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Wild Biology News Archives Page 8
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 | New study shows the age of victims determines how fire ants respond to aggressors ...> Full Article |
Researchers have confirmed the first case of complete lunglessness in a frog
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 | Enormous numbers of migratory moths that fly high above our heads throughout the night aren't at the mercy of the winds that propel them toward their final destinations ...> Full Article |
 | Bats and birds work night and day to control insect pests that might otherwise munch the crop ...> Full Article |
 | Intense deforestation in Mexico could ruin one of North America's most celebrated natural wonders - the mysterious 3,000-mile migration of the monarch butterfly. According to a University of Kansas researcher, the astonishing migration may collapse rapidly without urgent action to end devastation of the butterfly's vital sources of food and shelter. ...> Full Article |
 | Preliminary results from DNA analysis of wolverine scat samples collected on the Tahoe National Forest do not match those of historic California wolverine populations ...> Full Article |
 | In the first experiment of its kind conducted in nature, an evolutionary biologist has come up with strong evidence for one of Charles Darwin's cornerstone ideas -- adaptation to the environment accelerates the creation of new species. ...> Full Article |
 | A fish that would rather crawl into crevices than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do, could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes ...> Full Article |
 | New research finds fresh evidence that urbanization in the United States threatens the populations of some species of migratory birds ...> Full Article |
 | For decades, scientists have viewed octopuses as unromantic loners, with mating habits nearly devoid of complex behavior. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, has found that at least one species of octopus engages in such sophisticated lovemaking tactics as flirting, passionate handholding and keeping rivals at arms' length. ...> Full Article |
 | One species of armed beetle is proving that size doesn't necessarily matter when it comes to finding a mate. ...> Full Article |
 | Finding could stimulate new study of free radicals' role in inflammation, cancer, aging ...> Full Article |
 | The catastrophic action a tiny beetle is wreaking on the deteriorating Chihuahuan desert ...> Full Article |
 | Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are rising at an alarming rate, and new research indicates that soybean plant defenses go down as CO2 goes up. Elevated CO2 impairs a key component of the plant's defenses against leaf-eating insects ...> Full Article |
The rate at which new species are formed in a group of closely related animals decreases as the total number of different species in that group goes up
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 | Also found spray residue actually attracts bears ...> Full Article |
 | Mantis shrimp can see the world in a way that had never been observed in any animal before, researchers report in the March 20th Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. The discovery-which marks the fourth type of visual system-suggests that the ability to perceive circular polarized light may lend mantis shrimp a secret mode of communication. ...> Full Article |
 | Ferrets, frogs and finches are becoming more common as pets, but the list of unusual species adopted into human households now includes some of the most exotic creatures on the planet. The trade in exotic pets has become a multi-billion dollar enterprise, but expansion of the industry sometimes outpaces veterinary knowledge of how to treat the maladies that afflict these unusual animals. ...> Full Article |
 | Rain falling on snow sounds like a relatively harmless weather event, but when it happens in the far north it can mean lingering death for reindeer, musk oxen and other animals that normally graze on the Arctic tundra. ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers have discovered that our visual system can estimate number, just as it can guess size or speed. And they believe we see number in the same way we see colour and shape, and that other species, even bees, can do so too. ...> Full Article |
 | Male songbirds produce a subtly different tune when they are courting a female than when they are singing on their own. Now, new research offers a window into the effect this has on females, showing they have an ear for detail. The finding provides insights not only into the intricacies of songbird attraction and devotion but also into the way in which the brain develops and responds to social cues, in birds - and humans. ...> Full Article |
 | Insects' hard bodies and feces are home to many mold species that could be triggering allergies in the kids and adults who handle the bugs ...> Full Article |
Similarities highlight environment's role in shaping evolution of taste preferences
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 | Take a deer's body, attach a camel's head and add a Jimmy Durante nose, and you have a saiga - the odd-ball antelope with the enormous schnoz that lives on the isolated steppes of Central Asia. Unfortunately, they are as endangered as they are strange-looking due to over-hunting ...> Full Article |
 | Far from being a model of social co-operation, the ant world is riddled with cheating and corruption - and it goes all the way to the top ...> Full Article |
 | Could sharks be catching on to human techniques for tagging them - and learning how to avoid them? ...> Full Article |
 | Study determines flexible mating calls may contribute to ecological success of species ...> Full Article |
 | The announcement of the discovery of a new bird comes with a twist: It's a white-eye, but its eye isn't white. Still, what this new bird lacks in literal qualities it makes up for as one of the surprises that nature still has tucked away in little-explored corners of the world. ...> Full Article |
 | A PhD student with a talent for discovering new species of insects has stumbled across an entirely new genus and species of flying grasshopper after examining fossils labelled 'stick insects' ...> Full Article |
 | Microbial profiles serve as the ecological version of the human genome project ...> Full Article |
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