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Poison dart frog mimics gain when birds learn to stay away

... happen to live in the same forest basin where the famous naturalist Henry Bates first described mimicry in butterflies over 100 years ago. His theory, known as Batesian mimicry, describes how edible species can gain protection from predators by looking like toxic species. ...

The diversity of marine life in the Gulf of Maine region is much greater than previously thought

...of the year in the Gulf of Maine. One of the more famous is the humpback whale, whose Latin name Megaptera novaeangliae means "big-winged New Englander." Whales migrate to colder waters for feeding in the summer, and to tropical waters to give birth in the winter. Mammals like the humpback whale are at...

Animals can change genes quickly to keep up with viral ingenuity

Viruses are famous for evolving quickly, but the organisms they infect can't be expected to sit idly by. There is now new evidence that animals in fact do an impressive job of keeping up in the ongoing evolutionary arms race between viruses and their hosts. Studying a ...

'Banana-jawed' fossil mammal linked to rare sound-producing skill

...ossil mammal called Thyrohyrax, recovered from the famous fossil beds of Egypt's Fayum Province, the researchers determined that males of this now-extinct species -- and only males -- had oversized, swollen lower jaws shaped much like a banana. Further, the team speculated, the animals may have used the bal...

Open Source Biotechnology alliance for international agriculture

... resonance with the Open Source software movement, famous for such successful efforts as Linux. Open Source software hasspurred faster innovation, greater community participation, and new robust business models that break monopolies and foster fair competition. BiOS targets parallel challenges that limit th...

Researchers know what you were about to say; fMRI used to detect memory storage and retrieval

...?divided among celebrity faces, common objects and famous locations ?using the fMRI to detect which parts of the brain were involved in the learning process for each category. They developed a technique that could track the brain activity corresponding to each of these categories as participants retrieved ...

Newly discovered birdlike dinosaur is oldest raptor ever found in South America

...t of Laurasia. (Laurasian dromaeosaurs include the famous Velociraptor from the Gobi Desert, the large Utahr...er Laurasian dromaeosaurids, including some of the famous feathered dinosaurs from China. Because Rahonavis has long and wing-like forelimbs, this finding c...

Researchers develop new method for studying 'mental time travel'

... 90 images in three categories -- celebrity faces, famous locations and common objects -- and then attempted to recall the images. Norman and his colleagues used Princeton's functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner to capture the participants' brain activity patterns as they studied the images. ...

Bronx Zoo bears are new Samsonite gorillas

...r campers a real testIn a scene reminiscent of the famous Samsonite luggage commercial when a gorilla puts the product's durability to the test, grizzly bears at the Bronx Zoo gave a bear-proof food canister designed for backpackers a real beating, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). But i...

Molecular messengers perform a crucial role in the ability of injured nerve cells to heal themselves

...engers star in many heroic tales, perhaps the most famous being the one about the runner who carried the news about the victory of the Greeks over the Persians in the fateful battle of Marathon. A team of researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science has now discovered how molecular messengers perform a ...

Rhesus monkeys can assess the visual perspective of others when competing for food

...ls know or see from where they are looking. In one famous case, for example, rhesus monkeys were unable to find food under a hidden location when the human experimenter who hid the food preferentially looked at the hidden location. These results suggest that competition-like situations may bring out the pri...

Biodiversity hotspots identify conservation priorities

...endemic, and plays host to one of the world's most famous wildlife spectacles, the over wintering mass of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in the pine forests of Michoacan. Threats to the hotspot include logging and intentional burning to clear land for livestock or agriculture. Hotspots Revisited wa...

Scientists solve structure of key protein in innate immune response

...titute of Science and Technology. "LPS is the most famous and probably the most important inducer of the innate immune response." Dr. Lee and his colleagues solved the three-dimensional crystal structure of CD14, providing crucial insights into how the receptor binds to its ligands. "Our structure shows th...

Octopuses occasionally stroll around on two arms, UC Berkeley biologists report

... studied, is called ectodermal dysplasia. "It's a famous old syndrome," Kingsley said. "Charles Darwin talked about it. It's a simple Mendelian trait that controls formation of hair, teeth and sweat glands. Darwin talked about 'the toothless men of Sind,' a pedigree (in India) that was striking because man...

Researchers trace evolution to relatively simple genetic changes

... studied, is called ectodermal dysplasia. "It's a famous old syndrome," Kingsley said. "Charles Darwin talked about it. It's a simple Mendelian trait that controls formation of hair, teeth and sweat glands. Darwin talked about 'the toothless men of Sind,' a pedigree (in India) that was striking because man...

Whole genome fine map of rice completed

...c research object. The hybrid was developed by the famous rice expert Yuan Longping. The goal of the project was to reveal the molecular mechanism of the hybridization advantages, thus providing the theoretical basis for improving output and selecting better strains of agriculture crops. The current publica...

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