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Virtual Reality Allows Researchers to Measure Fish Brain Activity During Behavior at Unprecedented Resolution
May 9, 2012 — Researchers have developed a new technique which allows them to measure brain activity in large populations of nerve cells at the resolution of individual cells. The technique has been developed in ... > full story -
Bird Color Variations Speed Up Evolution
May 9, 2012 — Researchers have found that bird species with multiple plumage color forms within in the same population, evolve into new species faster than those with only one color form, confirming a 60-year-old ... > full story -
Encyclopedia of Life Reaches Historic One Million Species Pages Milestone
May 9, 2012 — The Encyclopedia of Life has surged past one million pages of content with the addition of hundreds of thousands of new images and specimen data. Launched in 2007 with the support of leading ... > full story -
Built-in Ear Plugs: Whales May Turn Down Their Hearing Sensitivity When Warned of an Impending Loud Noise
May 8, 2012 — Toothed whales navigate through sometimes dark and murky waters by emitting clicks and then interpreting the pattern of sound that bounces back. The animals’ hearing can pick up faint echoes, ... > full story -
Weed-Eating Fish 'Help Protect Jobs, Livelihoods'
May 8, 2012 — Jobs, livelihoods and ecotourism industries can benefit from having a diverse supply of weed-eating fish on the world's coral reefs, marine researchers say. Despite their small size, relative to the ... > full story -
Taking America's Rarest Snake Back to the Woods
May 7, 2012 — Biologists have released seven young Louisiana pine snakes on a restored longleaf pine stand in the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. The release is the fourth in two years, part of a plan to ... > full story -
Mystery of the Domestication of the Horse Solved: Competing Theories Reconciled
May 7, 2012 — New research indicates that domestic horses originated in the steppes of modern-day Ukraine, southwest Russia and west Kazakhstan, mixing with local wild stocks as they spread throughout Europe and ... > full story -
Slaughtering Animals Without Prior Stunning Should Be Curbed, If Not Banned, Professor Urges
May 5, 2012 — The slaughter of animals for commercial meat supply without stunning them first should at the very least be curbed, if not banned, concludes a former president of the British Veterinary Association ... > full story -
Early Spring Means More Bat Girls
May 4, 2012 — A study on bats suggests that bats produce twice as many female babies as male ones in years when spring comes ... > full story -
Less Is More, for Female Cowbirds: Findings Contradict Sexual Selection Theory
May 4, 2012 — More modest male displays attract the females when it comes to brown-headed cowbirds, contrary to sexual selection theory, according to new research. While sexual selection theory predicts that ... > full story -
Light Touch Keeps a Grip on Delicate Nanoparticles
May 4, 2012 — Using a refined technique for trapping and manipulating nanoparticles, researchers have extended the trapped particles' useful life more than tenfold. This new approach, which one researcher likens ... > full story -
Protein Signal Is Crucial for Accurate Control of Insect Size
May 4, 2012 — Two independent groups of researchers have identified a hormone that is responsible for keeping the growth and development of insects on track. The results suggest that Dilp8 provides an important ... > full story
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