Category: Zoology
9 August 2011
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ScienceShot: Small Male Squid Pack Big Sperm
Large gametes assist a sneaky mating strategy
9 August 2011
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Video: Gold-Medal Gibbons
Apes break a record while leaping from tree to tree
8 August 2011
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Lab Chimps Extend a Helping Hand
Females aid their comrades even when it doesn't seem to do them any good
5 August 2011
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Podcast: Basketball Math, Vampire Bats, and Earth's Two Moons
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5 August 2011
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Do Tayras Plan for the Future?
Weasel-like mammals hide fruit until it ripens, possibly showing forethought absent in most creatures
4 August 2011
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ScienceShot: One Ribbit Too Many
Frogs that overdo their mating calls miss out on females
3 August 2011
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How Heat-Sensing Vampire Bats Home In On a Hot Meal
By altering a molecular pain sensor, bats evolved a new strategy for finding warm blood
2 August 2011
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The Case of the Poisonous Rat
Rodent kills its victims using a technique straight out of a mystery novel
29 July 2011
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Shrimp Hurt the Sponges That Shelter Them
Seemingly parasitic crustacean species living deep inside sponges pig out on their hosts
29 July 2011
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Podcast: Brain Shrinkage, Black Hole Collisions, and Electro-Sensing Dolphins
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28 July 2011
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How to Invite Bats for Dinner
A special dish-shaped leaf helps flower bats locate a Cuban vine
28 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Tree Gliders Are Energy Wasters
Colugos would be more efficient if they just walked
27 July 2011
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Live Chat: Do Animals Use Language?
Chat with experts about what new studies are revealing about the language
abilities of non-humans
26 July 2011
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Asian Elephants Are Social Networkers
Long thought to be antisocial, the pachyderms actually form complex friendships
26 July 2011
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Guiana Dolphins Can Use Electric Signals to Locate Prey
First discovery of electric sensing in mammals
26 July 2011
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ScienceShot: A Buzz in the Dark
New genetic map explains how bees see at night
26 July 2011
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Video: Macho Mice Make Manly Melodies
Hormone-pumped rodents sing tunes that attract females
22 July 2011
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Podcast: Cheating Seals, Cloaking the Past, and More
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20 July 2011
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Why Dolphins Wear Sponges
Observations reveal why the cetaceans cover their beaks when hunting
20 July 2011
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Man-Eating Lions Attack by the Dark of the Moon
Study explains why attacks spike at certain times of month
18 July 2011
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'Asexual' Ants May Be Having Sex After All
Researchers turn up evidence of sperm in colonies full of female clones
18 July 2011
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Cheating on the Beachmaster
Female elephant seals often avoid the harem and mate on the sly
15 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Sex and the Single Insect
Female scale insects harbor their own sperm, but is it a good idea?
15 July 2011
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ScienceShot: 'Lost' Frog Found on Borneo
Rainbow Toad resurfaces after 87 years
15 July 2011
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Podcast: An Arctic Mystery, the Real Dino Killer, and a Tool-Using Fish
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14 July 2011
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ScienceShot: It's Lonely—And Stressful—At the Top
Savanna baboon alpha males have stress hormone levels equal to many of their subordinates
12 July 2011
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Parrotlet Chicks Learn Their Calls From Mom and Dad
First study of wild parrot chicks' calls show similarity to speech of human infants
12 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Tropical Lizards Get Brainy
Reptiles best birds on memory test
8 July 2011
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Diver Snaps First Photo of Fish Using Tools
The blackspot tuskfish cracks open shells with a rock
8 July 2011
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Video: Oozing Toward Love
Male sea snails follow a female's mucous trail
8 July 2011
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Podcast: Frying Tumors, Zombie Cane Toads, and a 123-Year-Old Recording
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7 July 2011
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ScienceShot: 'Beehive Fences' Keep Elephants Out
Unusual strategy could ease tensions between pachyderms and farmers in Africa
7 July 2011
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Polar Bears Rooted in Ireland
DNA shows polar bears descended from a female Irish brown bear
6 July 2011
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ScienceShot: The Rise of Jaws
New analysis gives clues to evolution of first biting fish
6 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Why Fish Haul Around Extra Guts
Large digestive systems allow fish to make the most of sporadic eating opportunities
2 July 2011
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ScienceShot: How Tree Frogs Keep Their Feet Sticky
Gluey mucus restores adhesion with every step
1 July 2011
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Video: Flying Spy Camera Is Both a Bird and a Plane
Engineers modeled their craft on the swift
1 July 2011
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Podcast: Frightened Penguins, Earth-Like Alien Moons, and LSD for Headaches
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30 June 2011
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ScienceShot: A Beetle With Screws for Legs
Weevil leg joints turn inward and outward by screwing and unscrewing
30 June 2011
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ScienceShot: Why Wallabies Don't Pass Methane Gas
Gut bacteria explain the difference in methane emissions between cows and kangaroo relatives
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