Animals

Animals

Anybody know this fish?

A 2-month marine-biodiversity survey of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge concluded this week, bringing home much data and some novel specimens.

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Whys Guy

Interested in seeing an exploding watermelon, using liquid nitrogen to make ice cream, or knowing why a hurricane spins? Physicist Mats Selen of the University of Illinois has appeared regularly on a local morning TV program to demonstrate a wide variety of physical and chemical phenomena. View video clips of these entertaining presentations. Requires Windows […]

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Trail Mix: Espionage among the bees

Tests with two kinds of stingless bees suggest that the more aggressive species uses scent-based espionage to target raids on the milder species' food.

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A first for mammals: Tropical hibernating

The fat-tailed lemur, the first tropical mammal documented to hibernate, exploits local heat spikes to save energy during the long snooze.

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Sparrows Cheat on Sleep: Migratory birds are up at night but still stay sharp

During their fall migration season, white-crowned sparrows sleep only about a third as much as they do at other times of the year without becoming slow-witted.

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Ultrasound alarms by ground squirrels

Richardson's ground squirrels may occasionally use ultrasound when calling out in response to a disturbance.

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Why does a buddy help another male flirt?

The sidekick male in the two-bird courtship display of lance-tailed manakins has to leave when the mating starts but may reap delayed benefits in real estate and performance practice.

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Farmer ant species may have lost all its males

A fungus-growing ant may be the first ant species known to have no power of sexual reproduction.

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Jumping spiders buzz, thump when dancing

Some jumping spiders, long considered visually oriented animals, turn out to utilize seismic communication for a successful courtship.

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Hot Bother: Ground squirrels taunt in infrared

California ground squirrels broadcast an infrared signal when confronting a rattlesnake.

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Thoroughly Modern Migrants

Butterflies and moths are causing scientists to devise a broader definition of migration and this has raised some old questions in new ways.

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A tale of new whiskers

A newly discovered, featherweight tree mouse with an unexpected evolutionary past has survived widespread habitat destruction on the Philippine island of Luzon.