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  Midwestern Frogs Decline, Mammal Populations Altered by Invasive Plant, Studies Reveal

  May 1, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a new culprit contributing to amphibian decline and altered mammal distribution throughout the Midwest region -- the invasive plant European ... > full story
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  Bird Fossil Sheds Light on How Swift and Hummingbird Flight Came to Be

  May 1, 2013 — A tiny bird fossil discovered in Wyoming offers clues to the precursors of swift and hummingbird wings. The fossil is unusual in having exceptionally well-preserved feathers, which allowed the ... > full story
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  Behavior of Seabirds During Migration Revealed

  April 30, 2013 — The behavior of seabirds during migration -- including patterns of foraging, rest and flight -- has been revealed in new detail using novel computational analyses and tracking ... > full story
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  Sea Turtles Benefiting from Protected Areas

  April 29, 2013 — Nesting green sea turtles are benefiting from marine protected areas by using habitats found within their boundaries, according to a new study that is the first to track the federally protected ... > full story
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  Bird Navigation: Great Balls of Iron

  April 26, 2013 — Every year millions of birds make heroic journeys guided by the earth’s magnetic field. How they detect magnetic fields has puzzled scientists for decades. Today, biologists have added some ... > full story
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  Ecology Buys Time for Evolution: Climate Change Disrupts Songbird's Timing Without Impacting Population Size (Yet)

  April 25, 2013 — Songbird populations can handle far more disrupting climate change than expected. Density-dependent processes are buying them time for their battle. But without (slow) evolutionary rescue it will not ... > full story
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  Peculiar Life History of Middle American Stenamma Ants

  April 25, 2013 — A recent revision of the Middle American clade of the ant genus Stenamma provides the description of 40 species, 33 of which are recognized as new to science. The extensive study provides the first ... > full story
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  Counting on Black Crows to Help Us Adapt to Stressful Situations

  April 23, 2013 — It’s hard not to catch sight of at least one black crow in the pursuit of our daily lives. For most of us, however, that is where the interaction ends. For one professor that single sighting is ... > full story
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  Fish Was on the Menu for Early Flying Dinosaur

  April 22, 2013 — New research reveals that Microraptor, a small flying dinosaur, was a complete hunter -- able to swoop down and pick up ... > full story
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  Combating H7N9: Using Lessons Learned from Recent Studies on H5N1

  April 22, 2013 — Researchers have developed a series of messages for policy makers that are highly relevant to the current ... > full story

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