What determines a warbler's colors? (Study)
(Penn State) A new study has narrowed down the region of the genome that drives the black color in throat and face of warblers...
Research: Scientists lists characteristics that set Atlantic Coast leopard frog apart —
Months of old-fashioned scientific fieldwork -- more than 2,000 surveys of chirping frog calls, hundreds of photos of individual frogs and tiny tissue...
Research: Polar bears gorged on whales to survive past warm periods; won’t suffice as...
Polar bears likely survived past warm periods in the Arctic, when sea ice cover was low, by scavenging on the carcasses of stranded...
Research: Newly discovered comet is likely interstellar visitor —
A newly discovered comet has excited the astronomical community this week because it appears to have originated from outside the solar system. The...
Research: Eighth-century skeleton found at Torcello —
On the island of Torcello, at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice excavation site, some protagonists of the island's thousand-year history have begun...
Researchers creating gene-edited pigs, cattle to improve food production
For the first time, researchers have created pigs, goats and cattle that can serve as viable “surrogate sires,” male animals that produce sperm carrying...
Research: Orangutans make complex economic decisions about tool use —
Flexible tool use is closely associated to higher mental processes such as the ability to plan actions. Now a group of cognitive biologists...
Research shows humans and Neanderthals almost missed out on mating
The first study of the contributions of Neanderthal peoples to the human genetic structure indicates that humans and Neanderthals may have just been barely...
Research: Local focus could help tackle global problems —
People's love for their local areas could be harnessed to tackle global environmental problems, researchers say.
Parochialism (a focus on a local area) is...
Climate Change: Noise and light alter bird nesting habits and success
Photo: The northern cardinal has a relatively low frequency song and delayed breeding...
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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...
