Category: Zoology
31 August 2012
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Microbe-Free Beaches, Thanks to Dogs
Canine patrols can cut down on harmful bacteria from seagull poop
29 August 2012
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Hungry Monkeys Not Living Longer
Countering previous study, a new paper suggests that an austere diet doesn't prolong survival in primates
28 August 2012
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Chimps' Answer to Einstein
Apes have their geniuses, too
27 August 2012
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ScienceShot: No Justice for Chimps
Apes don't punish those who steal from others
21 August 2012
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ScienceShot: Cats Don't Cause Cancer
Study finds no link between brain cancer and feline companionship
17 August 2012
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ScienceShot: Giant-Clawed Spider Is a 'Cave Robber'
Unusual new species may be a fierce predator
15 August 2012
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Birdsong Not Music, After All
It may sound melodic, but the stats suggest otherwise
13 August 2012
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Generation Gaps Suggest Ancient Human-Ape Split
The ancestors of today’s humans and chimpanzees may have diverged millions of years earlier than thought
10 August 2012
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Changing Bodies but Not Personalities
Even after metamorphosis, frogs retain the character traits of their tadpole days
9 August 2012
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ScienceShot: New Species Discovered, Thanks to Flickr
Insect serendipitously spotted by entomologist browsing online photo site
9 August 2012
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ScienceShot: It Pays to Stay Up All Night
The less sleep male sandpipers get, the more offspring they sire
8 August 2012
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What Gets Geckos Unglued
Study reveals way to overcome lizard’s stickiness
8 August 2012
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The Taming of the Turkey
Ancient turkey bones found in Maya temple point to early trade and domestication
2 August 2012
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What Makes Bat Viruses So Deadly?
Newly identified virus may provide clues to why only certain viruses cause serious illness in humans
2 August 2012
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An Elephant's Silent Call
Vibrating vocal folds allow creatures to produce low-frequency sounds
2 August 2012
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ScienceShot: Human Teeth as Hard as Shark Teeth
Though composed of different materials, the chompers of both species are equally tough
1 August 2012
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Yes, Fish Get Skin Cancer, Too
Study finds first evidence of disease in wild populations
31 July 2012
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ScienceShot: The Unbalanced Sloth
Slow-moving tree creatures apparently don't have a fine-tuned sense of balance
27 July 2012
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Disarming Deep-Sea Tactics
Robotic submersible documents the first squid known to leave parts behind when provoked
23 July 2012
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Bats Catch Mating Flies in the Act
Study reveals that bats home in on noises made by copulating flies
18 July 2012
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Moss Sex Driven By Scent
Odors draw tiny, sperm-carrying critters to plants
17 July 2012
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Video: How Hummingbirds Weather the Storm
High-speed video reveals aerial maneuvers that keep birds flying in heavy rain
17 July 2012
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ScienceShot: Evolution in a Jiffy
Castaway sea stars became hermaphrodites in record time
16 July 2012
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Robbing Rodents Save Tropical Plant
By stealing seeds from their comrades, Panama's agoutis may have rescued the black palm from extinction
12 July 2012
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Chicken Vaccines Combine to Produce Deadly Virus
Finding highlights dangers of uncharacterized vaccines, experts say
12 July 2012
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ScienceShot: Sex for Dinner
Freshwater fish lure females with food-like appendage
12 July 2012
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Why Brown Tree Snakes Don't Mind the Gaps
Study shows how invasive snake moves efficiently through trees
9 July 2012
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A Big Magnet in a Small Fish
Scientists have isolated magnetic cells that give some fish their sense of direction
3 July 2012
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Two-Faced Fish Tricks Competitors
Male on one side, female on the other may be a strategy for mating success
3 July 2012
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Glimmer of Hope for Fungus-Stricken Bats
Some species becoming less social, which may slow infection
1 July 2012
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ScienceShot: What Gets Yaks High?
Genome reveals adaptations to life at upper elevations
28 June 2012
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ScienceShot: All Hail the Gonads
Sex organs just as important for body growth as pituitary, at least in fish
26 June 2012
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Building a Bigger Dolphin Brain
A new genetic study provides clues to how dolphins' brains tripled in size during evolution
26 June 2012
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ScienceShot: Who's Your Whale Daddy?
Paternity testing of New Zealand whales reveals threat to population
25 June 2012
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Scavenged Bullets Dooming Condors
Birds will never survive on their own as long as lead ammunition continues to poison them, according to new study
25 June 2012
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ScienceShot: The Flatfish's Wandering Eye
Fifty-million-year-old fossil may help solve a mystery of ocular migration
22 June 2012
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Inner Ears Reveal Speed of Early Primates
Scans of fossils suggest that human ancestors were faster and more agile than previously thought
21 June 2012
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ScienceShot: The Key to the Cheetah's Speed
High-speed cameras reveal the big cat's sprinting strategy
20 June 2012
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ScienceShot: 'Vanished' Toad Sighted
Amphibian spotted in Sri Lanka hadn't been seen for 133 years
19 June 2012
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Turtle Sex—Preserved for the Ages
Forty-seven-million-year-old reptiles are first vertebrates "caught in the act"
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