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ScienceShot: Crickets Sing Deeper When Cold
When their energy is sapped, tree crickets can't chirp as high
Mon 30 Apr 12 from Science Now
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Desperate fishwives
Breeding is on their minds as the mating season draws to an end. Guys drop dead by the hour, making goby girls go all out in their hunt for a mate to father their offspring.
Wed 2 May 12 from Phys.org
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Antarctic albatross displays shift in breeding habits
A new study of the wandering albatross -- one of the largest birds on Earth -- has shown that some of the birds are breeding earlier in the season compared with 30 years ago.
Mon 30 Apr 12 from Phys.org
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Angry Birds Land comes home to roost in Finland
Finland's S??iemi Adventure Park has opened its doors for the summer season with a brand new attraction, the world's first Angry Birds themed attraction.
Wed 2 May 12 from The Independent
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When to have kids: A complex question for hazel dormice
Claudia Bieber from the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology (FIWI) of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, and fellow scientists analysed a capture-recapture data set on common ...
Fri 27 Apr 12 from Phys.org
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Mobs rule for great tit neighbours
(Phys.org) -- Great tits are more likely to join defensive mobs with birds in nearby nests that are ‘familiar neighbours’ rather than new arrivals, Oxford University research has found.
Fri 27 Apr 12 from Phys.org
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Buttercups alert farmers to first signs of subarctic fungus in the UK
A plant disease normally found in subarctic climates has been identified for the first time in the UK in buttercups as far south as Herefordshire.
Thu 26 Apr 12 from Phys.org
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Mantis males engage in riskier mating behavior if deprived of female access
Male praying mantises are more likely to engage in risky mating behavior if they have not had recent access to females, as reported Apr. 25 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. Female praying ...
Wed 25 Apr 12 from Phys.org
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Russian scientists in quest to find elusive white orca
A team of Russian scientists say they will embark on a quest next week to observe the only all-white, adult killer whale ever spotted -- a majestic and elusive bull they have named Iceberg.
Mon 23 Apr 12 from Phys.org
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Flies process attractive and deterrent odors in different brain areas
In collaboration with colleagues from Portugal and Spain, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, have developed an apparatus that automatically applies ...
Wed 25 Apr 12 from Phys.org
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