(Phys.org) —If you've owned a pet guppy, you know they often jump out of their tanks. Many a child has asked why the guppy jumped; many a parent has been stumped for an answer. Now a study by University of Maryland biologist ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 25, 2013
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UP fitness wristbands have gotten in stride with Android, keeping in step with the popularity of smartphones powered by the free Google software.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 20, 2013
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Stingrays living in one of the world's most famous and heavily visited ecotourism sites—Stingray City/Sandbar in the Cayman Islands—have profoundly changed their ways, raising questions about the impact of so-called "interactive ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 18, 2013
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Anxiety-moderating drugs that reach waterways via wastewater create fearless and asocial fish that eat more quickly than normal. These behavioral changes can have serious ecological consequences. This is shown by Umeå University ...
Ecology
Feb 14, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Indiana University researchers have found evidence that a species of songbird that recently colonized an urban environment exhibits less stress and bolder behavior as compared to counterparts living in the forest. ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2012
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Remember backyard games of Red Rover, Mother May I, and Red Light Green Light? How about playing Monopoly or Chutes and Ladders? Games like these figure into the pleasant childhood memories of many, but can games serve a ...
Software
Oct 23, 2012
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A plant that is unremarkable in one environment becomes an invasive species in another, pushing through house foundations and sprouting up through roads. A house sparrow that's a perfectly charming resident of the English ...
Ecology
Oct 2, 2012
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Johns Hopkins scientists report what is believed to be the first evidence that complex, reversible behavioral patterns in bees – and presumably other animals – are linked to reversible chemical tags on genes.
Plants & Animals
Sep 16, 2012
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A novel virus has been identified as the possible cause of a common but mysterious disease that kills a significant number of pet snakes all over the world, thanks to research led by scientists at the University of California, ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 14, 2012
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(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.
Ecology
Jun 15, 2012
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