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Hunt for Superbugs in Australian Animals
October 30, 2012 — Scientists are hunting for so-called 'superbugs' in Australian livestock and ... > full story -
Honeybees Harbor Antibiotic-Resistance Genes
October 30, 2012 — Bacteria in the guts of honeybees are highly resistant to the antibiotic tetracycline, probably as a result of decades of preventive antibiotic use in domesticated hives. Researchers have identified ... > full story -
New Study Sheds Light on How and When Vision Evolved
October 29, 2012 — Opsins, the light-sensitive proteins key to vision, may have evolved earlier and undergone fewer genetic changes than previously believed, according to a new ... > full story -
Mass Extinction Study Provides Lessons for Modern World
October 29, 2012 — The Cretaceous Period of Earth history ended with a mass extinction that wiped out numerous species, most famously the dinosaurs. A new study now finds that the structure of North American ecosystems ... > full story -
Neurotransmitters Linked to Mating Behavior Are Shared by Mammals and Worms
October 29, 2012 — When it comes to sex, animals of all shapes and sizes tend behave in predictable ways. There may be a chemical reason for that. New research has shown that chemicals in the brain -- neuropeptides ... > full story -
Where Does a 500-Pound Sea Lion Spit?
October 29, 2012 — One expert sees studying zoo animals as a perfect opportunity to continue his groundbreaking research on how saliva can signal stress, health risks, and illness in the human body, and apply this ... > full story -
Infrared Vision in a Cichlid Fish
October 29, 2012 — Biologists have discovered that the cichlid fish can see in the near infrared range; this was thought to be unlikely until now. Seeing in the infrared range is apparently helping fish to hunt in ... > full story -
Fruit Flies Bred Without Neurobeachin Protein to Facilitate Study of Nervous System Diseases in Humans
October 29, 2012 — Scientists have bred fruit flies for first time without neurobeachin protein to facilitate the study of nervous system diseases in ... > full story -
Primates' Brains Make Visual Maps Using Triangular Grids
October 28, 2012 — Scientists have identified grid cells, neurons that fire in repeating triangular patterns as the eyes explore visual scenes, in the brains of rhesus monkeys. This is the first time grid cells have ... > full story -
Hermit Crabs Socialize to Evict Their Neighbors
October 26, 2012 — Social animals usually congregate for protection or mating or to capture bigger prey, but a biologist has found that the terrestrial hermit crab has a more self-serving social agenda: to kick another ... > full story
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