Too many candidates spoil the stew
This election year has produced 17 Republican presidential candidates, which on its surface may appear to give the party a competitive advantage. Evolution, however, disagrees.
Evolution
Sep 11, 2015
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News tagged with hermit crabs
Caught red-handed: The 'Candy striped hermit crab' is a new species from the Caribbean
Recent underwater photographs and video obtained using scuba equipment by underwater photographer Ellen Muller at dive sites in the National Marine Park of the southern Caribbean island of Bonaire revealed the presence of ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2017
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Hermit crabs' lesson on wealth inequality
Can hermit crabs teach us about a common global problem—wealth inequality? The answer is yes, according to a first-of-its-kind study published in the January issue of Physica A.
Mathematics
Jan 6, 2020
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Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni: Fossil hermit crab named after Michael Jackson
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Kent State University researcher was part of an international team of paleontologists that recently made a significant discovery in northern Spain. The group discovered a new family, genus and species of ...
Archaeology
Jan 19, 2012
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Hermit crabs found to use vibration to ward off would-be shell evictors
A pair of researchers with Dartmouth College has found that Pacific hermit crabs use vibration to ward off other crabs trying to steal their shells. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, Louise Roberts ...
'Shell-shocked' crabs can feel pain
The latest study by Professor Bob Elwood and Barry Magee from Queen's School of Biological Sciences looked at the reactions of common shore crabs to small electrical shocks, and their behaviour after experiencing those shocks. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2013
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Which came first, hermits or kings?
Heather Bracken-Grissom, marine sciences professor in the FIU Department of Biological Sciences, has helped answer one of the most debated questions among evolutionary biologists: Did the hermit crab evolve into the king ...
Evolution
Aug 27, 2013
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Competing crabs don't fight over 'homes'
Two hermit crab species which live on the same beach have adapted to coexist by selecting differently shaped shells as their homes, according to a study in the open access journal BMC Ecology.
Ecology
Jan 15, 2020
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Behind Green Eyes: New Species of deep-water hermit crab finds itself unusual shelters
'Green-eyed hermit crab' is the common name for a new species recently discovered off the West Coast of South Africa. Apart from its magnetic stare, however, there is a number of characteristic morphological traits and an ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 12, 2017
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Scientists confirm crab's memory of pain
New research published by a Queen’s University Belfast academic has shown that crabs not only suffer pain but that they retain a memory of it.
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2009
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