Research: Birds use social cues to make decisions —
A new study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances suggests that some birds prioritize social information over visual evidence when making breeding choices.
The quality...
Research: Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet —
Humans may be forgiven for overlooking bats. After all, many bat species are out and about when we're turning in. And generations of...
Research: Unscrupulous traders might have cheated rich customers with fake amber beads —
Prehistoric Iberians created "imitation amber" by repeatedly coating bead cores with tree resins, according to a study published May 1, 2019 in the...
Research: Findings support idea that dogs helping pack members is ancestral tendency, and not...
In a touchscreen-based task that allowed individual animals to provide food to others, wolves behaved more prosocially toward their fellow pack members than...
Research: Diving deep into water and energy trade-offs —
Two papers by Michigan State University (MSU) scientists begin challenging a more simplistic, input/output view of natural resources in favor of a way...
Research: Chemical records in teeth confirm elusive Alaska lake seals are one of a...
Hundreds of harbor seals live in Iliamna Lake, the largest body of freshwater in Alaska and one of the most productive systems for...
Research: Via their faeces, Hippos transport large quantities of silicon, an important substance for...
The excrements of hippos play an important role in the ecosystem of African lakes and rivers. Because there are fewer and fewer hippos,...
Research: How the bumble bee got its stripes —
Researchers have discovered a gene that drives color differences within a species of bumble bees. This discovery helps to explain the highly diverse...
Research: Storing info in molecules, for millions of years —
Books can burn. Computers get hacked. DVDs degrade. Technologies to store information -- ink on paper, computers, CDs and DVDs, and even DNA...
Research: Harnessing sunlight to pull hydrogen from wastewater —
Hydrogen is a critical component in the manufacture of thousands of common products from plastic to fertilizers, but producing pure hydrogen is expensive...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
