20/11/2006

Humans and chimpanzees, how similar are we?

The DNA sequences of humans and chimpanzees are 98.5 percent identical, but now Uppsala University researchers can show that parts of the genetic material are missing in one species or the other.

Chemical exchanges show wasps are bad losers

Wasps have more than just a sting in their tail according to new research published this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, they also carry the insect version of pepper spray in their heads, which they can release ...

Tasmania plans to eradicate red foxes

Tasmania plans to spend millions of dollars destroying red foxes, an animal that until recently was thought not to have spread there.

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