Staying close to mother helps baby dolphins swim
...very of dolphin populations? A new study shows how chase by tuna fishermen may sever the link between mother and baby dolphins, to disastrous effect. Young dolphins keep up with their mothers, who are more powerful swimmers, by adopting the ideal position to get a 'free ride' in the mother's slipstream, ac...'Smart bomb' delivery destroys tumors in mice
... "the antibody-alliinase-alliin combination should chase them down and destroy them anywhere in the body."...Male flesh flies high-speed pursuit of females
...in pursuit of females, turn their heads during the chase and that despite having high-definition eye facets, the males do not necessarily use them. The next step is to learn how the turret-like head movement contributes to visual guidance. When Gilbert and his colleagues discuss the fly's high speed, they ...Genetic differences revealed by SNPS play a role in risk, prevention and outcome for cancer
...nditions than their neighbors. The quarry for this chase is collectively known as single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs. Commonly referred to as "snips," they are considered the most common alteration found in our hereditary makeup, far exceeding the better-known genetic miscue, the mutation. Tracking dow...Cooperation between unrelated male lizards adds a new wrinkle to evolutionary theory
...ing a close eye on their mates; they recognize and chase off yellow sneakers, but lose out in confrontations with orange usurpers. In previous papers, Sinervo has described these strategies as a kind of "rock-paper-scissors" game, where orange defeats blue, blue defeats yellow, and yellow defeats orange. T...Purdue veterinarian studies compulsive behavior in dogs
...rder behaviors. German shepherds are more prone to chase their tails, bull terriers tend to have problems with spinning and Doberman pinschers suck their flanks. Larger breeds with the disorder are likely to lick themselves raw. Other pets -- cats, birds and horses -- also can display such behaviors. The d...U of C researcher tracks path of flying snake
...ls that glide do so to travel more efficiently, to chase prey or to escape a predator....Sprawl may threaten wildlife in reserves
...sting in the cottonwoods presumably because robins chase these parasites away. Robins also chase potential nest predators. The birds' dependence on hotspots on private lands and the yellow warbler...'Rock-paper-scissors' preserves biodiversity in bacterial neighborhoods
...n play their own version of that game. Populations chase each other around the petri dish in a set of incessant skirmishes that lack a clear victor but conserve biodiversity of the overall ecosystem. But biodiversity breaks down in the uniform environment of a well-mixed flask - demonstrating that spatial ...Unique social system found in famous Tsavo lions
...shes tear away tufts of hair as the lions hunt and chase their prey. This theory was dispelled by observations of maneless male lions in arid grasslands lacking thorn bush. Some have even suggested that the Tsavo lions are a distinct species, but this possibility is unsubstantiated. The new research, on t...Tyrannosaurus rex probably could not run fast, scientists say
... the muscle mass it needs to run. Thus, humans can chase chickens around the barnyard, whereas alligators don't run around on their hind legs." Then the researchers turned to dinosaurs. Using dinosaur data from Hutchinson's doctoral dissertation, they tried the model on two small dinosaurs and a big adult ...Darwin and the worlds first ecological experiment
...g. With the help of many colleagues their document chase took them from library to library and eventually to the British Museum Rare Manuscripts collection, where they found the original book, complete with beautiful dried, pressed specimens of the plant species studied. Dr Hector said: "Darwin and his con...Children's book explores why animals stay home to help
...ed coteries and relatives cooperatively attack and chase away intruders. Cornell-based research figures prominently in the book's examples of family cooperation. Kevin McGowan, a research associate in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, contributed findings from his research with the American crow. Accordin...New hope for neurodegenerative disease sufferers
...ir life. After they have mated, female fruit flies chase away any male that tries to court them, and males learn not to court females that have chased them once. But males with impaired learning abilities keep courting females on and on. The electric shock task measures whether a fly remembers the odor a......e neighborhoodtwo animals which are often eager to chase and attack squirrels. Few data exist on squirrel population distribution, so Brown and his student assistants are eagerly soliciting contributions. So far, data from the "Project Squirrel" site are scattered. Some neighborhoods are well surveyed, w...Why muscle strength seeps away: a new cause for muscular dystrophy
...econd healthy sib are not a good starting point to chase after a rare defect in the human genome. To understand this dilemma, we need to recall the basic laws of inheritance as discovered by Gregor Mendel more than 100 years ago. Recessively inherited traits and diseases can only manifest themselves if ...New Technology Turns French Fry Oil Into Diesel Fuel
...our buses in the parks, it worriedthat bears would chase the vehicles in the mistaken perception they were chasingfinger-licking-good meals on wheels. "We told the park service that bears don't often eat at Kentucky Fried Chicken,"Fox laughs while explaining how the service's fears were allayed. Yellowston...Video And Data Link Provide Unique "Seal's Eye View" Of The World
...its prey, drawing and holding abreath, then giving chase for 20 minutes. Few, if any, large land-basedpredators could do such a thing. But seals and other marine mammals regularlydo. Now a team of researchers, supported by the National Science Foundation(NSF), has devised a way to enter the alien......se eagles are territorial-- adults will vigorously chase away intruders -- some nesting pairs get stuckwith the poorer fishing areas. Exactly how contaminants are getting into the Crofton eagle chicks isnot known, says Gill, although fish seem the obvious source. More research isplanned for this su...