Biology News

Dec 12, 2011 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has revealed the first evidence of animals advertising their homes to potential mates. Researchers from University of California and the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated the behavior of the Emei music frog (Babina dauchina) native to southwest China. Emei music frog (Jianguo Cui) Their findings, published in the journal Biology Letters, show that calls of the male Emei music frog, vocalizing from male-built...

Dec 11, 2011 by James Freeman

Researchers from Université de La Réunion, Réunion, have found that Barau’s petrels synchronize their migration with the full Moon when travel...

Dec 8, 2011 by News Staff

US researchers found that Kirtland’s warblers like to live in young forests and forests that have been on fire, stated in a press release from NASA’s...

Dec 2, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Evolutionary biologists from University of Michigan found that paper wasps have evolved specialized face-learning abilities analogous to the system used...

Nov 30, 2011 by Natali Anderson

The Zooniverse team at Oxford University and Scientific American have launched the whale-song project, called Whale FM,  to involve curious citizen scientists....

Nov 21, 2011 by News Staff

Researchers used Alaskan huskies to demonstrate the serious health risks posed by contaminants, such as mercury, in the subsistence diets that both indigenous...

Nov 14, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Japanese researchers have discovered a hitherto unknown population of coelacanths, a fish species known as a living fossil, off southeast Africa, according...

Sep 22, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Scientists at Harvard University have created a material that repels just about any type of liquid, including blood and oil, and does so even under harsh...

Sep 20, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Scientists have found that larger groups of great and blue tits are better at solving problems than smaller ones, according to a press release of Oxford...

Sep 16, 2011 by Natali Anderson

A researcher in the School of Biological Sciences, Kate Charlton-Robb, unearthed the remarkable findings, showing that coastal dolphins in southern Australia...

Sep 15, 2011 by Natali Anderson

A study led by Stanford University researchers at a waterhole in Namibia, shows that in years of low rainfall, when resources are scarce, some male elephants...

Sep 9, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Researchers have discovered why butterflies have the capacity to change their wing patterns to mimic neighbouring species and ensure their survival from...

Sep 9, 2011 by Natali Anderson

The cause of loud sounds generated by males of some hummingbird species has been identified for the first time. A paper published in the September 9 issue...

Sep 1, 2011 by Natali Anderson

The green anole lizard Anolis carolinensis, a native of the Southeastern United States, is the first nonbird species of reptile to have its genome sequenced...

Aug 26, 2011 by Natali Anderson

When a male rat senses the presence of a fetching female rat, a certain region of his brain lights up with neural activity, in anticipation of romance....