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Low Rainfall and Extreme Temperatures Double Risk of Baby Elephant Deaths
February 4, 2013 — Extremes of temperature and rainfall are affecting the survival of elephants working in timber camps in Myanmar and can double the risk of death in calves aged up to five, new research has ... > full story -
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Designer Babies May Explain Insect Sociality
February 3, 2013 — Being able to choose the sex of their babies may be the key to the complex societies built by ants, bees, and wasps, according to ... > full story -
Invasion of Feral Cats Could See the End of a Seabird Endemic to the Mediterranean
February 1, 2013 — The population of Yelkouan Shearwater of the French island of Le Levant is seriously under threat due to the invasion of feral cats, according to a French and Spanish joint study. The archipelago is ... > full story -
Genome Shows Mutant Gene Gives Pigeons Fancy Hairdos
January 31, 2013 — Researchers have decoded the genetic blueprint of the rock pigeon, unlocking secrets about pigeons' Middle East origins, feral pigeons' kinship with escaped racing birds, and how mutations give ... > full story -
Disease Not a Factor in Tasmanian Tiger Extinction; Humans to Blame for Demise of Extinct Australian Predator
January 31, 2013 — Humans alone were responsible for the demise of Australia's iconic extinct native predator, the Tasmanian Tiger or thylacine, a new study has ... > full story -
24 New Species of Flower Fly Have Been Found in Central and Southern America
January 31, 2013 — Scientists have described twenty four new species of dipterans belonging to Quichuana genus, of which only a further 24 species were known. The researchers have been studying the forests of Central ... > full story -
Vultures Foraging Far and Wide Face a Poisonous Future
January 30, 2013 — African vultures face an increasing risk of fatal poisoning, according to new ... > full story -
Leading by the Nose: Star-Nosed Mole Reveals How Mammals Perceive Touch, Pain
January 30, 2013 — The most sensitive patch of mammalian skin known to us isn't human but on the star-shaped tip of the star-nosed mole's snout. Researchers studying this organ have found that the star has a higher ... > full story -
In Beef Production, Cow-Calf Phase Contributes Most Greenhouse Gases
January 30, 2013 — A new study shows that nursing cows are a major source of methane in beef production. By better understanding cattle nutrition and methane emissions, the beef industry could reduce environmental ... > full story -
Real Angry Birds 'Flip the Bird' Before a Fight: Biologists Use Robots to Study Attacks of Male Swamp Sparrows
January 29, 2013 — Male sparrows are capable of fighting to the death. But a new study shows that they often wave their wings wildly first in an attempt to avoid a dangerous ... > full story
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