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Surprising Discovery: Multicellular Response Is 'All For One'
It has been widely assumed
that, in single-celled
organisms, each cell
perceives its environment --
and responds to stress
conditions -- individually.
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When Bears Steal Human Food, Mom's Not To Blame
Researchers from the
Wildlife Conservation
Society found that the black
bears that become habituated
to human food and garbage
may not be learning these
... > full story
'Early Birds' Adapt To Climate Change
Individual birds can adjust
their behavior to take
climate change in their
stride, according to a study
by scientists from the
University of Oxford. A
study of the great tit
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Birds Can Tell If You Are Watching Them -- Because They Are Watching You
In humans, the eyes are said
to be the 'window to the
soul,' conveying much about
a person's emotions and
intentions. New research
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New Reason For Bee Hive Collapse: Ecologists Tease Out Private Lives Of Plants And Their Pollinators
May 6, 2008 — The quality of pollen a plant produces is closely tied to its sexual habits, ecologists have discovered. As well as helping explain the evolution of such intimate relationships between plants and ... > full story -
Roaring Bats: New Scientific Results Show Bats Emitting More Decibels Than A Rock Concert
May 3, 2008 — Researchers studying the echolocation behavior in bats have discovered that the diminutive flying mammals emit exceptionally loud sounds -- louder than any known animal in ... > full story -
Young Songbirds Babble Before They Learn To Sing
May 3, 2008 — Young songbirds babble before they can mimic an adult's song, much like their human counterparts. Now, in work that offers insights into how birds -- and perhaps people -- learn new behaviors, ... > full story -
Male Seahorses Are Nature's Mr. Mom, Researchers Say
May 2, 2008 — Male seahorses are nature's real-life Mr. Moms -- they take fathering to a whole new level: pregnancy. Although it is common for male fish to play the dominant parenting role, male pregnancy is a ... > full story -
You Just Move Like A Mouse, Or Do So Abnormally Like A Mutant Mouse
May 1, 2008 — A new holistic approach to assess model behavior has been proposed and evaluated by researchers at the University of Tokyo and Osaka Bioscience Institute. The lifestyle of the mouse has been ... > full story -
Marriage Crises In Blue Tits Are Probably Caused By Other Females
April 29, 2008 — Divorce is widespread, not only in humans, but also in socially monogamous birds like the blue tit. Behavioural ecologists have found divorce rates of up to 50% in a long-term study of this species. ... > full story -
Critically Endangered Seabirds Not Finding Mates
April 29, 2008 — A study into one of the world's rarest seabirds provides knowledge that could help avoid extinction. Molecular analysis of the Critically Endangered Magenta Petrel Pterodroma magentae (also known as ... > full story -
Birds Can Detect Predators Using Smell
April 28, 2008 — Many animal species detect and avoid predators by smell, but this ability has been largely overlooked in the study of birds, since it was traditionally thought that they did not make use of this ... > full story -
How Animals Identify Each Other: Insights Into How The Nervous System Processes Sensory Information
April 28, 2008 — The results of large-scale imaging experiments examining how social signals are represented in the sensory system have just been published. Working with a newly-developed line of transgenic mice that ... > full story -
Study Breaks Ground In Revealing How Neurons Generate Movement
April 25, 2008 — When the eye tracks a bird's flight across the sky, the visual experience is normally smooth, without interruption. But underlying this behavior is a complex coordination of neurons that has remained ... > full story
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