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Study finds southern Indian Ocean humpbacks singing different tunes
A recently published study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and others reveals that humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean are singing different tunes, unusual since ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Male spiders of one species lose their genitals after sex to increase sperm count in females
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have known for some time that the male sex organ, called a palp, in orb-web spiders is often broken off during copulation with females; what hasn’t been so ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Compromises between quantity and quality common in animals: do the same holds for plants, flowers?
Most creatures face compromises when they reproduce — the more energy they devote to having lots of babies, the less they can invest in each one. But do the same tradeoffs hold true for ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Half of species found by 'great plant hunters'
(PhysOrg.com) -- With an estimated 15-30% of the world’s flowering plants yet to be discovered, finding and recording new plant species is vital to our understanding of global biodiversity.
Thu 2 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Transgene insects: Scientists call for more open data
While genetically modified plants have already been introduced into the wild on a large scale in some parts of the world, the release of genetically modified animals is still at a relatively ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Birdbooker Report 208 | @GrrlScientist
Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this weekly report includes books about mosses, scientific art and stream ecology that have been newly published in North America and the UKBooks to the ceiling, ...
11 hours ago from Guardian.co.uk
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The World's Heaviest Insect Is 3,500 Times More Massive Than the Smallest Vertebrate
Record-breaking critters are always crawling, hopping, swimming or ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from Discover Magazine
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Meet the beetles: Social networks provide clues to natural selection
Think of them as a group of guys, hanging out together, but not spending much time with the ladies, nor getting much "action." Except these "guys" are forked fungus beetles.
Mon 30 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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China clears illegal tiger snares
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Volunteers in China cleared 162 illegal wire snares in an effort to protect the surviving population of endangered Siberian tigers, U.S. conservationists say.
Tue 31 Jan 12 from UPI
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Monogamous societies superior to polygamous societies
The title is rather loud and non-objective. But that seems to me to be ...
Tue 31 Jan 12 from Discover Magazine
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