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Wild Biology News - August 2008 Archives
Cambodia conservation area contains tens of thousands of threatened monkeys
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Researchers report the discovery of the first new living species of giant clam in two decades
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 | Study has revealed that sea squirts have a natural ability to control their reproductive cycle, becoming more or less fertile as required. ...> Full Article |
 | National Zoo Scientists Use Frozen Semen to Help Save Endangered Species ...> Full Article |
 | Forward-facing eyes allow animals to “see through” the clutter in the world ...> Full Article |
 | Birds and others sing; anoles are first species known to mark time through visual displays ...> Full Article |
 | The mystery of why large numbers of migratory bats are killed by certain turbines of southern Alberta's wind farms every year may have been solved ...> Full Article |
 | The ostentatious, sometimes bizarre qualities that improve a creature's chances of finding a mate may also drive the reproductive separation of populations and the evolution of new species ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers investigate the reaction of seaweeds to increased ultraviolet radiation ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists have turned from the question of why burdensome male traits exist to precisely how they evolved ...> Full Article |
 | A physicist and a conservationist are heading for the rain forests of Costa Rica in a bid to understand more about a deadly fungus that is killing amphibians around the world. ...> Full Article |
 | Swordtails can inherit melanoma that drives sexual selection ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers trying to determine whether nature or nurture determines an ant's status in the colony have found a surprising answer ...> Full Article |
 | The spiciness is a defense mechanism that some peppers develop to suppress a microbial fungus that invades through punctures made in the outer skin by insects ...> Full Article |
 | Possessing a large brain might have facilitated the evolutionary diversification of some avian lineages ...> Full Article |
 | Common tree species in the Amazon will survive even grim scenarios of deforestation and road-building, but rare trees could suffer extinction rates of up to 50 percent ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists have discovered a new species of bird in Gabon, Africa, that was, until now, unknown to the scientific community. ...> Full Article |
Lack of oxygen now a key stressor on marine ecosystems
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 | Scientist investigates role of environmental toxin in shell disease ...> Full Article |
 | Bumblebees choose whether to search for food according to how stocked their nests are ...> Full Article |
 | Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just frogs, salamanders and their ilk ...> Full Article |
 | Recent study suggests experience of old matriarchs may help herds survive in age of climate change ...> Full Article |
 | Long a problem in the western U.S., the New Zealand mud snail currently inhabits four of the five Great Lakes and is spreading into rivers and tributaries ...> Full Article |
 | In the last 60 years, brown tree snakes have become the embodiment of the bad things that can happen when invasive species are introduced in places where they have few predators. Unchecked for many years, the snakes caused the extinction of nearly every native bird species on the Pacific island of Guam. ...> Full Article |
 | How changing temperatures push living things to the edge ...> Full Article |
 | Discovery of inexpensive blends of love potions helps researchers detect several species of pest cerambycid beetles ...> Full Article |
 | The ability to work together and capture larger prey has allowed social spiders to stretch the laws of nature and reach enormous colony sizes ...> Full Article |
 | The world's smallest species of snake, with adults averaging just under four inches in length, has been identified on the Caribbean island of Barbados ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers have tagged one male and two female leatherback turtles off Cape Cod. They are the first free-swimming leatherbacks ever tagged in New England. ...> Full Article |
 | Research shows how insects use trapped oxygen to breathe underwater ...> Full Article |
 | Decreasing pH the biggest threat to marine animal life for thousands of years ...> Full Article |
 | African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989 ...> Full Article |
 | Rare southern species of birds are on the increase in the British Isles as a result of climatic change. ...> Full Article |
Bio-acoustic method also hears nature's cry for help
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 | Scientists have shed new light on a process known as 'automatic imitation' - and discovered that we have more in common with the humble budgerigar than previously thought. ...> Full Article |
 | Africa's 'kipunji' hovers at 1,100 individuals ...> Full Article |
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Ancient DNA from rare fossil reveals that polar bears evolved recently and adapted quickly
'Anaconda' meets 'Jurassic Park': Study shows ancient snakes ate dinosaur babies
Scientists locate apparent hydrothermal vents off Antarctica
Mars Express heading for closest flyby of Phobos
Artificial bee silk a big step closer to reality
Predicting the fate of stem cells
Artificial foot recycles energy for easier walking
New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing
What drives our genes? Researchers map the first complete human epigenome
Juggling enhances connections in the brain
Tracking down the human 'odorprint'
Fill 'er up - with algae
Scientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaos
Researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less
American pika are thriving in the Sierra Nevada and southwestern Great Basin
Decoding the long calls of the orangutan
Barnacles prefer upwelling currents, enriching food chains in the Galapagos
Bringing bison back to North American landscapes
If bonobo Kanzi can point as humans do, what other similarities can rearing reveal?
Pesticide atrazine can turn male frogs into females
How can accidental captures of loggerhead turtles be reduced?
A convincing mimic: Scientists report octopus imitating flounder in the Atlantic
Study shows natural antioxidants give top barn swallows a leg on competitors
Fish can recognize a face based on UV pattern alone
New clues found linking larger animals to colder climates
The bigger the animal, the stiffer the 'shoes'
A magnetometer in the upper beak of birds?