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Ancient mammals shifted diets as climate changed

Ancient mammals shifted diets as climate changed

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A new University of Florida study shows mammals change their dietary niches based on climate-driven environmental changes, contradicting a common assumption that species maintain their niches despite global ...





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Scientists say animal rights extremists threaten researchers and health outcomes

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Two new expert commentaries released in the September 16 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience spotlight the increasingly violent animal rights attacks and the need for an educated public and engaged research community to ens ...


Siberian jays use complex communication to mob predators

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When mobbing predators, Siberian jays use over a dozen different calls to communicate the level of danger and predator category to other members of their own group. A Swedish study from Uppsala University, published in the ...


Geologist analyzes earliest shell-covered fossil animals

Geologist analyzes earliest shell-covered fossil animals

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The fossil remains of some of the first animals with shells, ocean-dwelling creatures that measure a few centimeters in length and date to about 520 million years ago, provide a window on evolution at this ...


Early family ties: No sponge in the human family tree

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Since the days of Charles Darwin, researchers are interested in reconstructing the "Tree of Life", and in understanding the development of animal and plant species during their evolutionary history. In the case of vertebrates, ...


Horse whisperers, lion tamers not needed: Scientists find genetic regions that soothe savage beasts

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In what could be a breakthrough in animal breeding, a team of scientists from Germany, Russia and Sweden have discovered a set of genetic regions responsible for animal tameness. This discovery, published in the June 2009 ...


Migraine sufferers more prone to hangover headache

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Migraine sufferers, beware. You may be more prone to an alcohol-induced headache after a night of drinking, according to researchers from the Jefferson Headache Center. The research will be presented at Neuroscience 2009, ...


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Pork meat grown in the laboratory

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (43) | comments 53

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Eindhoven University in The Netherlands have for the first time grown pork meat in the laboratory by extracting cells from a live pig and growing them in a petri dish.


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New evidence of culture in wild chimpanzees

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

A new study of chimpanzees living in the wild adds to evidence that our closest primate relatives have cultural differences, too. The study, reported online on October 22nd in Current Biology shows that neighb ...


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Would Pain-Free Animals Make a More Humane Hamburger?

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 39

(PhysOrg.com) -- With advancements in genetic engineering, researchers say that it may soon be possible to breed farm animals that don't feel pain. The suggestion has sparked controversy on whether denying ...


Fish may actually feel pain and react to it much like humans

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fish don't make noises or contort their faces to show that it hurts when hooks are pulled from their mouths, but a Purdue University researcher believes they feel that pain all the same.



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