Just as humans can follow complex social situations in deciding who to befriend or to abandon, it turns out that animals use the same level of sophistication in judging social configurations, according to ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 22, 2013 3.8 / 5 (4) 1 |

When the woods get crowded, female squirrels improve their offspring's odds of survival by ramping up how fast their offspring grow.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 18, 2013 4.6 / 5 (5) 0 |

A new study from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) has pieced together the last 150 years of history for one of the state's most interesting denizens: the ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 29, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Population explosions of pine beetles, which have been decimating North American forests in recent decades, may be prevented by boosting competitor and predator beetle populations, a Dartmouth study suggests.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

Climate change is known to affect the population dynamics of single species, such as reindeer or caribou, but the effect of climate at the community level has been much more difficult to document. Now, a ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

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(Phys.org)—Viruses are well known for making people sick, but a new study provides evidence for the first time of viral infections in tiny marine crustaceans called copepods.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 16, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0 |

Scientists are reporting development of chemical modules that can reproduce, on an "unprecedented" molecular level, changes and interactions that occur in natural populations of plants and animals, including ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jan 09, 2013 3.8 / 5 (5) 0 |

In colonial times, the Eastern wild turkey was abundant in Delaware. But by the late 1800s, wild turkeys were gone, eradicated by over-zealous market hunters and habitat destruction.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 13, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Our understanding of the population dynamics, longevity and reproductive habits of the seahorse species Hippocampus whitei (White's Seahorse) has been significantly expanded thanks to newly ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 07, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) -- Male beetles in Western Australia are mating with beer bottles in response to environmental change caused by human activity. A new book examines why, and the impacts on biodiversity.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 15, 2012 not rated yet 1

When early humans became carnivores, their higher-quality diet allowed mothers to wean babies earlier and have more children, with potentially profound effects on population dynamics and the course of human evolution, according ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 18, 2012 4.2 / 5 (6) 0 |

Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in populations is the key to controlling them. If we were facing a flu pandemic, how could we measure where the greatest spreading risk comes from? This information ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Feb 21, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- They got married, had children, made beer. Although they lived 3,500 years ago in Nippur, Babylonia, in many ways they seem like us. Whether they were also slaves is a hotly contested question ...

Other Sciences - Other

Jan 06, 2012 3.6 / 5 (7) 16

Predicting the risk of extinction is a complicated task, especially for species that migrate between breeding and wintering sites. Researchers at the University of Georgia and Tulane University have developed a mathematical ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 16, 2011 not rated yet 0

A new, open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management provides a review of cereal leaf beetle biology, past and present management practices, and current research being conducted.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 17, 2011 not rated yet 0