(Phys.org) —Until recently, the only primate known to hibernate as a survival strategy was a creature called the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur, a tropical tree-dweller from the African island of Madagascar.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 02, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0 |

Trapped in a steel cage barely big enough to hold her, the large squirrel was not happy, pawing at the bars and trying them with her teeth. Matt Whitbeck and Cherry Keller of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were glad to ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 29, 2013 not rated yet 0

University of Alberta-led research reveals that Microraptor, a small flying dinosaur was a complete hunter, able to swoop down and pickup fish as well as its previously known prey of birds and tree dwelling ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 22, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

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 |

The study, by researchers at the universities of Sheffield and Exeter, suggests that killing birds is just a small part of the problem cats cause our feathered friends.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 27, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

Using deceptive behavioral patterns of squirrels and birds, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed robots that are able to deceive each other. The research is funded by the Office ...

Electronics - Robotics

Dec 03, 2012 3 / 5 (6) 2 |

(AP)—A squirrel population boom is menacing fruit growers and others in some patches of the country.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 16, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are gathering evidence this fall that the feisty fox squirrels scampering around campus are not just mindlessly foraging for food, but engaging ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 04, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 1 |

Some aliens arrived as stowaways. Others were brought in deliberately, for fun or profit. And others were so tiny that nobody noticed them until way too late.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 28, 2012 4 / 5 (2) 3

(Phys.org) -- Two new studies by scientists at UC Berkeley provide a clearer picture of why some species move in response to climate change, and where they go.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 16, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Climate change is causing a late wake-up call from hibernation for a species of Rocky Mountain ground squirrel and the effect is deadly.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 08, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

(Phys.org) -- A team of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis has been keeping a wary eye on emerging tick-borne diseases in Missouri for the past dozen years, and they have just nailed down another ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jun 22, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Disastrous disease outbreaks like the one which led to the decimation of the red squirrel in Britain can now be avoided through the implementation of new preventive measures developed by UK scientists.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 27, 2012 not rated yet 0

Some of Ireland's oldest inhabitants are facing serious threat and possible extinction because of foreign species, according to researchers at Queen's University.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 21, 2012 not rated yet 0

Climate change is reducing the body size of many animal and plant species, including some which supply vital nutrition for more than a billion people already living near hunger's threshold, according to a ...

Space & Earth - Environment

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