nature Archives Page 6 of 6

On Thin Ice. What Will Polar Bears Eat After Global Warming?

08/09/2015

Polar bears marooned on land might, where the conditions are right, stave off starvation by turning to alternate food sources....

The Slaver and the Snarl. Dog Bites (and avoiding them)

14/08/2015

There was a common tendency for victims to blame themselves for the attack, rather than the animal...

Spots or Stripes? Why Animal Camouflage is WRONG

13/08/2015

Stripes might not offer protection for animals living in groups, such as zebra, as previously thought....

Tomorrow’s Detox Diet Today : Chimpanzee Clay Chewing

02/08/2015

Chimps have recently started to boost the minerals in their diet by eating the clay which also helps them 'detox' and digest their food....

Live Long and Jump High : Seaworld’s Killer Whales Don’t Die Young

30/07/2015

This article represents the first peer-reviewed publication that directly compares reproductive and survivorship patterns between captive and wild killer whales...

Horny by name, not by nature. Breeding the Colorado Bighorn

27/07/2015

The health of Colorado's bighorn sheep population remains as precarious as the steep alpine terrain the animals inhabit...

Carola Petersen, Hinrich Schulenburg, Kiel University

Highway Slime : Worms Hitchhike on (and in) Slugs

15/07/2015

Worms invaded the guts of slugs, survived and proliferated within the intestines, and were subsequently excreted alive with the slug feces....

Balearic shearwater by Beneharo Rodríguez

Drop that Glowstick! Light Pollution Threatens Balearic Birds

15/06/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”A/dropcapn ecological reason for Ibiza clubbers to ditch the ubiquitous LED bikini. At last. Could someone please come up with a convincing...

What costs more than gold, diamonds or drugs?

19/05/2015

Rhinoceros horn is more valuable by weight than gold, diamonds or cocaine, fuelling an extinction drive that may be unstoppable....

Three Months Statutory? Songbirds and Eggsitting

16/05/2015

Songbirds balance longevity against the risk of their eggs being eaten by predators...

The Peas Are Nice, Dear. Ageing Insects

01/05/2015

As insects grow old their behaviour becomes increasingly predictable...

In Denial? Flour Beetles in a Harsh World

30/04/2015

Flour beetles exhibit a highly tactile form of courtship in which the male mounts the female and stimulates her...

How to Promote Backyard Bird Diversity

15/04/2015

Neighborhoods most attractive to birds were those in which many yards had fruit or berry-bearing trees and shrubs...

Fallow and Flower, For Feeding the Bees

25/03/2015

Flower strips sown into farmers' fields not only attract bees but increase their numbers...

Tasteless Penguins Lack Sensitivity

20/02/2015

All penguin species lack functional genes for the receptors of sweet, umami, and bitter tastes...

Crocodiles Like To Play Too

14/02/2015

Research shows that crocodilians engage in all three main types of play distinguished by behavior specialists...

What is Fun, and Why Do We Need It?

06/01/2015

Play is an effective mechanism for encouraging creativity since creativity also involves breaking away from established patterns of thought and behavior...

Did Ebola Come From Bats?

31/12/2014

The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease occurring in West Africa may have originated from contact between humans and virus-infected bats...

The Leftist Tendencies of Ants

26/12/2014

Ants are significantly more likely to turn left than right when exploring new nests....

Firefly lantern by Giorgio Margaritondo and EPFL

Nature’s Fairylight : How Fireflies Glow

24/12/2014

How fireflies glow. The study is the first to ever show the firefly's lantern in such detail. ...

cow and calf by QMULUniversity of Nottingham

Do You Speak Cow?

16/12/2014

Studying the ways cows communicate with their young, carefully examining acoustic indicators of identity and age...

Hovver Bovver

13/12/2014

The first time researchers have directly measured the impact of moving visual patterns on free flight in birds. ...

Non-Hopping Giant Kangaroos

18/10/2014

Now extinct giant kangaroos most likely could not hop and used a more rigid body posture to move their hindlimbs...

Image by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, Creative Commons License

How Geckos Stick

14/08/2014

Exploring the subtleties of geckos' adhesion system mechanism...

kangaroo by freedigital and Michelle Meiklejohn

Kangaroos and their Fifth Leg

06/07/2014

Unusual gaits by unusual animals, such as pentapedal walking by kangaroos, provide insight into the breadth of solutions available to the same biomechanical problem...

Grizzly Bear Berry Bonanza

31/07/2013

'The percentage of fruit in grizzly bear scat in recent years has almost doubled'...

Pulsating Coral

28/04/2013

Scientists resolve the age old mystery of pulsating coral video...

Extraverted gorillas enjoy longer lives

19/12/2012

Gorillas with an extravert personality live longer than their more introverted peers, a study suggests....

Knife-Fighting Frogs!

19/10/2012

Combat-ready spikes which shoot from fingers sounds like the weaponry of a comic book hero, but a Japanese scientist has found exactly this in a rare breed of frog....

Tag: nature

Latest

Art Prints

Events

Our weekly newsletter

Got a Question?

Latest Articles

Partners

Categories