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Why Israeli Rodents Are More Cautious Than Jordanian Ones
Rodent, reptile and ant lion
species behave differently
on either side of the
Israel-Jordan border.
Researchers found that
Israeli gerbils are more
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Decline in Russian Tigers Renews Calls to End All Trade in Tiger Parts
A shocking decline in the
Russian Federation's wild
tiger population highlights
the importance of
eliminating trade in and
... > full story
Penguins and Sea Lions Help Produce New Atlas
Recording hundreds of
thousands of individual
uplinks from satellite
transmitters fitted on
penguins, albatrosses, sea
lions, and other marine
animals, the Wildlife
... > full story
Africa's Rarest Monkey Had an Intriguing Sexual Past, DNA Study Confirms
The most extensive DNA study
to-date of Africa's rarest
monkey reveals that the
species had an intriguing
sexual past. Of the last two
... > full story
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The Evolution of Bat Migration
November 18, 2009 — Not just birds, but also a few species of bats face a long journey every year. Researchers have studied the migratory behavior of the largest extant family of bats, the so-called ... > full story -
Device Enables World's First Voluntary Gorilla Blood Pressure Reading
November 13, 2009 — Zoo Atlanta recently became the first zoological institution in the world to obtain voluntary blood pressure readings from a gorilla. This was made possible by the Gorilla Tough Cuff developed by ... > full story -
Bizarre Lives of Bone-Eating Worms
November 12, 2009 — It sounds like a classic horror story -- eyeless, mouthless worms lurk in the dark, settling onto dead animals and sending out green "roots" to devour their bones. In fact, such worms do exist in the ... > full story -
Skunk's Strategy Not Just Black And White
November 11, 2009 — Predators with experience of skunks avoid them both because of their black-and-white coloration and their distinctive body shape, a new study has ... > full story -
Discovery Of The Oldest European Marsupial In Southwest France
November 9, 2009 — Remains of one of the oldest known marsupials have been recovered in Charente-Maritime, France, by palaeontologists. This discovery raises a new hypothesis about the dispersal route of the earliest ... > full story -
Male Sabertoothed Cats Were Pussycats Compared To Macho Lions
November 6, 2009 — Despite their fearsome fangs, male sabertoothed cats may have been less aggressive than many of their feline cousins, says a new study of male-female size differences in extinct big ... > full story -
Domestic Horse Genome Sequenced
November 5, 2009 — Scientists have decoded the genome of the domestic horse, revealing a genome structure with remarkable similarities to humans and more than one million genetic differences across a variety of horse ... > full story -
New Insights Into Australia's Unique Platypus
November 4, 2009 — New insights into the biology of the platypus and echidna have been published, providing a collection of unique research data about the world's only ... > full story -
First Draft Of The Pig: Researchers Sequence Swine Genome
November 4, 2009 — A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine, conservation and ... > full story -
Notorious 'Man-Eating' Lions Of Tsavo Likely Ate About 35 People Not 135, Scientists Say
November 3, 2009 — The legendary "man-eating lions of Tsavo" that terrorized a railroad camp in Kenya more than a century ago likely consumed about 35 people -- far fewer than popular estimates of 135 victims, ... > full story
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