Behavioral News

Posted April 2, 2002:

• Ambushing Prey May Make Snakes Vulnerable

Posted March 27, 2002:

• Scientists Enhance Fruit Fly Memory Using Mouse Protein: New Clue To Fundamental Brain Mechanism

Posted March 26, 2002:

• Some Animals Can Recognize Degree Of Kinship By Scent

Posted February 20, 2002:

• Social Interactions May Be Traced Back To Carnivorous Behavior

Posted February 15, 2002:

• Battle Of The Sexes Leads To A Biological Arms Race

Posted February 8, 2002:

• Predators Drive Evolution Of Virtual Prey Appearance

Posted February 1, 2002:

• Pheromones Control Sex Discrimination In Mice

Posted January 21, 2002:

• Perception Is Stored In Single Neurons, German Researchers Find

Posted January 17, 2002:

• Scientists Use Seals As "Underwater Eyes"; Technology Provides Rare Glimpse Of Rare Fish Species

Posted January 7, 2002:

• Exposing Insects' Sense Of Smell

Posted January 4, 2002:

• Mice Point To Genetic Basis For Obsessive Grooming

Posted December 10, 2001:

• A Little Larceny Comes Naturally To Northwestern Crows

Posted November 19, 2001:

• Mice With Human Protein, COX-2, Exhibit Age-Related Memory Loss, Similar To Alzheimer's Disease

Posted November 5, 2001:

• Rx For A Better Life? Get A Pet, And Do It Now

Posted October 15, 2001:

• Baboons Can Think Abstractly, In The First Study To Show That A Non-Human, Non-Ape Animal Shares A Central Aspect Of Human Intelligence

Posted October 3, 2001:

• Caterpillars Make Noise To Fend Off Intruders, Researchers Discover

Posted September 24, 2001:

• Researchers Find Enzyme Crucial To Preservation Of Memories

Posted September 17, 2001:

• Gene Transfer Enhances Pair Bonding In Monogamous Voles

Posted September 14, 2001:

• Cancer-Preventing Gene Protects Against Stress And Extends Life In Worm

Posted August 30, 2001:

• Harbor Branch Scientists To Study Predation Habits Of Jellyfish-Like Animals In Gulf Of Maine

Posted August 29, 2001:

• Whale Of A Puget Sound Problem Lures University Of Washington Researchers
• Breakthrough Mouse Produced With Both Lesions Associated With Alzheimer's

Posted August 10, 2001:

• The True Encroacher, Human Or Alligator?

Posted August 6, 2001:

• First HIV Rat Seen As Best Model For Human Studies

Posted July 30, 2001:

• Study To Assess Risk Factors Of Vessel Collisions With Endangered Northern Right Whales

Posted July 12, 2001:

• Study Shows Top Predator Makes Prey Population Vulnerable In Catastrophe
• Researchers Find That After Stopping Cocaine Use, Drug Craving Gets Stronger Over Time

Posted June 20, 2001:

• New PET Machine Will Open Door To Cancer Research

Posted June 5, 2001:

• Animal Welfare Can Now Be "Objectively" Measured

Posted May 24, 2001:

• Scientists Switch Memory Recall On And Off In Fruit Flies

Posted May 18, 2001:

• Male And Female Songbirds Show Big Learning Differences

Posted May 9, 2001:

• Neuroscientist Studies Brains Of Bizarre-Looking Mammals

Posted April 6, 2001:

• Chimeric Mice Reveal Clues To How Brain’s Clock "Ticks"

Posted March 15, 2001:

• Brain's Recuperative Powers May Be Greater Than Previously Thought

Posted March 9, 2001:

• Researchers Identify Fly Genes Governing Taste, Smell

Posted January 29, 2001:

• Fruit Fly Studies May Boost Understanding Of Cocaine Addiction

Posted January 22, 2001:

• Genomics Research Promises To Make Hogs Less Piggy

Posted December 28, 2000:

• A Gift Of Poison: Moths And Safe Sex

Posted December 11, 2000:

• Rock-Paper-Scissors, Lizard Style: Game Of Life Allows All Mating Strategies, Cornell Evolutionary Biologist Reports

Posted December 1, 2000:

• The Secret Of A Tiger's Roar

Posted November 29, 2000:

• Cats Comforted By Synthetic Chemical, Research Suggests

Posted November 20, 2000:

• Bird Brain Measurements Reveal Why Females Choose Great Singers, Cornell Neurobiologists Report: Mothers Want Brainy Babies
• When It Comes To Song, Birds Spot The Similarity And Difference

Posted November 17, 2000:

• Researchers Establish Formula For Predicting Predator-Prey Populations

Posted November 16, 2000:

• Monkeys Control A Robot Arm Via Brain Signals

Posted November 13, 2000:

• When It Comes To Song, Birds Spot The Similarity And Difference

Posted November 9, 2000:

• Promiscuity May Be Key Factor In Immune System Evolution, Study Suggests

Posted November 7, 2000:

• Suspect List Shortens For Maternal Aggression's Brain Origins

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