Ecology & Zoology

Our Anthropomorphic Bias

There was a  recent article discussing the observation of death and the chimpanzees attitude towards it. Of course, this gave rise to the usual round of questions and points regarding human interpretations of these actions and raised the question of anthr ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Jul 7 2013 - 8:32pm

Ant Complexity- Few Rules, A Lot Of Exceptions

A new study used mathematical modeling and experiments on ants to show that a group is capable of developing flexible resource management strategies and characteristic responses of its own. Group-living animals are led to regulate their activity and to ma ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2013 - 10:23pm

Wind Power Not Hurting Greater Prairie Chickens

Wind power may be hard on endangered eagles but greater prairie chicken populations are still okay, say ecologists. The work, led by Kansas State University professor of biology Brett Sandercock concluded that wind turbines have little effect on greater p ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2013 - 1:51pm

Do Fish Throw Each Other Under The Bus?

A recent article " These fish are evidence that humans aren't the only evil animals " began from the presumption that these fish were intentionally injuring others to avoid predation against themselves. One problem with this article was the ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Jul 12 2013 - 12:33pm

Waldo Arthuri: New Alien-like Species Of Clam Discovered Off California Coast

After nearly 25 years of searching, three scientists have finally found Waldo. No, not the lovable bespectacled character in children's picture books, but rather an unusual clam they have named Waldo arthuri and which was discovered off the coast of ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2013 - 5:00am

Lost World Ecotourism Analysis Leads To New Frog Species Discovery

In North America, the environmental segment of the conservation community regards humanity as the enemy. Not so in South America. They want you to visit- just don't ruin the place. A team of scientists from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresde ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2013 - 5:00am

Warm-Blooded Dinosaurs?

Were dinosaurs warm-blooded like birds and mammals and not cold-blooded like reptiles as commonly believed? Professor Roger Seymour of the University of Adelaide argues that cold-blooded dinosaurs would not have had the required muscular power to prey on ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2013 - 10:50am

Commercial Fisheries Have Benefited The Evolution Of Fish

Fish is good for you so health advocates would prefer that people eat more of it. Environmentalists don't want fish to be depleted while natural food advocates don't want food that isn't free-range. It's a tough culture for fisheries b ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2013 - 12:35pm

Crop Rotation Works- Here's Why

The ancient Romans were the first to officially discovered that rotating crops improves plant nutrition and inhibits the spread of disease. While it's common wisdom today, science is often about confirming why nature works the way it does. A new paper ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2013 - 10:18am

Insect Limbs Can Move Without Muscles- What That Might Mean For Robotics

Insect limbs can move without muscles – and a new study helps to explain how insects control their movements using a close interplay of neuronal control and 'clever biomechanical tricks', which may provide engineers with new ways to improve the c ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2013 - 12:26pm