Digging into the harsh world of ants
Imagine working for the harshest corporation in the world.
Plants & Animals
Jul 21, 2017
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Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Sibling bonding is stronger when dad's around
For many female mammals, mothers and maternal sisters dominate all aspects of an individual's social life. Emily Lynch of the University of Missouri, Columbia, in the US argues fathers might play a significant role, as well. ...
Ecology
Jul 18, 2017
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Bumble bees make a beeline for larger flowers
Bumble bees create foraging routes by using their experience to select nectar-rich, high-rewarding flowers. A study by Shohei Tsujimoto and Hiroshi Ishii of the University of Toyama in Japan now suggests that bees actually ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2017
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Late-nesting birds and bees face habitat threat
Bird and bumblebee species that nest late in the year are suffering more from the destruction of habitats, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2017
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Cranky crabs in broken shells often have the upper claw in fights
Sheer aggression rather than pure muscle strength often gives hermit crabs living in broken shells the edge during a fight. Broken shells constrain crabs' activities because they are heavy and a large portion of them unusable. ...
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2017
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Busy city living makes some house finches more savvy than others
House finches that frequent North American cities and towns are better at solving new problems than their rural counterparts. They are able to solve new problems even when humans are around, says Meghan Cook of Arizona State ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2017
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Birds of a feather mob together
Dive bombing a much larger bird isn't just a courageous act by often smaller bird species to keep predators at bay. It also gives male birds the chance to show off their physical qualities in order to impress females. This ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2017
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How much trustworthy social information do collective expressions of opinions contain?
How trustworthy is the social information on the internet? Do web-based product ratings, for instance, lead to unbiased, reliable and hence useful information? LMU's Petri Niemelä has now carried out a study to answer these ...
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2017
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Guppies: Study sorts the maths whizzes from the dunces
Some guppies have a better sense of maths than others. It allows some to find the biggest shoal possible in which to be protected against predators, while others are better at choosing fruitful foraging ground. This is according ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 5, 2016
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Carpenter ants: When social instructions may be dangerous
Why do social beings sometimes put their own common sense aside to follow the lead of others, even though by doing so they could be brought to death's door? Research on carpenter ants (Camponotus mus) led by Roxana Josens ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2016
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