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Sahara Olive Tree: Genetic Heritage to Be Preserved
May 3, 2013 — The Saharan cousin of Mediterranean olive trees remains largely unknown. However, this subspecies (called the Laperinne's olive tree) is of great interest for several reasons. Researchers have shown ... > full story -
Primate Hibernation More Common Than Previously Thought
May 2, 2013 — Until recently, the only primate known to hibernate as a survival strategy was a creature called the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur, a tropical tree-dweller from the African island of Madagascar. But ... > full story -
Is the Humble Fig More Than Just a Fruit?
May 2, 2013 — Figs and fig trees are familiar to a wide cross-section of human society, both as a common food and for their spiritual importance. What is less well understood is the global nature of this ... > full story -
A Beautiful Species of Tree Iguana Redescribed 179 Years After Its Discovery
April 23, 2013 — The tree iguana, Liolaemus nigromaculatus, was the second species of the genus Liolaemus to be described and the nominal species of the group nigromaculatus. However, since its description, no ... > full story -
Ant Family Tree Constructed: Confirms Date of Evolutionary Origin, Underscores Importance of Neotropics
April 22, 2013 — Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the higher species numbers in the tropics, but these hypotheses have never been tested for the ants, which are one of the most ecologically and ... > full story -
Something's Fishy in the Tree of Life: Largest and Most Comprehensive Studies of Fish Phylogeny
April 19, 2013 — A team of scientists has dramatically increased our understanding of fish evolution and their relationships. The group integrated extensive genetic and physical information about specimens to create ... > full story -
Neural Activity in Bats Measured in-Flight
April 18, 2013 — Scientists have, for the first time, measured the activity of place cells in the brains of bats as they navigated in three-dimensional ... > full story -
Frog-Like Robot Will Help Surgeons
April 17, 2013 — Researchers are using the feet of tree frogs as a model for a tiny robot designed to crawl inside patients' bodies during keyhole ... > full story -
Tulip Tree Reveals Mitochondrial Genome of Ancestral Flowering Plant
April 15, 2013 — The extraordinary level of conservation of the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) mitochondrial genome has redefined our interpretation of evolution of the angiosperms (flowering plants). This ... > full story -
Maya Long Count Calendar Calibrated to Modern European Calendar Using Carbon-14 Dating
April 11, 2013 — The Maya are famous for their complex, intertwined calendric systems, and now one calendar, the Maya Long Count, is empirically calibrated to the modern European calendar, according to an ... > full story
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