in the world – and the best studied – is struggling to cope with climate-induced changes to sea ice, new research reveals. Based on ... > full story
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  Scientists Discover Reasons Behind Snakes' 'Shrinking Heads'

  March 19, 2013 — Scientists have uncovered how some sea snakes have developed 'shrunken heads' -- or smaller physical features than their related ... > full story
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  'Kill Bill' Character Inspires the Name of a New Parasitoid Wasp Species

  March 19, 2013 — Three new parasitoid wasp species from the genus Cystomastacoides have been described from Thailand and Papua New Guinea. A character from Tarantino's "Kill Bill", a supernatural murder mystery ... > full story
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  Enigmatic Giant Squid Is Same Species in All Oceans of the Planet, DNA Studies Show

  March 19, 2013 — The giant squid is one of the most enigmatic animals on the planet. It is extremely rarely seen, except as the remains of animals that have been washed ashore, and placed in the formalin or ethanol ... > full story
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  Adoption and Risk Management in Fish: How Cichlids Prevent Their Young from Being Eaten

  March 19, 2013 — For a variety of reasons, many humans choose to adopt children.  More surprisingly, adoption is fairly widespread in the animal kingdom, even though it would seem to counteract the basic premise ... > full story

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