Butterflies can remember where things are over sizeable spaces, new study finds
Heliconius butterflies are capable of spatial learning, scientists have discovered.
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News tagged with foraging
Scientists 'scent train' honeybees to boost sunflowers' seed production
If you want a dog to hunt something down, it helps to let them sniff an item to pick up the scent. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on September 17 have found that scent training honeybees in the hive might work ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2020
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Study shows foraging gene works nearly the same in humans and fruit flies
A team of researchers from Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. has found that a gene known to influence foraging in fruit flies has a similar effect on humans. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
New study takes a high-level look at Nazca boobies' breeding
Nazca boobies can live to 28 years of age, but in their late teens, their ability to raise chicks declines substantially. Why their breeding drops in old age has plagued Wake Forest University Professor of Biology David Anderson ...
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Jun 9, 2023
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'Stressed' young bees could be the cause of colony collapse
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a major threat to bee colonies around the world and affects their ability to perform vital human food crop pollination. It has been a cause of urgent concern for scientists and farmers around ...
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Feb 9, 2015
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Goodbye, herring? Biotech bait gives lobstermen alternative
Lobster and crab fishermen have baited traps with dead herring for generations, but an effort to find a synthetic substitute for forage fish is nearing fruition just as the little fish are in short supply, threatening livelihoods ...
Ecology
Aug 26, 2016
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Canada ships 30 wood bison to Russia
Canada has sent 30 bison to Russia for reintroduction in the rugged and mostly forested Siberian province of Sakha, 5,000 years after they died out in the area, its parks administration said Thursday.
Ecology
Mar 28, 2013
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Is it safe? Why some animals fear using wildlife crossings
The recent capture and euthanizing of Los Angeles's well-known mountain lion P-22, whose numerous injuries were likely the result of being hit by a car, has highlighted the need for safe wildlife crossings in cities and other ...
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Dec 22, 2022
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Researchers map long-range migrations and habitats of leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean
Endangered leatherback sea turtles migrate and forage across vast areas of the Pacific Ocean and Indo Pacific seas and require greater international collaboration for their protection, according to a recent study conducted ...
Ecology
Jul 28, 2011
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Age doesn't matter for foraging albatrosses
A new study of the wandering albatrosses breeding on the sub-antarctic island of Bird Island (off South Georgia) reveals that age doesn't matter when foraging. The research, published in the journal PLOS ONE last month, shows ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2015
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