Ecology & Zoology
- Wild Mushrooms: You May Eat Something Even Science Doesn't Know About
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the 10 million species likely out there, only about 100,000 have been described. That's a wild ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2014 - 10:41am
- If Upworthy Did Science: I Was Shocked To Learn The Evolutionary Truth About Electric Fish!
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the catfish, the electric eel produces a jolting electric field of up to 600 volts, about 100 volts ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 26 2014 - 3:47pm
- Practical advice about Ants in your House- An Ask BUGMAN Answer!
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not an endorsement or anything negative about other similar products) Formula 409 seems to work very ...
Blog Post - Mark Berman - Mar 7 2010 - 1:17pm
- City Mouse Or Country Mouse? What Genetic Claims Tell Us About The Importance Of Design
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so, birds face many of the same dilemmas about how best to live life. Larger groups bring risks of ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2014 - 12:33pm
- What Fish Can Teach You About Trusting Friends
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Sometimes it is better to follow the advice of others rather than your own mind even though you seem to have things under control. Not only humans but also fish follow this doctrine as shown by ecologists Jörgen Johnsson and Fredrik Sundström of Göteborg ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 1 2007 - 12:40pm
- Papa? Papa? Papa Can You Hear...oh Forget About It Papa!
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Previous Article | Next Article From today's ScienceNOW, to be pondered: Mickey Has Two Mommies By Constance Holden With reporting by Gretchen Vogel. Science NOW Daily News 20 August 2007 ...
Article - Greg Critser - Aug 21 2007 - 11:26am
- Hibernating Is Not The Only Unique Thing About This Primate
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Fat-tailed dwarf lemurs are the only primates that hibernate- and their sleep patterns during hibernation are different from other animals that hibernate, like ground squirrels, which also hibernate at similar temperatures. During hibernation, dwarf lemu ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2013 - 9:43pm
- Sheep HapMap Project Can Tell Us About Livestock Climate Adaptation
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Man has domesticated animals for almost long as man has domesticated crops. In both cases, humans have engaged in genetic modification, selecting the best traits possible. Because of that legacy, livestock such as sheep offer an intriguing way to examine ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 23 2014 - 5:56pm
- Beekeepers Are Wrong About Overwinter Hive Behavior
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Honeybees in man-made hives may have been suffering the cold unnecessarily for over a century because commercial hive designs are based on erroneous science, my new research shows. ...
Article - The Conversation - Nov 25 2023 - 5:02am
- Lizards Help Us Find Out Which Came First: The Baby Or The Egg?
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human ancestors? This research allows us to tell a story about our own evolutionary history. The first ...
Article - The Conversation - Aug 20 2014 - 8:00am