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Aussie meat ants may be invasive cane toad's Achilles' heel

Ecologists in Australia have discovered that cane toads are far more susceptible to being killed and eaten by meat ants than native frogs. Their research - published in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ec ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0




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Philippines seizes butchered pangolins

Philippine wildlife authorities seized a huge shipment of meat and scales from up to a hundred slaughtered pangolins, also known as scaly anteaters, officials said on Friday.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

High-tech gadgets offer plenty for gifts

Every year gadgets and their accessories are the hot gifts to give and get.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Last stand in Asia for shy, defenseless anteater

(AP) -- As the 20 cardboard boxes bound for China rolled through the X-ray machine at Jakarta's airport, Indonesian customs officials suspected what was inside didn't match what was declared. Instead of fresh ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Monkeying around in Belgian zoos brings girls out on top

A female bonobo has been named "the world's smartest ape" after beating chimpanzees distracted by male rivalry in a contest between two Belgian zoos, whose results took scientists by surprise.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Aging boomers strain cities built for the young

(AP) -- America's cities are beginning to grapple with a fact of life: People are getting old, fast, and they're doing it in communities designed for the sprightly.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 09, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Commercial trap for wasps, hornets and yellowjackets 'baited' with new technology

Forget the ants marching one by one--yellowjackets are the real party-crashers when it comes to spoiling picnics, outdoor barbeques and other summer fun where cold beverages and meat are present.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The future of reading

Emma Teitgen, 12, thought the chemistry book her teacher recommended would make perfect bedside reading. Perfect because it might help her fall asleep.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Australia's cane toads face death by cat food

Australia's vile and poisonous plague of cane toads may finally have met its match -- and it comes in a tin of cat food.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Evidence unearthed of possible mass cannibalism in Neolithic Europe

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists studying a 7,000-year-old site in what is now south-west Germany have found evidence suggesting that more than 500 people may have been the victims of cannibalism.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 8 weblog

Alien lionfish swarm N.C. coast

A handful of ravenous, venomous lionfish, a species native to the western Pacific, were spotted off North Carolina in 2000. Turns out they like it here. A lot.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0


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