Habitat differences help determine changes in the nervous system of tropical butterflies, scientists at the University of Bristol have found.
Evolution
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Many bird species fly together with conspecifics in flocks to safely cover flight distances. To avoid collisions with each other and head in the same direction, flock members have to communicate and coordinate their flight ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2022
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Children who suddenly appear to lose the thread of an otherwise obvious conversation often do so because they cannot combine two key communicative skills until surprisingly late in their development, researchers have found.
Education
Jun 30, 2022
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Gathering vision data for hundreds of vertebrates and invertebrates, U of A biologists have deepened scientists' understanding of animal vision, including the colors they see.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2022
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The world's coral reefs are becoming extinct due to many factors such as global warming and accelerated urbanization in coastal areas, which places tremendous stress on marine life. "The rapid decline of coral reefs has increased ...
Ecology
Apr 26, 2022
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Eye contact plays a fundamental role in human communication and relationships. However, humans also make eye contact with dog companions. According to new research by Hungarian ethologists, at least four independent traits ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2021
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Hummingbird hawkmoths are small insects that hover in the air like hummingbirds when drinking nectar from flowers. Dr. Anna Stöckl from the Biocentre of the Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2021
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A new study by researchers from the University of Chicago and the French National Centre for Scientific Research shows how organisms filter information from their environment differently for a wide range of biological processes—from ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 18, 2021
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Biologists have identified fundamental mechanisms in visual information processing in fruit flies.
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2021
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Primates process visual information in front of their eyes, similar to pixels in a digital camera, using small computing units located in the visual cortex of their brains. In order to understand the origins of our visual ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2020
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