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Bottom of the swimming league: Naked mole rat sperm

Naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) live in a 'hive' society with one reproducing queen and between one and three reproducing males. The rest of the mole rats in the colony are workers either defending the bu ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast




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Race to save the devil Down Under

It's been hundreds of years since the Tasmanian devil last lived on the Australian mainland but, in the misty hills of Barrington Tops, a pioneering group is being bred for survival.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Big-mouthed babies drove the evolution of giant island snakes

Some populations of tiger snakes stranded for thousands of years on tiny islands surrounding Australia have evolved to be giants, growing to nearly twice the size of their mainland cousins. Now, new research ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Are silver nanoparticles harmful?

Silver nanoparticles cause more damage to testicular cells than titanium dioxide nanoparticles, according to a recent study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. However, the use of both types may affect testicular ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Largest bird alters its foraging due to climate change

Paris/ Leipzig. Wandering albatrosses have altered their foraging due to changes in wind fields in the southern hemisphere during the last decades. Since winds have increased in intensity and moved to the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Second rare white kiwi hatches in New Zealand

A second rare white kiwi has hatched at New Zealand's national wildlife centre, conservation officials announced Friday, months after the world's first hatched in captivity.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Helping your fellow rat: Rodents show empathy-driven behavior

The first evidence of empathy-driven helping behavior in rodents has been observed in laboratory rats that repeatedly free companions from a restraint, according to a new study by University of Chicago neuroscientists.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

For male weta, big is better

(PhysOrg.com) -- For a male tree weta, size really is everything. In six of the seven species in New Zealand the males all sport a distinctly large head, and the bigger the head, the better the chance of mating.

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created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Not tonight deer: A new birth control vaccine helps reduce urban deer damage

A new birth control vaccine for white-tailed deer -- a growing nuisance in urban areas for gardens and landscaping -- eliminates the dangerous reproductive behavior behind the annual autumn surge in automobile-deer collisions. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How do native Hawaiian birds survive in a fragmented forest?

(PhysOrg.com) -- When humans cohabit with Mother Nature, they tend to leave footprints behind. They fragment the natural forest landscape into patches of trees and other vegetation separated by the diverse ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Parasite uses the power of sexual attraction to trick rats into becoming cat food

(PhysOrg.com) -- Could it be love? Rats infected with the parasite Toxoplasma seem to lose their fear of cats – or at least cat urine. Now Stanford researchers have discovered that the brains of those ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 9 | with audio podcast


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