(Phys.org) —A trio of Iowa State University researchers has predicted, in a paper published in The American Naturalist, that the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) faces extinction over the next century ...

Biology - Ecology

May 06, 2013 1.9 / 5 (12) 6 |

(Phys.org) —It's a nocturnal aquatic predator that will eat anything that fits in its large mouth. Dark and sleek, it hides beneath the water waiting for prey. A Texas Tech University researcher says the ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 28, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Ever wonder how the density of flowers in a patch influences the kinds of insects that visit it? Carla Essenberg, a former graduate student in the Department of Biology at the University of ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Being able to choose the sex of their babies may be the key to the complex societies built by ants, bees, and wasps, according to Oxford University scientists.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 24, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Of the two bat species known to visit the flowers of the cardon cactus in Baja California, one depends entirely on nectar and is highly specialized to feed from the flowers, which are adapted ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 06, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org)—One tropical lizard's tolerance to cold is stiffer than scientists had suspected.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 26, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

(Phys.org)—Matan Shelomi, a doctoral candidate in entomology at the University of California, Davis, is cutting Bergmann's Rule down to size.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 20, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 4 |

Most of the more than 6,000 species of frogs in the world lay their eggs in water. But many tropical frogs lay their eggs out of water. This behavior protects the eggs from aquatic predators, such as fish ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—In the natural world, searching for food is a high-stakes game in which animals risk starving to death or being killed by a predator. New research from the University of Bristol shows that to ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 02, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

In a study published today in The American Naturalist, a group of scientists led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have used a technique developed to study human consumer choices to investigate what i ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 13, 2012 not rated yet 1 |

(Phys.org) -- Why, after millions of years of evolution, do organisms build structures that seemingly serve no purpose?

Biology - Evolution

Aug 10, 2012 4.7 / 5 (11) 60 |

(Phys.org) -- Drawn to dense stands of wildflowers in search of food, bees and other pollinators carry pollen between plants and provide a vital service for the survival of many plant species.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 18, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

One species of frog has become three including one unique to Hinchinbrook Island following studies of their genetics and mating calls

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 07, 2012 not rated yet 0

It's quite common for a female song sparrow to stray from her breeding partner and mate with the male next door, but a new study shows that sleeping around can be costly.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 22, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 8 |

From miniature elephants to monster mice, and even Hobbit-sized humans, size changes in island animals are well-known to science. Biologists have long believed that large animals evolving on islands tend to get smaller, while ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 23, 2012 4.3 / 5 (3) 2 |