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Pest Uses Plant Hairs for Protection: Trichomes Save Insect from Beetle Predation
February 6, 2013 — Guam cycads' hairy problem allows invasive insect to flourish. Everyone needs to eat. But it's a dog-eat-dog world, and with the exception of the top predators, everyone also gets eaten. To cope with ... > full story -
Evidence Moles Can Smell in Stereo
February 5, 2013 — Neuroscientists have performed a series of tests that shows definitively that the common mole uses stereo sniffing to locate its ... > full story -
Caring for Dogs to Reduce Spread of Parasite Eggs Harmful to Humans
February 5, 2013 — New research has shown that dogs act as a major source of the parasite egg, Toxocara, which can potentially contaminate the public environment and infect ... > full story -
Klondike, Puppy Born from a Frozen Embryo, Fetches Good News for Endangered Animals
February 5, 2013 — Meet Klondike, the western hemisphere's first puppy born from a frozen embryo. He's a beagle-Labrador retriever mix, and although neither of those breeds are endangered, Klondike's very existence is ... > full story -
Misconceptions About a Popular Pet Treat
January 28, 2013 — A popular dog treat, the "bully stick," could be adding more calories than pet owners realize, and possibly be contaminated by bacteria, according to a new ... > full story -
Why Wolves Are Forever Wild, but Dogs Can Be Tamed
January 17, 2013 — An evolutionary biologist suggests the different behaviors are related to the animals' earliest sensory experiences and the critical period of ... > full story -
Italian Wolves Prefer Pork to Venison
December 20, 2012 — Some European wolves have a distinct preference for wild boar over other prey, according to new research. Scientists found that the diet of wolves was consistently dominated by the consumption of ... > full story -
Bugs in the Christmas Tree
December 18, 2012 — Your Christmas tree may be adorned with lights and glitter. But 25,000 insects, mites, and spiders are sound asleep inside the ... > full story -
Dogs Can Help Wake Sleepy Patients on Public Transport
December 13, 2012 — Researchers in Belgium show in a new article how dogs can help patients with severe sleep ... > full story -
Dogs Can Accurately Sniff out 'Superbug' Infections
December 13, 2012 — Dogs can sniff out Clostridium difficile (the infective agent that is responsible for many of the dreaded "hospital acquired infections") in stool samples and even in the air surrounding patients in ... > full story
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