Parts of the UK are at greater risk of invasion by non-native aquatic species than previously thought, according to new research. The first to include human factors in models used to predict where invasive species will arrive ...

Biology - Ecology

May 01, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 1

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and elsewhere have decoded the genome of the platyfish, a cousin of the guppy and a popular choice for home aquariums. Among scientists, ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

(Phys.org) —A team of researchers made up of members from three academic centers in Italy has found the first instance of rapid facial mimicry (RFM) outside of humans and apes. In their paper published ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 05, 2013 4 / 5 (3) 4 |

(Phys.org) —Fruit-eating animals are known to use their spatial memory to relocate fruit, yet, it is unclear how they manage to find fruit in the first place. Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 10, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org) —A new study from researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory could herald a sea change in how we think about microbes in the ocean.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 12, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

Canada has eradicated the destructive Asian Long-Horned Beetle first detected in the Toronto area a decade ago after hitching a ride across the Pacific in wood packaging materials.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 05, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 3

(Phys.org) —The identification of spider species based on pattern recognition of their cobwebs has been shown to be quite possible and successful. The paper, "Spider specie identification and verification ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

North America isn't known as a hotspot for crop plant diversity, yet a new inventory has uncovered nearly 4,600 wild relatives of crop plants in the United States, including close relatives of globally important ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 29, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new species of tree-dwelling porcupine has been discovered in Brazil's Northeastern Atlantic Forest, one of the world's most threatened habitats, researchers said.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

In the bird world, male and female blue tits are hard to distinguish for the human observer. However, in the UV-range, visible to birds, the male is much more colourful. A closer look at the monogamous mating ...

Biology - Evolution

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

Even bacteria have a kind of "immune system" they use to defend themselves against unwanted intruders – in their case, viruses. Scientists at the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 30, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

The Gilbert Island reefs in the Central Pacific were once home to two species of sharks not previously reported in historic records or contemporary studies. The species were discovered in a new analysis of ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org) —A team of researchers made up of members from the U.S. and Canada has found that two species of fish that live in caves in the eastern and central parts of the United States have suffered hearing ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 3 |

For territorial animals, such as beavers, "owning" a territory ensures access to food, mates and nest sites. Defending that territory can involve fights which cause injury or death. How does an animal decide ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 09, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Two-thirds of all forest inventory plots in the Northeast and Midwestern United States contain at least one non-native plant species, a new U.S. Forest Service study found. The study across two dozen states from North Dakota ...

Biology - Ecology

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