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Water striders' jumping on water - understood and imitated after careful observations
Aug 07, 2015 (SPX)
Jumping is an antipredatory adaptation of many water strider species to avoid capture by predators that attack from under the water surface. The Korean-Polish t...
China pledges $2 million to curb poaching in Zimbabwe
Aug 06, 2015 (AFP)
China, which is accused of fuelling the trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, on Thursday pledged equipment worth $2 million to curb poaching in Zimbabwe. The...
New biosensors for managing microbial 'workers'
Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)
Super productive factories of the future could employ fleets of genetically engineered bacterial cells, such as common E. coli, to produce valuable chemical com...
Biology, not just physics, controls release of scent compounds from plants
Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)
Purdue University research suggests active biological mechanisms transport scent and taste compounds known as volatiles from plant cells to the atmosphere, a fi...
Researchers strategize to outsmart bacteria
Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)
Rice University scientists are developing strategies to keep germs from evolving resistance to antibiotics by heading them off at the pass. The Rice lab of bioc...
Scientists solve mystery behind earthworm digestion
Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists have discovered how earthworms can digest plant material, such as fallen leaves, that would defeat most other herbivores. Earthworms are responsible ...
Dogs process faces in specialized brain area, study reveals
Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)
Dogs have a specialized region in their brains for processing faces, a new study finds. PeerJ is publishing the research, which provides the first evidence for ...
Atomic view of microtubules
Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)
Microtubules, hollow fibers of tubulin protein only a few nanometers in diameter, form the cytoskeletons of living cells and play a crucial role in cell divisio...
Fish that have their own fish finders
Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)
The more than 200 species in the family Mormyridae communicate with one another in a way completely alien to our species: by means of electric discharges genera...
Almost 80 species scavenge hunting remains worldwide
Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)
Human activities such as livestock farming, fishing or hunting yearly waste tons of food into natural ecosystems. A large part of this anthropogenic food is pro...
Scientists warn an entire eco-system is under threat
Aug 04, 2015 (SPX)
Several rare upland bird species are being put at risk together with other ecosystem functions by the effects of climate change on the UK's blanket bogs, ecolog...
Shifting winds, currents endanger Galapagos penguin population
Aug 04, 2015 (SPX)
Shifts in trade winds and ocean currents powered a resurgence of endangered Galapagos penguins over the past 30 years, according to a new study. These changes e...
Earliest evidence of reproduction in a complex organism
Aug 04, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers led by the University of Cambridge have found the earliest example of reproduction in a complex organism. Their new study has found that some organi...
4 million years at Africa's salad bar
Aug 04, 2015 (SPX)
As grasses grew more common in Africa, most major mammal groups tried grazing on them at times during the past 4 million years, but some of the animals went ext...
UGA researchers discover how parasitic plants know when to attack
Aug 01, 2015 (SPX)
An international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Georgia has discovered how parasitic plants, which steal their nutrients from anothe...
Florida's giant snails prove to be a slippery foe
Jul 31, 2015 (AFP)
Florida plant detectives are on the trail of a slippery foe, an invasive African land snail that is wily, potentially infectious, and can grow as big as a tenni...
Zimbabwe seeks US hunter's extradition for killing lion
Jul 31, 2015 (AFP)
Zimbabwe on Friday called for the extradition of Walter Palmer, as AFP learnt that the Minnesota dentist and trophy hunter had posed for a photograph next to th...
Stressed out plants send animal-like signals
Jul 30, 2015 (SPX)
University of Adelaide research has shown for the first time that, despite not having a nervous system, plants use signals normally associated with animals when...
UN adopts resolution to fight wildlife poaching
Jul 30, 2015 (AFP)
The United Nations called on its member states Thursday to work harder in combatting poaching of endangered species such as elephants and rhinoceroses. The Gene...
Hunters fight back after Cecil killing
Jul 30, 2015 (AFP)
Bucking against international outrage over the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe, professional hunters argue that their industry follows strict rules aimed ...
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