Traffic accidents involving wildlife are on the rise in Europe. The establishment of a time pattern for the accidents could be useful for increasing safety and preventing human and animal deaths. On the basis ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 23, 2013 not rated yet 0

Newly discovered mouse viruses could pave the way for future progress in hepatitis research, enabling scientists to study human disease and vaccines in the ultimate lab animal. In a study to be published in mBio, the online ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 09, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

For deer mice living in the Nebraska Sandhills, color can literally be the difference between life and death.

Biology - Evolution

Mar 14, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 3 |

Current approaches to deer management are failing to control a serious and growing problem, according to new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Biology - Ecology

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 13

(Phys.org) —Do mothers invest more care in their sons if they believe their child is destined to be a king, president or a high-powered leader?

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 06, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0 |

For decades, archaeologists have debated how farming spread to Stone Age Europe, setting the stage for the rise of Western civilization.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Feb 11, 2013 3.7 / 5 (9) 0 |

(Phys.org)—A team of scientists led by a University of Wyoming researcher recently reported that the size of trophy horns and antlers of most species of North American big game has declined slightly over ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 04, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—A new study provides the first evidence of polyandry – when females choose to mate with more than one male – in female fallow deer.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

Nature vs. nurture has long been one of the great debates in science—is behavior hard-wired into the brain, or determined by environment? In at least some cases, Harvard researchers are showing, how animals ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 16, 2013 4.8 / 5 (6) 1 |

Like many out-of-state visitors, the lone gray wolf that trotted across the border from Oregon has taken a liking to California.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 02, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0

Some European wolves have a distinct preference for wild boar over other prey, according to new research.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 20, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

A new study by biologists at Mercyhurst University focuses on the influence of climate change, particularly warmer winters, on the survival and potential fecundity of cold-blooded animals.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

Scientists in Brazil will try cloning endangered animal species like the jaguar, a researcher said Wednesday.

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 14, 2012 not rated yet 0

The locations of the structures completed this fall were informed by data collected by WCS, the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and identified ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

In the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains two closely related species of mice share a habitat and a genetic lineage, but have very different social lives. The California mouse (Peromyscus californicus) is cha ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Aug 30, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |