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Bird Feathers Produce Color Through Structure Similar to Beer Foam

Bird Feathers Produce Color Through Structure Similar to Beer Foam

Physics / Soft Matter

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the brightest colors in nature are created by tiny nanostructures with a structure similar to beer foam or a sponge, according to Yale University researchers.





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Emphasis on conifer forests places multiple species at risk

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 23, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The traditional emphasis on dense, fast-growing, conifer-dominated forests in the Pacific Northwest raises questions about the health of dozens of animal species that depend on shrubs, herbs and broad-leaf trees, a new analysis ...


Wildlife Corridors Benefit Plant Biodiversity, Native Plants

Biology /

created Sep 01, 2006 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Wildlife corridors appear to support not only wildlife but also plants —especially the oft-threatened native variety.


Duke study examines bluebird evolution

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created Apr 12, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Duke University evolutionary ecologists in Durham, N.C., are offering findings that might provide insight into how evolution operates.


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Accumulated wealth encourages family stability, not only for humans

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created Oct 25, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Among Western bluebirds and other cooperatively breeding birds, when grown children hang around the nest instead of dispersing at maturity, family structures become more close-knit. But what keeps the kids ...



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