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Turtles' Mating Habits Protect Against Effects of Climate Change
January 24, 2012 — The mating habits of marine turtles may help to protect them against the effects of climate change. The study shows how the mating patterns of a population of endangered green turtles may be helping ... > full story -
Snakes Improve Search-and-Rescue Robots: New Design Uses Less Energy
January 19, 2012 — Researchers have studied the movements of snakes to create more efficient search-and-rescue ... > full story -
Inventory Lists 19,232 Newly Discovered Species During Latest Count
January 18, 2012 — More than half of the 19,232 species newly known to science in 2009, the most recent calendar year of compilation, were insects -- 9,738 or 50.6 percent -- according to the 2011 State of Observed ... > full story -
Extremely Rare Turtle Is Released Into the Wild
January 18, 2012 — Biologists have successfully released a Southern River terrapin (Batagur affinis) – one of the most endangered turtles on Earth – into the Sre Ambel River in ... > full story -
World's Smallest Vertebrate: Tiny Frogs Discovered in New Guinea
January 11, 2012 — Biologists just discovered two new species of frogs in New Guinea, one of which is now the world's tiniest known vertebrate, averaging only 7.7 millimeters in size -- less than one-third of an inch. ... > full story -
New 'Horned' Snake Species Discovered
January 9, 2012 — Biologists have announced the discovery of a spectacularly colored snake from a remote area of Tanzania in East ... > full story -
Salt Water Alone Unlikely to Halt Burmese Python Invasion
January 4, 2012 — Invasive Burmese python hatchlings from the Florida Everglades can withstand exposure to salt water long enough to potentially expand their range through ocean and estuarine ... > full story -
Leaping Lizards and Dinosaurs Inspire Robot Design
January 4, 2012 — A new study of how lizards use their tails when leaping through the trees shows that they swing the tail upward to avoid pitching forward after a stumble. Theropod dinosaurs -- the ancestors of birds ... > full story -
I Know Something You Don't Know! Wild Chimpanzees Inform Ignorant Group Members of Danger
December 29, 2011 — Many animals produce alarm calls to predators, and do this more often when kin or mates are present than other audience members. So far, however, there has been no evidence that they take the other ... > full story -
Frogs Use Calls to Find Mates With Matching Chromosomes; Tree Frogs That Look Similar Hear Chromosome Difference in Calls
December 27, 2011 — When it comes to love songs, female tree frogs are pretty picky. According to a new study, certain female tree frogs may be remarkably attuned to the songs of mates who share the same number of ... > full story
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