News articles tagged with 'behaviour' (Page 111)
Mouse vision has a rhythm all its own
— 23 Aug 2007 18:40 | BiologyIn the eyes of mammals, visual information is processed on a daily schedule set within the eyes themselves - not one dictated by the brain, according to a new report in the 24 August…
Uncertainty of rainfall breeds cooperation in birds
— 16 Aug 2007 19:51 | EnvironmentRather than striking out to raise their family, members of some bird species cooperate to help raise their siblings, nephews, nieces, cousins - or even unrelated young. Researchers…
Presence of wolves allows aspen recovery in Yellowstone
— 27 Jul 2007 00:01 | EnvironmentThe wolves are back, and for the first time in more than 50 years, young aspen trees are growing again in the northern range of Yellowstone National Park. The findings of a new study,…
Research ends debate over benefits of butterfly defences
— 5 Jul 2007 17:29 | BiologyScientists at the University of Liverpool have furthered understanding of the relationship between predator and prey in an experiment designed to understand butterfly defence mechanisms.…
Plants recognise their siblings
— 13 Jun 2007 20:39 | BiologyThe next time you venture into your garden armed with plants, consider who you place next to whom. It turns out that the docile garden plant is not as passive as widely assumed, at…
A rarity among arachnids, whip spiders have a sociable family life
— 12 Mar 2007 19:00 | BiologyWhip spiders, considered by many to be creepy-crawly, are giving new meaning to the term touchy-feely. In two species of whip spiders, or amblypygids, mothers caress their young with…
Social tolerance allows bonobos to outperform chimpanzees on a cooperative task
— 8 Mar 2007 20:10 | BiologyIn experiments designed to deepen our understanding of how cooperative behaviour evolves, researchers have found that bonobos, a particularly sociable relative of the chimpanzee, are…
Why do birds migrate?
— 5 Mar 2007 07:00 | BiologyWhy do some birds fly thousands of miles back and forth between breeding and non-breeding areas every year whereas others never travel at all? One textbook explanation suggests either…
New study rewrites evolutionary history of vespid wasps
— 5 Mar 2007 07:00 | BiologyScientists at the University of Illinois have conducted a genetic analysis of vespid wasps that revises the vespid family tree and challenges long-held views about how the wasps social…