Category: Zoology
28 January 2013
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Video: The Smooth Moves of the Male Orb-Web Spider
A good dance can save your life
24 January 2013
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Dung Beetles Navigate by the Milky Way
They’re the first known insects guided by starlight
23 January 2013
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Diet Shaped Dog Domestication
Genomic analysis reveals that dogs and humans walked similar evolutionary paths
22 January 2013
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ScienceShot: What Birds Know About Fractal Geometry
Single number describing a partridge's feather patterns reveals its health
18 January 2013
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Slideshow: Sperm Whales Adopt Deformed Dolphin
Biologists spot rare show of benevolence amongst fierce hunters
17 January 2013
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ScienceShot: Camouflaged Quail Eggs Hide in Plain Sight
Ground-bound birds know which backgrounds make their eggs invisible to predators
16 January 2013
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The Elephant Killing Fields
Largest study to date tracks impact of poaching on African populations
16 January 2013
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ScienceShot: The Mystery of the Beaked Whales
Study reveals population decline in the elusive cetaceans
16 January 2013
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ScienceShot: Some Scorpions Turn the Light Out
Researchers find a few species that don't glow under UV light
15 January 2013
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Sloppy Barnacle Sex Shocks Scientists
Short penis no obstacle for "spermcasting" species
15 January 2013
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Sexual Cannibalism Is a Case of 'He Said, She Said'
Study finds misleading bias in the way biologists describe deadly copulations
14 January 2013
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Can Chimps Learn to Play Fair?
Study suggests that our closest relatives have a sense of equity, too
10 January 2013
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Are Crows Mind Readers ... Or Just Stressed Out?
New study suggests that the birds can indeed read each others thoughts
9 January 2013
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Video: Shark Embryos Sense Electric Fields
Even unhatched, the critters sense a threat
8 January 2013
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Aerial Acrobats: Pigeons Whoosh Through Tight Space
Studies of birds on the wing pave the way for autonomous aerial robots
4 January 2013
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ScienceShot: Meet the Amazing, Waterfall-Climbing Fish
The Nopili rock-climbing goby uses a powerful sucker to scale wet rocks
4 January 2013
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ScienceShot: Desert Elephants Trek Long Distances to Survive
Gourma pachyderms traverse 32,000 square kilometers in search of food and water
27 December 2012
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Slideshow: Virgin Birth Not So Miraculous in Animal Kingdom
A variety of animals reproduce without contribution from the other sex
21 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Comb Jelly Genome Sheds Light on ... Light
Findings may provide insight to evolution of eyes in more complex creatures
20 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Megapiranha Outchomps T. Rex
Ancient kin of today's river terrors could crush turtle shells
18 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Flying Squirrels Style Their Swoops
Recordings reveal surprising aspects of rodent flight
18 December 2012
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Orangutans Have a Big Idea
Thinking about tool use suggests similarities to human culture
14 December 2012
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Cicadas' Cycles Control Their Predators
Insects' mysterious cycle may help create a boom-bust cycle for the birds that eat them
13 December 2012
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Pee Marks the Spot
Single protein in male mouse urine makes females return to old haunts
11 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Homosexual Fish More Attractive to Females
Males increase their mating success with females by flirting with other males
11 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Lizard Named After Obama Died in Dinosaur Apocalypse
But Obamadon's successors got a postextinction bounce
10 December 2012
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Tree Rings for Lobsters
Newly discovered growth bands reveal crustacean ages for the first time
10 December 2012
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Porcupine Quills Reveal Their Prickly Secrets
Analyses could inspire improved hypodermic needles and other medical devices
7 December 2012
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Relocating Elephants Backfires
Pachyderms kill humans and themselves trying to get back home
4 December 2012
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You Eavesdroppin' on Me?
Eurasian jays change their behavior when a potential thief is watching and listening, suggesting complex thinking
3 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Drunk Maggots Make Good Students
Fruit fly larvae that imbibe alcohol over many days perform just as well as sober larvae on learning test
29 November 2012
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ScienceShot: Keeping Hammerheads Out of the Haul
Electromagnetic fields warn the sharks away from fishing lines
29 November 2012
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Crocs' Chaotic, Cracked Cranial Covering
The "scales" on a crocodile's head aren't scales at all
28 November 2012
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ScienceShot: Living in a Landscape of Fear
Elk more spooked by humans than by wolves or cougars
27 November 2012
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Video: Rolling in the Deep
Blue whales roll over to sneak up on krill
13 November 2012
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Video: I Like You When You Beat Your Tail Like That
Robot fish lures in zebrafish with a flip of its tail
6 November 2012
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Rare Whales Sighted Live in New Zealand
Species was previously known only from skeletal fragments
5 November 2012
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The Innovative Cockatoo: Figaro Invents, Makes, and Uses a Tool
Even among birds, necessity is the mother of invention
1 November 2012
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Video: Not Just Parroting Back: Alex the Parrot Knew His Numbers
Like humans, Alex understood the order and absolute values of numbers
31 October 2012
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ScienceShot: A Tree for All Birds
New tree shows birds diversified many times in many ways
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