Being able to mentally consider quantities makes sense for any social species. This skill is important during the search for food, for example, or to determine whether an opponent group outnumbers one's own. Scientists from ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2014
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Many birds have reason to worry that the eggs in their nest might not be their own: birds often deposit eggs into other nests and it is not easy for parents to tell their eggs from others. Researchers at the University of ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 10, 2013
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Plants can reproduce in a multitude of different ways, unlike humans and animals. Scientists at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna have been working on developing new varieties of chamomile that can be cultivated ...
Biotechnology
Nov 26, 2013
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Up to now, three species of lemurs on Madagascar were the only primates known to hibernate. Researchers at Vetmeduni Vienna in Austria, now show for the first time that another primate species that lives in Vietnam, Cambodia, ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2015
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Females can enhance the survival chances of their offspring by mating with multiple males. When it comes to immunological benefits, however, female promiscuity may not provide the young the advantages long suspected, as a ...
Evolution
Apr 15, 2016
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Of course, pet owners may base their choice of animal companions on personality but – as with humans – appearance may play a large part in the selection of partner. For reasons on which the reader is free to speculate, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2012
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In a study published recently in the journal Physiology & Behavior an international team of researchers examined whether cats living in multi-cat households are more stressed than cats housed singly. Many media outlets responded ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2013
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Diarrhoea in cats can have several causes, with infections from single-cell intestinal parasites being a common explanation. Researchers from the Vetmeduni Vienna, studied nearly 300 cats in order to assess the presence and ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2015
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In recent years, massive losses of honey bee colonies have occurred during winter in Europe and North America. It could be shown that the Varroa mite and the deformed wing virus are the main factors responsible for the alarming ...
Ecology
Nov 11, 2016
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A larger brain brings better cognitive performance. And so it seems only logical that a larger brain would offer a higher survival potential. In the course of evolution, large brains should therefore win out over smaller ...
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2015
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