 Migrating songbirds learn survival tips on the fly June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Migrating songbirds take their survival cues from local winged residents when flying through unfamiliar territory, a new Queen's University-led study shows. It's a case of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do," ... | |
Bird watchers, space technology come together in Montana State University study June 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Almost every June for 30 years, Terry McEneaney drove around Yellowstone National Park and listed every bird he heard along three routes. Park ornithologist at the time, he would drive to a designated spot and identify the ... | |
 Genomics of large marine animals showcased in the biological bulletin June 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Though the slow moving purple sea urchin may look oblivious, lacking a head, eyes and ears, this prickly creature has an impressive suite of sensory receptors to detect outside signals. And don't overlook ... | |
Pigs prefer 3 square meals a day June 24, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Pigs raised in conventional indoor pens have different feeding patterns from those raised under more natural conditions. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica ... | |
Primate's scent speaks volumes about who he is June 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Perhaps judging a man by his cologne isn't as superficial as it seems.Duke University researchers, using sophisticated machinery to analyze hundreds of chemical components in a ringtailed lemur's distinctive scent, have found ... | |
 When threatened, a few African frogs can morph toes into claws June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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At least 11 species kick at predators with sharp, protruding bones as a defense mechanism
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 Life on the edge: To disperse, or become extinct? June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Plants existing at the edges of their natural habitats may enhance survival of the species during global warming, says Queen's prof
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From the egg, baby crocodiles call to each other and to mom June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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For the first time, researchers have shown that the pre-hatching calls of baby Nile crocodiles actually mean something to their siblings and to their mothers. The calls—which are perfectly audible to humans and sound like ... | |
Backyard gardens need good food-safety practices, too June 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The recent tomato contamination outbreak has many people thinking about growing their own garden-fresh fruits and vegetables. But a food-safety specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says it's not where ... | |
 When it comes to female red squirrels, it seems any male will do June 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Researchers have found that female red squirrels showed high levels of multimale mating and would even mate with males that had similar genetic relatedness, basically mating with their relatives. | |
Systems properties of insulin signaling revealed June 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of Swedish researchers has characterized novel systems properties of insulin signaling in human fat cells. Their mathematical modeling, described in an article published June 20th in the open-access journal PLoS ... | |
 Supercomputer explores biochemical landscape to find memory switches June 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Switches are a part of daily life, from snoozing your alarm, turning on the coffee maker, firing up your car engine, and so on until we turn off the lights at night. Researchers have now cataloged even more ... | |
 Microscopic 'clutch' puts flagellum in neutral June 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A tiny but powerful engine that propels the bacterium Bacillus subtilis through liquids is disengaged from the corkscrew-like flagellum by a protein clutch, Indiana University Bloomington and Harvard ... | |
Desert plant may hold key to surviving food shortage June 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The plant, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, is unique because, unlike normal plants, it captures most of its carbon dioxide at night when the air is cooler and more humid, making it 10 times more water-efficient than major crops such ... | |
Pourquiié Lab uncovers mechanism contributing to appropriate formation of the spine June 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The Stowers Institute's Pourquié Lab has shed light on the mechanism causing animals to develop the appropriate number of vertebrae. | |
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