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Vaterite: Crystal Within a Crystal Helps Resolve an Old Puzzle
April 25, 2013 — With the help of a solitary sea squirt, scientists have resolved the longstanding puzzle of the crystal structure of vaterite, an enigmatic geologic mineral and ... > full story -
Why Do Guppies Jump?
April 25, 2013 — Pet guppies often jump out of their tanks. One such accident inspired a new study which reveals how guppies are able to jump so far, and suggests why they do ... > full story -
Gene Networks in Brains of Deceased Patients Reveal Potential Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease
April 25, 2013 — Most information about the cause of Alzheimer's is based on studies from animal models. Now, a study examines the brain tissue of deceased human patients and sheds light on dysfunctions in molecular ... > full story -
Museum Find Proves Exotic ‘big Cat’ Prowled British Countryside a Century Ago
April 24, 2013 — The rediscovery of a mystery animal in a museum’s underground storeroom proves that a non-native ‘big cat’ prowled the British countryside at the turn of the last century. The ... > full story -
Body Size Conveyed by Voice Determines Vocal Attractiveness
April 24, 2013 — Deep male voices and high-pitched female voices are perceived as more attractive because listeners gauge the speaker's body size from the frequency of their voice, according to new ... > full story -
Biogeographic Barrier That Protects Australia from Avian Flu Does Not Stop Nipah Virus
April 24, 2013 — An invisible barrier separates land animals in Australia from those in south-east Asia may also restrict the spillover of animal-borne diseases like avian flu, but researchers have found that fruit ... > full story -
Mammal and Bug Food Co-Op in the High Arctic
April 24, 2013 — Who would have thought that two very different species, a small insect and a furry alpine mammal, would develop a shared food arrangement in the far ... > full story -
Humans Passing Drug Resistance to Wildlife in Protected Areas in Africa
April 24, 2013 — Researchers have discovered that humans are passing antibiotic resistance to wildlife, especially in protected areas where numbers of humans are limited. In the case of banded mongoose in a Botswana ... > full story -
Deep, Permeable Soils Buffer Impacts of Crop Fertilizer on Amazon Streams
April 24, 2013 — A new study in the fast-changing southern Amazon -- a region marked by widespread replacement of native forest by cattle ranches and croplands -- suggests that some of the damaging impacts of ... > full story -
Tinkerbella Nana: A New Representative from the World of Fairyflies
April 24, 2013 — A new genus and species of fairyfly, Tinkerbella nana (Mymaridae), is described from Costa Rica. It is compared with the related species Kikiki huna Beardsley and Huber, which holds the record for ... > full story
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