An international team of researchers studying sound production in perch-like fishes has discovered a link between two unrelated lineages of fishes, taking researchers a step closer to understanding the evolution of one of ...
Evolution
Dec 15, 2011
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The hermaphroditic cleaner shrimp Lysmata amboinensis usually live in monogamous pairs, but dark passions underlie their social structure. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 11, 2011
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A new genetic study by a team of Cuban and American researchers confirms that American crocodiles are hybridizing with wild populations of critically endangered Cuban crocodiles, which may cause a population decline of this ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- At first glance, the bat captured in St. Vincent looked like a common type found in South America.
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2011
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Toxic or venomous animals, like bumblebees, are often brightly coloured to tell would-be predators to keep away. However scientists at Royal Holloway, University of London and Queen Mary, University of London have found a ...
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research may help explain underlying evolutionary principles that shape life spans for many organisms, including humans.
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2010
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A new study into the research of the renowned Lamarckian experimentalist Paul Kammerer may help to end the controversy which has engulfed his research for almost a century. The study, published in The Journal of Experimental ...
Evolution
Sep 3, 2009
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Dr Amber Teacher, studying a post-doctorate at Royal Holloway, University of London, has discovered evidence that a disease may be causing a behavioural change in frogs. The research, published in the August edition of Molecular ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Suspending a life in time is a theme that normally finds itself in the pages of science fiction, but now such ideas have become a reality in the annals of science.
Evolution
Jul 17, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources weren’t looking for anything new when they went exploring in the northeast part of the state. But they ended up ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2009
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