Animals

Animals

Cyber Salmon

To learn about chum, chinook, and coho salmon, try this Web site from the Alaska Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Learn about the people of Alaska, several salmon species, and salmon habitat. The site includes salmon-related activities and lesson plans for various grade levels. Go to: http://cybersalmon.fws.gov/index.html

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Bird-Safe Rx: Alternative drug won’t kill India’s vultures

Researchers have found an alternative to the livestock drug that has accidentally poisoned a majority of the vultures in India and neighboring countries.

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Poor Devils: Critters’ fights transmit cancer

Tasmanian devils transmit cancer cells when they bite each other during routine squabbles, producing lesions that are often fatal.

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New candidates for smallest vertebrate

Two recent scientific papers have described fish species that could, depending on the definition, be the world's smallest known vertebrate.

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Eggs Scramble: Fungi trick termites into babysitting

A fungus may be taking advantage of hardworking termite nursemaids by tricking them into tending egg-shaped fungal reproductive bodies along with real termite eggs.

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Just Duet

Two or more birds in some species can sing with such coordination that a human listener would swear that it's just one singer. With audio files.

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Little Professor: Ants rank as first true animal teachers

The best evidence so far of true teaching in a nonhuman animal comes from ants. With video.

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First maternal care filmed in squid

At least one squid species turns out to be a caring mom after all, say researchers who filmed the creatures using remote-control cameras positioned deep in the Pacific Ocean. With Video.

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The Trouble with Chasing a Bee

Radar has long been able to detect high-flying clouds of insects, but it's taken much longer for scientists to figure out how to track your average bee.

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Locust Upset: DNA puts swarmer’s origin in Africa

The desert locust was not an ancient export from the Americas, according to a new DNA analysis.

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Ant Iron Chefs: Larvae fix dinner but don’t sneak snacks

Movies of an ant colony show that larvae are the ones that prepare dinner when meat is on the menu. With Video.

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Face Time: Bees can tell apart human portraits

Honeybees will learn to zoom up to particular human faces in a version of a facial-recognition test used for people.