Ecology & Zoology
- Chocolate: When Money Did Grow On Trees
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Advent calendars with hidden chocolatey treats, huge tins of Quality Street and steaming cups of hot chocolate festooned with whipped cream and marshmallows are all much-loved wintry staples at Christmastime. But how many of us stop to think about where c ...
Article - The Conversation - Dec 24 2022 - 8:02am
- Muskie: You Don't Need 10,000 Casts, You Need Science And Then 10,000 Casts
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If you fish you know that catching a muskie (muskellunge), the “fish of 10,000 casts”, is like hitting a hole-in-one in golf. You will talk about it a lot. But it doesn't need 10,000 casts because that would mean having one strike is random. Instead, ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2023 - 5:30pm
- No Random Walk: Ants Meander Systematically
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It is easy to believe ants disperse and walk randomly until they find something they want, but a new paper says they may have a more methodical approach. At least one species of rock ant, Temnothorax rugatulus, doesn’t walk randomly at all. Instead, their ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2023 - 6:31am