Bacteria may help frogs attract mates
The role played by symbiotic microorganisms isolated from the skin of anurans has been discovered by researchers in Brazil. The ...
Tag: Zoology/Veterinary Science
New study shows human impact erodes chimpanzee behavioral diversity
Development, habitat destruction and poaching lead to losses of specific behaviors Chimpanzees are well known for their extraordinary diversity of ...
Wolves lead, dogs follow — And both cooperate with humans
Credit: Friederike Range/Vetmeduni Vienna Human social life would be unthinkable without cooperation. The frequency and complexity with which humans cooperate ...
Hungry moose more tolerant of wolves’ presence
Credit: Mark Gocke Driven by the need for food, moose in western Wyoming are less likely to change their behavior ...
Could internet activity provide accurate in plant and animal conservation?
Study conducted by Ben-Gurion University, University of Oxford and University of BirminghamCredit: PLOS BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL...March 13, 2019 -An international team ...
Desert plants provided by homeowners offer habitat for desert bird species
UMass Amherst, Forest Service and Arizona State ecologists investigate bird diversityCredit: Eyal Shochat/Ben Gurion University of the Negev AMHERST, Mass. ...
Little owls on the move
Credit: Ralph Martin The little owl, Athene noctua, is a small nocturnal owl and is classified as an endangered species ...
New species of frog sheds light on major biodiversity hotspot in southern India
Discovery will help researchers better understand a region of the world known for its evolutionary significanceCredit: S.P.Vijayakumar WASHINGTON (Mar. 12, ...
When coyote parents get used to humans, their offspring become bolder, too
Credit: Steve Guymon/National Wildlife Research Center Across North America, coyotes are moving into urban environments, and regardless of how they ...
For hyenas, there’s no ‘I’ in clan
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - When it comes to advancing social status, it's not what you know, ...
New species of stiletto snake capable of sideways strikes discovered in West Africa
Credit: Mark-Oliver Roedel Following a series of recent surveys in north-western Liberia and south-eastern Guinea, an international team of researchers ...
Study confirms horseshoe crabs are really relatives of spiders, scorpions
Credit: Courtesy of Jesús Ballesteros MADISON, Wis. -- Blue-blooded and armored with 10 spindly legs, horseshoe crabs have perhaps always ...
Pheromones and social status: Machos smell better
Credit: © K. Thonhauser/Vetmeduni Vienna Male house mice produce several pheromones, which are volatile and non-volatile chemical signals that have ...
Insects in decline: On farmland, latecomers lose out
The pollination services provided by wild bees are indispensable, not only for ecological but also for eminently economic reasons. However, ...
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