News articles tagged with 'nest'
Chemical warfare of stealthy silverfish
— 2 Dec 2011 09:53 | BiologyA co-evolutionary arms race exists between social insects and their parasites. Army ants (Leptogenys distinguenda) share their nests with several parasites such as beetles, snails and…
Palaeontologist describes large nest of juvenile dinosaurs, first of their genus ever found
— 21 Nov 2011 19:34 | Geology and palaeontologyA nest containing the fossilised remains of 15 juvenile Protoceratops andrewsi dinosaurs from Mongolia has been described by a University of Rhode Island palaeontologist, revealing…
Leatherback sea turtle nests increasing in Florida
— 6 Apr 2011 17:37 | BiologyThe number of endangered leatherback sea turtle nests at 68 beaches in Florida has increased by 10.2 percent a year since 1979, according to a new Duke University-led study published…
Is blood thicker than water?
— 28 Mar 2011 15:32 | HealthIn 1964 biologist William Hamilton introduced Inclusive Fitness Theory to predict and explain phenomena ranging from animal behaviour to patterns of gene expression. With its many successes,…
Lover's lane for birds found in Arctic
— 11 Mar 2011 15:22 | BiologyA new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society reveals the critical importance of western Arctic Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake region to tens of thousands of birds that breed in the area…
For birds, the suburbs may not be an ideal place to raise a family
— 4 Mar 2011 14:26 | BiologyThere comes a time in life for every bird to spread its wings and leave the nest, but for grey catbirds, that might be the beginning of the end. Smithsonian scientists report fledgling…
Rhythmic vibrations guide caste development in social wasps
— 25 Jan 2011 18:59 | BiologyFuture queen or tireless toiler? A paper wasp's destiny may lie in the antennal drumbeats of its caretaker…
Old bees' memory fades; mirrors recall of mammals
— 22 Oct 2010 16:16 | BiologyA study published Oct. 19 in the open access journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE, shows that not just human memories fade. Scientists from Arizona State University and the…
Cages and emetics rescue wading birds
— 9 May 2010 18:23 | BiologyThe number of waders (shorebirds) in Sweden is falling rapidly. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg have tested drastic new methods to protect species such as the Northern lapwing…
Bees that nest in petals
— 5 May 2010 10:30 | BiologyIn a rare coincidence, researchers working in both Turkey and Iran discovered on the same day how a rare species of bee builds its underground nests. The females from the solitary species…