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Rising Seas Caused by Glacial Melting Linked to Caribbean 'Extinction' of Bats
November 7, 2012 — Most species loss in Bahamas and Greater Antilles have been explained by loss of land ... > full story -
City Birds Adapt to Their New Predators
November 7, 2012 — Urban growth alters the behavior of birds. Faced with the same threat, city and country birds do not react in the same way despite being from the same species. According to a new study, urban birds ... > full story -
Saber-Toothed Cats and Bear Dogs: How They Made Cohabitation Work
November 6, 2012 — The fossilized fangs of saber-toothed cats hold clues to how the extinct mammals shared space and food with other large predators 9 million years ... > full story -
How Underground Rodent Wards Off Cancer: Second Mole Rat Species Has Different Mechanism for Resisting Cancer
November 5, 2012 — Biologists have determined how blind mole rats fight off cancer -- and the mechanism differs from what they discovered three years ago in another long-lived and cancer-resistant mole rat species, the ... > full story -
Warming Temperatures Cause Aquatic Animals to Shrink the Most
November 5, 2012 — Warmer temperatures cause greater reduction in the adult sizes of aquatic animals than in land-dwellers in a new ... > full story -
Vaccine to Help Prevent Deadly Hendra Virus
November 5, 2012 — A scientific discovery has led to the development of a vaccine to aid in the prevention of the deadly Hendra virus. On Nov. 1, Pfizer Animal Health announced that the new vaccine, called Equivac® ... > full story -
World's Rarest Whale Seen for the First Time
November 5, 2012 — A whale that is almost unknown to science has been seen for the first time after two individuals -- a mother and her male calf -- were stranded and died on a New Zealand beach. A new report offers ... > full story -
Tiger Mosquito, Vector of Chikungunya Virus and Dengue Fever, Is More Flighty Than First Thought
November 5, 2012 — Female tiger mosquitoes, vectors of the chikungunya virus and of dengue fever, had been thought to mate only once during their short few weeks of life. They are apparently much less faithful than ... > full story -
Young Birds Can Get 'Drunk' on Fermented Berries: Effects Similar to Those for People, Only Drunk Birds Have Much Further to Fall
November 2, 2012 — Young birds can get "drunk" on fermented berries and exhibit all the symptoms familiar to people who overindulge, indicates a small ... > full story -
Were Dinosaurs Destined to Be Big? Testing Cope's Rule
November 2, 2012 — In the evolutionary long run, small critters tend to evolve into bigger beasts -- at least according to the idea attributed to paleontologist Edward Cope, now known as Cope's Rule. Using the latest ... > full story
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