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Untangling the tree of lifeUntangling the tree of life

More effective, cheaper concrete manufactured with ash from olive residue biomassMore effective, cheaper concrete manufactured with ash from olive residue biomass

Seahorse's armor gives engineers insight into robotics designsSeahorse's armor gives engineers insight into robotics designs

New quantitative analysis for open source software projectsNew quantitative analysis for open source software projects

High-volume Bitcoin exchanges less likely to fail, but more likely breached, says studyHigh-volume Bitcoin exchanges less likely to fail, but more likely breached, says study

Computer scientists develop video game that teaches how to program in JavaComputer scientists develop video game that teaches how to program in Java

Do palm trees hold the key to immortality?Do palm trees hold the key to immortality?

Researchers show how we can do math problems unconsciouslyResearchers show how we can do math problems unconsciously

Keep moving and have funKeep moving and have fun

New strategy for fingerprint visualization developed at Hebrew UniversityNew strategy for fingerprint visualization developed at Hebrew University

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Enhancing cognition in older adults also changes personalityEnhancing cognition in older adults also changes personality

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World's most extraordinary species mapped for the first time (5/24/2013)

The black-and-white ruffed lemur, Mexican salamander and Sunda pangolin all feature on the first map of the world's most unique and threatened mammals and amphibians, released today by the Zoological Society of London. ...> Full Article


Tiny water creepy crawlies from South Korea and the Russian Far East (5/23/2013)

Tiny water creepy crawlies from South Korea and the Russian Far EastTiny and hard to notice for the human eye water mites are present almost every stream and in in every continent apart from Antarctica. A study published in the open access journal Zookeys explores the water mites of the family Torrenticolidae from a variety of habitats in South Korea and the Russian species, providing the description of two new species. ...> Full Article


Using earthquake sensors to track endangered whales (5/22/2013)

Using earthquake sensors to track endangered whalesOceanographers analyzed more than 300,000 fin-whale calls recorded by seafloor seismometers and recreated more than 150 fin-whale paths off the Pacific Northwest coast. ...> Full Article


The more feathers a male sparrow carries to the nest, the more eggs the female will lay (5/22/2013)

The more feathers a male sparrow carries to the nest, the more eggs the female will layAn international team lead by the University of Granada has found that female sparrows will invest more energy into laying eggs according to the male's ability to fill the nest with feathers which serve to insulate the chicks from the cold and keep them alive. ...> Full Article


When green means danger: A stunning new species of palm-pitviper from Honduras (5/21/2013)

When green means danger: A stunning new species of palm-pitviper from HondurasA remarkable new species of bright green palm-viper has been discovered in a threatened cloud forest in Honduras, and is named to honor grassroots conservationist Mario Guifarro, who was assassinated in 2007. Despite being superficially similar to other Honduran palm pitvipers, the closest relative to the new species lives over 600 km to the south in Costa Rica. The study was published in the open access journal Zookeys. ...> Full Article


Microbes capture, store, and release nitrogen to feed reef-building coral (5/20/2013)

Microscopic algae that live within reef-forming corals scoop up available nitrogen, store the excess in crystal form, and slowly feed it to the coral as needed, according to a study published in mBio. ...> Full Article


Do bats know voices of friends they hang out with? (5/19/2013)

Is it possible that mammals have the ability to recognize individuals of the same species, whom they know well, by their voice? A new study has found that even in nocturnal, fast-moving animals such as bats, there is an ability to recognize certain vocal aspects of other bats. The study by Hanna Kastein from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover, Germany, and her colleagues is published in the Springer journal Animal Cognition. ...> Full Article


Researchers discover world's most extreme hearing animal (5/18/2013)

Researchers discover world's most extreme hearing animalResearchers at the University of Strathclyde have discovered that the greater wax moth is capable of sensing sound frequencies of up to 300kHz -- the highest recorded frequency sensitivity of any animal in the natural world. ...> Full Article


And the beat goes on...: The reliable heartbeat of hibernators (5/17/2013)

At the current temperatures, all hibernators have probably emerged from their winter hibernation and are enjoying the warm weather. However, this is quite different during the cold season. Many small mammals such as marmots, hedgehogs, bats and some hamsters, and even some birds have a particular skill: they can induce a state of inactivity and reduced metabolic rate to significantly lower their energy consumption when food becomes limited and ambient temperatures drop. ...> Full Article


Monkey math (5/15/2013)

Monkey mathOpposing thumbs, expressive faces, complex social systems: it's hard to miss the similarities between apes and humans. Now a new study with a troop of zoo baboons and lots of peanuts shows that a less obvious trait -- the ability to understand numbers -- also is shared by man and his primate cousins. ...> Full Article


Reversal of the black widow myth (5/14/2013)

The Black Widow spider gets its name from the popular belief that female spiders eat their male suitors after mating. A new study by Lenka Sentenska and Stano Pekar from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic finds that male spiders of the Micaria sociabilis species are more likely to eat the females than be eaten. The paper, published in Springer's journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, outlines possible reasons for this behavior. ...> Full Article


Primate hibernation more common than previously thought (5/13/2013)

Until recently, the only primate known to hibernate as a survival strategy was a creature called the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur, a tropical tree-dweller from the African island of Madagascar. But it turns out this hibernating lemur isn't alone. ...> Full Article


Behavior of seabirds during migration revealed (5/12/2013)

The behavior of seabirds during migration -- including patterns of foraging, rest and flight -- has been revealed in new detail using novel computational analyses and tracking technologies. ...> Full Article


Bizarre bone worms emit acid to feast on whale skeletons (5/11/2013)

Only within the past 12 years have marine biologists come to learn about the eye-opening characteristics of mystifying sea worms that live and thrive on the skeletons of whale carcasses. Now, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego describe how Osedax, mouthless and gutless "bone worms," excrete a bone-melting acid to gain entry to the nutrients within whale bones. ...> Full Article


Research reveals consequences of a lifetime of sexual competition (5/10/2013)

Research reveals consequences of a lifetime of sexual competitionMales that spend all their time reacting to their rivals die earlier and are less able to mate later in life according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The research is the first study to quantify the consequences of lifetime exposure to rivals. Scientists looked at fruit flies, however "trade-offs" between reproduction and lifespan are common across the whole animal kingdom. ...> Full Article

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World's most extraordinary species mapped for the first time

Tiny water creepy crawlies from South Korea and the Russian Far EastTiny water creepy crawlies from South Korea and the Russian Far East

Using earthquake sensors to track endangered whalesUsing earthquake sensors to track endangered whales

The more feathers a male sparrow carries to the nest, the more eggs the female will layThe more feathers a male sparrow carries to the nest, the more eggs the female will lay

When green means danger: A stunning new species of palm-pitviper from HondurasWhen green means danger: A stunning new species of palm-pitviper from Honduras

Microbes capture, store, and release nitrogen to feed reef-building coral

Do bats know voices of friends they hang out with?

Researchers discover world's most extreme hearing animalResearchers discover world's most extreme hearing animal

And the beat goes on...: The reliable heartbeat of hibernators

Monkey mathMonkey math

Reversal of the black widow myth

Primate hibernation more common than previously thought

Behavior of seabirds during migration revealed

Bizarre bone worms emit acid to feast on whale skeletons

Research reveals consequences of a lifetime of sexual competitionResearch reveals consequences of a lifetime of sexual competition



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