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Siberian jays can communicate about behaviour of birds of prey
— 10 Jan 2008 18:24 | HealthWith the aid of various alarm calls the Siberian jay bird species tells other members of its group what their main predators - hawks - are doing. The alarm calls are sufficient for…
Project of Uppsala University awarded for integrating IT and life science
— 4 Dec 2007 18:05 | BiologyOn 29 November the Bioclipse project from Uppsala University was awarded the Special Prize of the jury at Trophees du Libre - an international contest for Free Software held in France…
Bear hunting altered genetics more than Ice Age isolation
— 26 Nov 2007 15:48 | BiologyIt was not the isolation of the Ice Age that determined the genetic distribution of bears, as has long been thought. This is shown by an international research team led from Uppsala…
Genes from the father facilitate the formation of new species
— 5 Oct 2007 12:54 | BiologyThe two closely related bird species, the collared flycatcher and the pied flycatcher, can reproduce with each other, but the females are more strongly attracted to a male of their…
Fossil fish jaws give information on our own remote ancestors
— 17 Aug 2007 07:44 | Geology and palaeontologyWhen we lose our milk teeth they are replaced by new permanent teeth growing out in exactly the same positions. This is an ancient part of our evolutionary heritage and an identifying…