News tagged with zebra finches
Scientists find a common link of bird flocks, breast milk and trust
Aug 13, 2009 |
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What do flocks of birds have in common with trust, monogamy, and even breast milk? According to a new report in the journal Science, they are regulated by virtually identical neurochemicals in the brain, known ...
Songbirds reveal how practice improves performance
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Learning complex skills like playing an instrument requires a sequence of movements that can take years to master. Last year, MIT neuroscientists reported that by studying the chirps of tiny ...
Biologists find birdsong of isolates reverts to norm over several generations (w/Audio)
May 03, 2009 |
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In an experiment that points to a role for genetics in the development of culture, biologists at The City College of New York (CCNY) and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered that zebra finches raised in isolation ...
Females compensate for unattractive partners
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Nov 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Attractive males promise quality offspring. Most female birds therefore invest a lot of energy in their attempts to breed with attractive partners. Not so the female zebra finch. If they have ...
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The Link Between Birdsong And Human Language
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Scientists studying how Bengalese finches use sets of syllables to communicate are a step closer to understanding how humans develop and use vocabulary. After studying the neural networks in finch brains, ...
Path to good health, less pollution is the sidewalk: report
Nov 09, 2009 |
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US pressure groups joined forces Monday to urge authorities to spend more to improve Americans' health and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species
Nov 09, 2009 |
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A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.
Notorious 'man-eating' lions of Tsavo likely ate about 35 people -- not 135, scientists say
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 02, 2009 |
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The legendary "man-eating lions of Tsavo" that terrorized a railroad camp in Kenya more than a century ago likely consumed about 35 people--far fewer than popular estimates of 135 victims, according to a new ...
Bacterium Identified as Potato Disease Culprit
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies tying a new species of Candidatus Liberibacter bacteria to zebra chip (ZC) disease in potato should speed efforts to better protect the tuber crop from costly outbreaks.
Transgenic songbirds provide new tool to understand the brain
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the decades, scientists have learned a lot about the basic life processes shared by many animals — including people — by manipulating the DNA of the "lower" species, such as mice and worms. But to date, ...
Transgenic songbirds provide new tool to understand the brain
Sep 29, 2009 |
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A new genetic tool will enable scientists to study vocal learning and neurogenesis at the molecular level in songbirds.
NOAA announces an experimental harmful algal bloom forecast bulletin for Lake Erie
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Predicting harmful algal blooms, or HABs, in the Great Lakes is now a reality as NOAA announces an experimental HAB forecast system in Lake Erie. HABs produce toxins that may pose a significant risk to human and animal health ...
Invasive Species on the March: Variable Rates of Spread Set Current Limits to Predictability
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether for introduced muskrats in Europe or oak trees in the United Kingdom, zebra mussels in United States lakes or agricultural pests around the world, scientists have tried to find new ...
How HIV cripples immune cells
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 16, 2009 |
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In order to be able to ward off disease pathogens, immune cells must be mobile and be able to establish contact with each other. The working group around Professor Dr. Oliver Fackler in the Virology Department ...
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