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UCLA life scientists view biodiversity through a whole new dimension

(Phys.org) -- How can blue whales, the largest animals on the planet, survive by feeding on krill, shrimp-like creatures that are the size of a penny? According to UCLA life scientists, it's all a matter of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 4 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

In search of the 'lost ladybug'

Leah Tyrrell wants to make something clear: She does not wear ladybug sweatshirts. She does not carry her belongings in ladybug bags, shelter from the rain beneath a ladybug-shaped umbrella, or take notes with pens decorated ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Leeches are DNA bloodhounds in the jungle

Copenhagen Zoo and University of Copenhagen have in collaboration developed a new and revolutionary, yet simple and cheap, method for tracking mammals in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. They collect leeches from tropical ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists warn of emerging fungal peril

Fungal diseases are a major threat not just to wild plants and animals, but to us.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

When modern humans encountered their first dinosaur

It was the time of P.T. Barnum, when people would line up to see a whitewashed elephant or a carefully faked petrified giant. But in 1868, a display in Philadelphia proved that reality could be far stranger than fiction. ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Ant identification boosts blue butterflies

Scientists have developed a fast, cheap and reliable technique that vastly improves the chances of successfully reintroducing the endangered large blue butterfly to the UK.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Tech giants get lecture on perils of gadget worship

Silicon Valley giants at the prestigious TED innovation conference here on Tuesday were warned that the worship of technology will ruin the world before it saves it.

Technology / Other

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

New taste for Thai elephant meat

(AP) -- A new taste for eating elephant meat - everything from trunks to sex organs - has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.

Biology / Other

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Climate change models may underestimate extinctions

Predictions of the loss of animal and plant diversity around the world are common under models of future climate change. But a new study shows that because these climate models don't account for species competition ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Seeking a pot of geological gold

Researchers are moving a step closer to solving one of the greatest murder mysteries of all time. It happened roughly 200 million years ago, marking the boundary between the Triassic and Jurassic periods, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3


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