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Snakes, Salamanders And Other Creatures Thrive In Areas With Higher Deer Populations
October 20, 2008 — Reducing the number of deer in forests and parks may unexpectedly reduce the number of reptiles, amphibians and insects in that area, new research suggests. A recent study found that higher deer ... > full story -
Female Spiders Eat Small Males When They Mate
September 10, 2008 — A number of hypotheses have been proposed for why females eat males before or after mating. After looking at a wide range of data, researchers found that sexual cannibalism may not be a complex ... > full story -
Spiders and Ticks
Animals
Insects (including Butterflies)
Mating and Breeding
Agriculture and Food
Behavioral Science
Artificial Meadows And Robot Spiders Reveal Secret Life Of Bees
September 2, 2008 — Many animals learn to avoid being eaten by predators. Now ecologists have discovered that bumblebees can even learn to outwit color-changing crab spiders. Bumblebees learn to avoid camouflaged ... > full story -
Capturing Deer Safely With Minimal Trauma Using New Apparatus
August 7, 2008 — A new portable device allows researchers to humanely trap deer and other wildlife as part of field studies to control ticks and other ... > full story -
Spiders Who Eat Together, Stay Together -- And Form Enormous Colony Sizes
August 6, 2008 — The ability to work together and capture larger prey has allowed social spiders to stretch the laws of nature and reach enormous colony sizes, zoologists have ... > full story -
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Lyme Disease Bacterium Came From Europe Before Ice Age
June 29, 2008 — The bacterium responsible for Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, originated in America, or so researchers thought. Now, however, scientists has shown that this bug in fact came from Europe, ... > full story -
Spiders and Ticks
Insects (including Butterflies)
Chemistry
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New Species
Tick And Mosquito Repellent Can Be Made Commercially From Pine Oil
June 29, 2008 — A naturally-occurring compound prepared from pine oil that seems to deter mosquito biting and repels two kinds of ticks has been developed. This newly-discovered repellent can be prepared ... > full story -
Spider Silk Can Be Stretchy Like Springs Or Like Rubber
May 31, 2008 — Spider silks are incredibly stretchy, but are they stretchy like elastic or springs? The answer lies in their amino acid content. Spider silks are made from proteins, and biologists have just ... > full story -
Mice Mothers Devote Energies To Offspring When Life Is Threatened
May 28, 2008 — Sick female deer mice devote their energy to producing healthier offspring. Deer mice offspring of infected mothers were bigger, meaning they are more likely to survive and reproduce. This finding ... > full story -
Family Feuds: Why Close Relatives Keep Their Distance In The Animal Kingdom
May 27, 2008 — Mammals cannot share their habitat with closely related species because the need for the same kind of food and shelter would lead them to compete to the death, according to new ... > full story
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