Symbiotic survival of rare birds and rain forests: Researcher involves local residents in Ecuadorian study
Language use is simpler than previously thought
(Phys.org)—For more than 50 years, language scientists have assumed that sentence structure is fundamentally hierarchical, made up of small parts in turn made of smaller parts, like Russian nesting dolls.
Sep 21, 2012
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Young queens of leafcutter ants change roles if they cannot reproduce
Biologists from the universities of Freiburg and Copenhagen, Denmark, have discovered that queens of the ant genus Acromyrmex are flexible in the event that they cannot found their own colony. The queens ...
Sep 14, 2012
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Aussie wasp on the hunt for redback spiders
(Phys.org)—University of Adelaide researchers say a small native wasp that scientists had forgotten about for more than 200 years is now making a name for itself - as a predator of Australia's most common ...
Sep 11, 2012
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Great white work: Scientists renew the study of shark teeth
(Phys.org) -- The lasting legacy of the great white shark is sharp, strong and pointy: its teeth.
Aug 08, 2012
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Migratory birds may reveal further impact of oil spill
(Phys.org) -- The full impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill has yet to reveal itself, say researchers in the Tulane Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The largest-ever accidental release ...
Aug 01, 2012
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Recreational fishing causes Cape Cod salt marsh die-off
Monkey lip smacks provide new insights into the evolution of human speech
Scientists have traditionally sought the evolutionary origins of human speech in primate vocalizations, such as monkey coos or chimpanzee hoots. But unlike these primate calls, human speech is produced using ...
May 31, 2012
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Faithful females who choose good providers key to evolutionary shift to modern family, study finds
In early human evolution, when faithful females began to choose good providers as mates, pair-bonding replaced promiscuity, laying the foundation for the emergence of the institution of the modern family, a new study finds.
May 28, 2012
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Mapping the genomes of crocodiles and alligators -- It's not for the faint of heart
(Phys.org) -- David Ray never turns his back on his research, and with good reason! "If it can't bite you, it's not interesting," he jokes.
May 22, 2012
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Study investigates aquatic parasites on fish
Researchers in the Czech Republic, Spain and the United Kingdom have successfully identified the cellular components and mechanisms that play a role in the proliferation of myxozoa, tiny aquatic parasites ...
Apr 23, 2012
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Diversification of land plants
Warm winters mean more pine beetles, tree damage
A new take on the games people play in their relationships
Human nature has deep evolutionary roots and is manifested in relationships with family members, friends, romantic and business partners, competitors, and strangers more than in any other aspects of behavior or intellectual ...
Mar 21, 2012
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Shortcuts costly when buying conservation from farmers: study
Farmers in the U.S. and the European Union receive billions of dollars in government subsidies each year to make changes in their operations that will improve the environment. However, a new study by Paul Armsworth, assistant ...
Mar 05, 2012
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