Biology News

Feb 17, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Researchers from the Center of Astrobiology of INTA-CSIC in Spain and the Catholic University of the North in Chile have discovered an ‘oasis’ of microorganisms living below the surface of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Atacama Desert, Chile (ESO) Their paper, published in the journal Astrobiology, describes the discovery of a hypersaline subsurface microbial habitat associated with halite-, nitrate-, and perchlorate-containing salts lying at...

Feb 16, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Are you curious whether your dog completely understands what you say? The answer is in a study by Brazilian researchers, published online in the journal...

Feb 15, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers, led by Dr. Frank Glaw of the Zoological State Collection of Munich in Germany, has discovered four new species of...

Feb 15, 2012 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the Queen Mary University of London, UK, has discovered that bumblebees can use cues from their rivals the honeybees to learn...

Feb 10, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers has discovered a new species of bent-toed gecko on the East Montalivet Island off the north coast of the Kimberley region in Western...

Feb 9, 2012 by Natali Anderson

There have been many hypotheses why zebra have stripes, including predator confusion, crypsis or thermoregulation, but the correct answer was unknown –...

Feb 7, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of Japanese researchers has successfully demonstrated that loss of flight has been the major driving force for beetle diversification. Carrion beetles:...

Feb 3, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A team of biologists has discovered a new remarkable species of Andean semiaquatic lizard in southern Peru. An adult male Potamites montanicola (Germán...

Jan 31, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has for the first time studied the mechanism of iridescence in the hairs of golden moles. The iridescence is widespread...

Jan 23, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of researchers from the Monash Institute of Medical Research, Australia, has produced embryonic stem-like cells from the tissue of snow leopard. It...

Jan 20, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has rediscovered the extremely rare primate Miller’s Grizzled Langur, a species which was believed to be extinct...

Jan 12, 2012 by News Staff

A team of biologists has discovered two new species of frogs in New Guinea, one of which breaks the record for the world’s tiniest known vertebrate. The...

Jan 10, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of researchers has discovered a remarkable new species of bush viper in Tanzania, East Africa. Matilda’s horned viper (Tim Davenport...

Dec 20, 2011 by Natali Anderson

An international team of ornithologists has discovered the breeding area for the extremely rare bird Black-throated blue robin (Luscinia obscura) in Shaanxi...

Dec 14, 2011 by Natali Anderson

A U.S. researcher has discovered the world’s smallest frogs in forests of southeastern Papua New Guinea. The study by Fred Kraus from the Bishop Museum,...

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...

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....