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  Protected Wildlife Areas Are 'Welcome Mats' for UK's Bird Newcomers

  April 10, 2013 — A new study shows that bird species which have colonized the UK in recent decades breed initially almost exclusively in nature reserves and other areas specially protected for ... > full story
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  Unusual Anal Fin Offers New Insight Into Evolution

  April 10, 2013 — An unusual fossil fish that has fins behind its anus could have implications for human ... > full story
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  Snowflakes Falling on Cameras: What Snow Looks Like in Midair

  April 10, 2013 — University of Utah researchers developed a high-speed camera system that spent the past two winters photographing snowflakes in 3-D as they fell – and they don’t look much like those ... > full story
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  Moa's Ark: Why the Female Giant Moa Was About Twice the Size of the Male

  April 9, 2013 — The evolutionary reason for the massive difference in size between male and female giant moa -- the extinct giant birds of New Zealand -- has been revealed for the first ... > full story
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  Bean Leaves Can Trap Bedbugs, Researchers Find

  April 9, 2013 — Inspired by a traditional Balkan bedbug remedy, researchers have documented how microscopic hairs on kidney bean leaves effectively stab and trap the biting insects. Scientists are now developing ... > full story
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  Genetics of Life and Death in an Evolutionary Arms-Race

  April 9, 2013 — Scientists have found evidence of the genetic basis of the evolutionary arms-race between parasitoids and their aphid ... > full story
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  Surf's Up: Turbulence Tells Sea Urchins to Settle Down

  April 9, 2013 — Tumbling in the waves as they hit a rocky shore tells purple sea urchin larvae it's time to settle down and look for a spot to grow into an adult, researchers at have ... > full story
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  Measuring Microbes Makes Wetland Health Monitoring More Affordable, Says Researcher

  April 9, 2013 — Tiny, unseen wetland creatures provided crucial indicators of the ecosystems' health in a new study. Using analysis of the microbiological health of wetlands is cheaper and faster than traditional ... > full story
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  System Provides Clear Brain Scans of Awake, Unrestrained Mice

  April 9, 2013 — Researchers have shown that the AwakeSPECT system can obtain detailed, functional images of the brain of a freely moving, conscious ... > full story
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  Scientists Seek Sea Urchin's Secret to Surviving Ocean Acidification

  April 9, 2013 — Ocean research reveals rapid evolutionary adaptations to a changing climate. Genetic variation is the key to this ability to deal with higher ... > full story

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