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Earliest birds acted more like turkeys than common cuckoos
— 5 Nov 2007 18:44 | Geology and palaeontologyThe earliest birds acted more like turkeys than common cuckoos, according to a new report in the 6 November issue of Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press. By comparing the claw…
Neanderthals, humans share key changes to language gene
— 18 Oct 2007 18:42 | Geology and palaeontologyA new study published online on 18 October in Current Biology reveals that adaptive changes in a human gene involved in speech and language were shared by our closest extinct relatives,…
Elephants tell human friends from foes by scent and clothing colour
— 18 Oct 2007 18:42 | BiologyElephants are remarkably perceptive when it comes to recognising specific ethnic groups of people that vary in the degree of danger they are likely to pose, reveals a new study published…
Elephants fear of angry bees could help to protect them
— 9 Oct 2007 08:19 | BiologyAt a time when encroaching human development in former wildlife areas has compressed African elephants into ever smaller home ranges and increased levels of human-elephant conflict,…
Cyprian honeybees kill their enemy by smothering them
— 18 Sep 2007 16:05 | BiologyFor the first time, researchers have discovered that when Cyprian honeybees mob and kill their arch enemy, the Oriental hornet, the cause of death is asphyxiation. They reported their…
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…
Birds take cues from their competitors
— 6 Jul 2007 03:11 | BiologyThe idea that animals other than humans can learn from one another and pass on local traditions has long been a matter of debate. Now, a new study reveals that some birds learn not…
Glimmer of hope for the survival of Tahitian tree snails
— 3 Jul 2007 02:36 | BiologyDespite the mass extermination of Tahiti's unique species of tree snails in recent decades, much of their original genetic diversity can still be found in remnant populations that survive…
Bone-crushing wolves of Alaska disappeared long ago
— 22 Jun 2007 00:01 | Geology and palaeontologyThe ancient grey wolves that once roamed the icy expanses of Alaska represented a specialised form that apparently died out along with other big animals at the end of the Pleistocene,…
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…