Items tagged with Animal

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New Actions of Neurochemicals Found Friday, July 3rd, 2009 - 12:53:59 - Anuradha Menon Although the tiny roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has only 302 neurons in its entire nervous system, studies of this simple animal have... read more

Rat's Whiskers Inspire Robot Advance Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 - 10:44:19 - Anuradha Menon A robotic rat that can scurry through the dark using its plastic whiskers to navigate could be used to help rescue people from burning buildings... read more

'Best' Animal Dads Saturday, June 20th, 2009 - 09:02:59 - Anuradha Menon Father's Day, which falls this year on Sunday, June 21, annually honors committed human dads. But seahorse fathers might just blow those proud papas... read more

Scientists Announce Top 10 New Species Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 - 10:16:07 - Anuradha Menon A pea-sized seahorse, the world's longest insect, a "ghost slug" and the world's smallest snake were among the top 10 species discovered in 2008, a... read more

Zoos Help Track Spread of Pandemics Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 - 13:57:06 - Ehud Rattner Zoos are being drafted by the US government to track the spread of avian influenza this spring. But there seem to be no plans yet to use the zoo... read more

Crabs Feels and Retains Memory of Pain Friday, March 27th, 2009 - 14:16:50 - Anuradha Menon New research published by a Queen's University academic has shown that crabs not only suffer pain but that they retain a memory of it. The study... read more

Team Observes Genesis of Fish Shoals Friday, March 27th, 2009 - 12:03:54 - Anuradha Menon For the first time, MIT engineers and colleagues have observed the initiation of a mass gathering and subsequent migration of hundreds of millions of... read more

Mechanical Mother Comforts Monkey Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 - 10:22:27 - Sarah Gingichashvili A hand-reared monkey has been given a mechanical surrogate mother to help keep her company. After the birth of the female DeBrazza's monkey by... read more

Sponges May Be Earliest Animal Life Saturday, February 7th, 2009 - 12:29:30 - Anuradha Menon Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the apparently sudden appearance in the fossil record of a great variety of multicellular creatures -- a rapid... read more

First Ever Extinct Animal Cloned Friday, February 6th, 2009 - 18:34:02 - Anuradha Menon New cloning work could clear the way for resurrection of many recently extinct beasts. In the realm of commercial cloning, trickled-down technology... read more

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