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Pumpkins and Cucumbers: New Checklist Brings Information About Cucurbitaceae Up to Date
March 11, 2013 — In 2010, it was shown that melons and cucumbers can be traced back to India. Because of the importance of the region for an understanding of Cucurbitaceae evolution and diversity, a new checklist of ... > full story -
Researchers Develop Tools for Discovering New Species
March 11, 2013 — For hundreds of years, naturalists and scientists have identified new species based on an organism's visible differences. But now, new genetic techniques are revealing that different species can show ... > full story -
New Fish Species Described from the Streams of Manyas Lake Basin, Turkey
March 8, 2013 — A new fish species, Alburnoides manyasensis, has been described from the Koca Stream drainage of Lake Manyas, Marmara Sea basin in Anatolia and is currently associated with only this specific ... > full story -
A New Cryptic Spider Species from Africa
March 7, 2013 — A revision of the cryptic, ground-dwelling spider genus Copa for the continental Afrotropical Region adds a new species to the genus, but altogether reduces the number of species in the region from ... > full story -
How Birds of Different Feathers Flock Together
March 7, 2013 — When different species of birds flock together, their flight formations are determined by social dynamics both between and within ... > full story -
Bats Not Bothered by Forest Fires, Study Finds
March 6, 2013 — A survey of bat activity in burned and unburned areas after a major wildfire in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains found no evidence of detrimental effects on bats one year after the fire. The ... > full story -
New Fossils of Crocodilian, Hippo-Like Species from Panama
March 5, 2013 — Paleontologists have discovered remarkably well-preserved fossils of two crocodilians and a mammal previously unknown to science during recent Panama Canal excavations that began in ... > full storyMore: -
Ancient DNA Solves 320-Year-Old Mystery: Origins of Now Extinct Falkland Islands Wolf
March 5, 2013 — Researchers have found the answer to one of natural history's most intriguing puzzles -- the origins of the now extinct Falkland Islands wolf and how it came to be the only land-based mammal on the ... > full story -
Viruses: More Survival Tricks Than Previously Thought
March 5, 2013 — Among eukaryotes with modified nuclear genetic codes, viruses are unknown. Until now it had been believed that the modifications to the genetic code effectively prevented new viral infections. ... > full story -
One Law to Rule Them All: Sizes Within a Species Appear to Follow a Universal Distribution
March 4, 2013 — Biologists have discovered what might be a universal property of size distributions in living systems. If valid throughout the animal kingdom, it could have profound implications on how we understand ... > full story
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