One of the great puzzles of evolutional biology is what induced certain living creatures to abandon solitary existence in favor of living in collaborative societies, as seen in the case of ants and other social, colony-forming insects. A major characteristic of so-called eusocial species is the division of labor between queens that lay eggs and...
Dog rescuers risk harming UK dogs and owners by importing dangerous exotic diseases into the country, vets warn
07 September 2018
Dog rescuers risk harming UK dogs and owners by importing dangerous exotic diseases into the country, vets warn
07 September 2018
Birds retreating from climate change, deforestation in Honduras cloud forests
The cloud forests of Honduras can seem like an otherworldly place, where the trees are thick with life that takes in water straight from the air around it, and the soundscape is littered with the calls of animals singing back and forth.
Otherworldly, yes, but scientists have found that the cloud forests are not immune to...
Robot-bat, 'Robat,' uses sound to navigate and map a novel environment
A fully autonomous bat-like terrestrial robot, named Robat, can use echolocation to move through a novel environment while mapping it solely based on sound, according to a study published in PLOS Computational Biology by Itamar Eliakim of Tel Aviv University, and colleagues.
Bats use echolocation to map novel environments while simultaneously navigating through them by emitting...
Adaptable lizards illustrate key evolutionary process proposed a century ago
Side-blotched lizards in most of the Mojave Desert have tan and brown markings that blend in well with their desert surroundings. On the Pisgah Lava Flow, however, one finds a very different population of side-blotched lizards, as black as the rocks they live on.
How do animals invade new environments different from the ones for which...