News tagged with escape hatches

Ancient geologic escape hatches mistaken for tube worms

Tubeworms have been around for millions of years and the fossil record is rich with their distinctive imprints. But a discovery made by U of C scientists found that what previous researchers had labeled as tubeworms in a ...

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created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Hotter homes produce smarter babies

(PhysOrg.com) -- A hotter home appears to produce babies with better cognitive abilities - but before you turn up the home heater to make your baby brainier, the research was conducted on the Australian lizard ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Aggression prevents the better part of valor ... in fig wasps

Published online in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, the study confirms that placid male pollinator fig wasps work together to chew an escape tunnel for their females, before crawling back into t ...

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created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wildlife groups sue for more protection of turtles

(AP) -- Several wildlife protection groups are suing the federal agency that regulates fishing in U.S. waters, claiming the government isn't doing enough to protect endangered sea turtles from drowning in shrimp nets.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new breed: Highly productive chickens help raise Ugandans from poverty

In the fight to improve global health, alleviate hunger, raise living standards and empower women in the developing world, chickens have an important role to play.

Biology / Other

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Celebrity New York hawk amazes with baby

Message to New York's most-watched -- and feathered -- mom to be: happy Mother's Day!

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Celebrity New York hawk dashes chick hopes: expert

One of New York's most closely watched celebrities -- a red-tailed hawk nesting on a Manhattan high rise -- has dashed hopes that three eggs she's been tending will hatch.

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created May 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Study shows smaller rows contribute to more soybean yields in colder climates

Soybean production has continued to increase in the Northeast United States with more and more first time growers planting the crop and many experienced growers planting alongside corn crops. To save on time and expenses, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Parents' social problems affect their children -- even in birds

A recent study performed by Floriane Guibert and Cecilia Houdelier at the CNRS-University of Rennes in France, together with researchers at the INRA in Nouzilly, France and with Austrian scientists including Erich Mostl of ...

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created Dec 27, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Shining symbiosis: Bobtail squid and their bacteria buddies

In deep ocean waters, it's sometimes difficult to hide from predators. That's why so many sea creatures have evolved extraordinary methods of disguise.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface

(AP) -- Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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