Cockatoo makes his own tools
A Goffin’s cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana) named Figaro has been observed spontaneously making and using tools for reaching food and other…
Bird poo and manta rays: nature’s intricate connectivity revealed
One of the longest ecological interaction chains ever documented sheds light on how human disturbance of the natural world may…
Alzheimer’s may be transmissible a la mad cow disease
Alzheimer’s disease may originate in a form similar to that of infectious prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; suggests new…
Fish vision evolution observed at molecular level
Emory University researchers have identified the first fish known to have switched from ultraviolet vision to violet vision (the ability…
Menopause Exclusively Human
Wild chimpanzees do not routinely experience menopause, suggests a Harvard University study, rebutting previous studies of captive individuals which had…
Focus Of Genetic Research Narrowed
Today, details of an important new way of determining proof of natural selection at the single gene level were published…
Fertilization Of Phytoplankton Not A Solution For CO2 Removal
The idea of fertilizing the ocean with iron to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere gained momentum in the 1980s.…
Clay May Have Been Catalyst For Life
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have discovered that clays may have been the catalysts that spurred the spontaneous assembly…
Doctors Not So Keen When Treating Bioterror Agents
Eighty percent of U.S. doctors say they’re willing to care for patients during a bioterror outbreak of an unknown but…
Brain’s Inability To Regulate Emotion Linked To Impulsive Violence
The human brain is wired with natural checks and balances that control negative emotions, but breakdowns in this regulatory system…