Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered the adaptive significance of the remarkable waste-management behavior in ...

For many nocturnal moths, hearing sound waves is a matter of survival in the night sky. Their ability to detect ultrasonic ...

For the first time, scientists have captured video evidence of what appears to be blue shark mating behavior off the Basque ...

Rising global temperatures are changing the rules for survival—and reproduction—for many species. A new study from Saint Louis University reveals that predicting which species will persist under ...

Based on a molecular neuroendocrine theory about cold environments, thyroid hormone levels, and liganded thyroid hormone receptor interference with estrogen receptor function, experiments were ...

Nocturnal moths rely on hearing to escape predatory bats, yet how they respond to different bat calls has remained unclear.

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Vol. 125, No. 4 (December 2013), pp. 800-808 (9 pages) Results are reported from a citizen-science program to study the ecology, behavior, and reproduction of an ...

"This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso. BIRDS copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Nada Kramar Endowment Income Fund. Contents Avian primordial ...

An international research team has used high tech methods to uncover a mechanism through which the right combination of bacteria in the gut can lead to microbiome resilience to dietary alterations, ...

Ross Sea killer whales from the Antarctic are distinguished by their narrow angled eye patch. The smallest of the three Antarctic types, these orcas eat fish that are found primarily under the ice ...