Ecology & Zoology
- Global Warming May Mean Smaller Buffalo
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An assistant professor in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University is projecting that grazing animals such as bison and cattle will get smaller due to global warming in the Great Plains. The conclusion came about by comparing bison in cooler, w ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 20 2013 - 5:58pm
- Debunking The Debunkers
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Why is it that so many scientific stories seem intent on debunking and end by demonstrating that they are just rehashing opinions and have no actual data? A recent article purported to debunk the story of the Candiru, which supposedly would be attracted to ...
Article - Gerhard Adam - Jul 7 2013 - 6:40pm
- Eat Less, Move Less, Live Longer
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Don't be bold. Risky behavior can lead to premature death. Female mice with the highest life expectancy are less active and less explorative, they also eat less than females with a lower life expectancy. Behavioral biologists from the University of Z ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2013 - 8:09pm
- Our Anthropomorphic Bias
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There was a recent article discussing the observation of death and the chimpanzees attitude towards it. Of course, this gave rise to the usual round of questions and points regarding human interpretations of these actions and raised the question of anthr ...
Article - Gerhard Adam - Jul 7 2013 - 8:32pm
- Ant Complexity- Few Rules, A Lot Of Exceptions
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A new study used mathematical modeling and experiments on ants to show that a group is capable of developing flexible resource management strategies and characteristic responses of its own. Group-living animals are led to regulate their activity and to ma ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2013 - 10:23pm
- Wind Power Not Hurting Greater Prairie Chickens
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Wind power may be hard on endangered eagles but greater prairie chicken populations are still okay, say ecologists. The work, led by Kansas State University professor of biology Brett Sandercock concluded that wind turbines have little effect on greater p ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2013 - 1:51pm
- Do Fish Throw Each Other Under The Bus?
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A recent article " These fish are evidence that humans aren't the only evil animals " began from the presumption that these fish were intentionally injuring others to avoid predation against themselves. One problem with this article was the ...
Article - Gerhard Adam - Jul 12 2013 - 12:33pm
- Waldo Arthuri: New Alien-like Species Of Clam Discovered Off California Coast
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After nearly 25 years of searching, three scientists have finally found Waldo. No, not the lovable bespectacled character in children's picture books, but rather an unusual clam they have named Waldo arthuri and which was discovered off the coast of ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2013 - 5:00am
- Lost World Ecotourism Analysis Leads To New Frog Species Discovery
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In North America, the environmental segment of the conservation community regards humanity as the enemy. Not so in South America. They want you to visit- just don't ruin the place. A team of scientists from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresde ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2013 - 5:00am
- Warm-Blooded Dinosaurs?
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Were dinosaurs warm-blooded like birds and mammals and not cold-blooded like reptiles as commonly believed? Professor Roger Seymour of the University of Adelaide argues that cold-blooded dinosaurs would not have had the required muscular power to prey on ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2013 - 10:50am
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