[unable to retrieve full-text content]Ants kill colony mates infected with deadly diseases when they are unable to prevent them from falling sick in the first place. In doing so, the ants protect their colony from the outbreak of an epidemic....
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Closing roads counters effects of habitat loss for grizzly bears
[unable to retrieve full-text content]It's simple math, says a scientist. The closer grizzly bears are to humans, the more ways there are for the bears to die. Put more simply, more roads equal fewer grizzly bears....
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What species is most fit for life? All have an equal chance, scientists say
[unable to retrieve full-text content]There are more than 8 million species of living things on Earth, but none of them -- from 100-foot blue whales to microscopic bacteria -- has an advantage over the others in the universal struggle for existence.A trio of scientists report that regardless of vastly different body size, location and life...
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Agricultural fungicide attracts honey bees
[unable to retrieve full-text content]When given the choice, honey bee foragers prefer to collect sugar syrup laced with the fungicide chlorothalonil over sugar syrup alone, researchers report....
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DNA evidence used to protect the rhinoceros from extinction
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A new study shows that genetic database now being used in the fight against poaching the rhinoceros....
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How bacteria turbocharged their motors
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Using detailed 3-D images, researchers have shown how bacteria have evolved molecular motors of different powers to optimize their swimming....
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