Biology News

Jun 21, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Wall-climbing robots, bioadhesives or other sticky substances can benefit greatly from a discovery about the self-cleaning and reuse abilities of a gecko’s foot hair by researchers from the University of Akron and the University of North Texas in Denton.  Day gecko Phelsuma laticauda (Miguel Vences) Their results were published in the June 13 issue of the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. The sticky yet clean attribute of this discovery...

Jun 15, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Scientists have found that cougars, or American mountain lions, are re-emerging in areas of the United States, reversing 100 years of decline. Cougar cubs...

Jun 15, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Yale University have discovered that grasshoppers stressed by spiders affect the productivity...

Jun 14, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Dutch biologists have discovered that insects can use plants as green phones for communication with other bugs. Ragwort plants show to act as phones that...

Jun 14, 2012 by News Staff

A new study into the biogeography of Antarctica has identified 15 distinct regions on the continent and near-shore islands. 15 Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic...

Jun 14, 2012 by Natali Anderson

European biologists have discovered a new species of squat lobster in the underwater mountains facing the Galician coast, Spain. Artist’s impression...

Jun 8, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Researchers have discovered a massive bloom of phytoplankton beneath ice-covered Arctic waters. Until now, sea ice was thought to block sunlight and limit...

Jun 7, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Fishery biologists led by Dr Roldan Muñoz of NOAA’s Beaufort Laboratory have for the first time observed headbutting contests between males of the world’s...

Jun 7, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Australian researchers have found that two common mango varieties contain natural compounds that may help fight obesity. Green mango A team from the University...

Jun 7, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers at University of California in Berkeley has found that cockroaches can disappear in the blink of an eye by flinging themselves at...

Jun 5, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have found how this blood-sucking insect can survive the high-speed impact of falling raindrops. Free-flying...

May 30, 2012 by Natali Anderson

British biologists have found that the tuatara, an iconic New Zealand reptile, chews its food in a way unlike any other animal on Earth. An adult of the...

May 29, 2012 by News Staff

Scientists from Simon Fraser University in Canada and University of Tasmania in Australia have found that sea and land cold-blooded animals differ in their...

May 25, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Using camera traps, wildlife researchers have captured photographs of one of the rarest animals on Earth, the Sumatran striped rabbit. A research group...

May 24, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Smithsonian Institution have discovered a new sensory organ in rorqual whales that coordinates...

May 23, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of biologists has discovered a new genus of velvet spider and named it after Lou Reed, an American rock musician and songwriter. This...

May 23, 2012 by Natali Anderson

It’s quite common for a female song sparrow to stray from her breeding partner and mate with the male next door, but a new study by an international...

May 22, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A new bright yellow frog species has been discovered in the mountains of western Panama by German biologists. This is a male of the new frog species, Diasporus...

May 21, 2012 by Natali Anderson

University of Sydney researchers have found that platypus colonies that live on Australia’s small islands are at high risk of disease epidemics that...

May 14, 2012 by News Staff

Australian researchers have found that bird species with multiple plumage color forms within in the same population evolve into new species faster than...