Items tagged with Animal

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Birds Born to Fear Red Monday, August 3rd, 2009 - 12:02:33 - Ehud Rattner Finches instinctively avoid competitors colored red, rather than learning to fear the color during their upbringing, Australian research concludes... read more

Alien-Wasp Swarms Devouring Birds Saturday, July 25th, 2009 - 10:15:08 - Anuradha Menon Attacking from nests as big as pickup-truck beds, invasive western yellowjacket wasps in Hawaii are munching their way through an "astonishing... read more

New Dinosaur Had Potbelly, Wolverine Claws Saturday, July 18th, 2009 - 12:22:14 - Anuradha Menon Don't let the Wolverine-like claws fool you. Unlike the X-men's most popular pugilist, this new dinosaur species was no predator, scientists say... read more

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

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