Boston’s Pigeons Coo, ‘Wicked’; New York’s Birds Coo, ‘Fuhgeddaboudit’
The two cities’ rock doves are genetically distinct, research shows.
The two cities’ rock doves are genetically distinct, research shows.
Decoy sea turtle eggs containing tracking tech are new weapons against beach poachers and traffickers.
Bee larvae and pupae appear to secrete a chemical that does the work of a late-night cup of coffee for their nurses.
Nanoparticles that attach to photoreceptors allowed mice to see infrared and near-infrared light for up to two months.
Many of the statues not along the coast are in places that featured a resource vital to the communities that lived and worked there.
Soap bubbles are sticky enough to carry a pollen payload and delicate enough to land on flowers without harm.
Individuals aren’t very good at judging whether someone coughing or sneezing has an infectious condition or is simply reacting to something benign.
Analyzing keywords on Twitter can offer a loose measure of the subjective well-being of a community, as long as you don’t count three words: good, love and LOL.
A gene whose mutated form is associated with cancer in humans turns out to have a role in burning calories over a long evolutionary history.
Bees infected with a virus cut back on interactions within their hive but find it easier to get past sentries at neighboring hives.
A new study in mice concludes stress can cause gray hair—and credits overactive nerves with the change in hue. Karen Hopkin reports.
A very fine grind can actually hamper espresso brewing, because particles may clump more than larger particles will.
Some wolf pups will play fetch with a stranger, suggesting that an ability to playfully interact with people could have come before, and played a role in, dog domestication.
The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii boosts curiosity in mice—which makes them more likely to be caught by cats, thus continuing the parasite’s life cycle. Karen Hopkin reports...
Cats are clingier to their human owners than their reputation would suggest. Karen Hopkin reports.
In animal studies, a set of 42 genes involved in neural development, learning and memory, and cognition seems to be associated with monogamy
Some people go on dates just to score a free meal—a phenomenon known as a “foodie call.” But it takes a certain personality type. Karen Hopkin reports.
Males that allow females to take food right out of their mouths are more likely to sire offspring with their dining companions.
Mice that were fed bacteria isolated from elite athletes logged more treadmill time than other mice that got bacteria found in yogurt.
Two monkey species who last shared a common ancestor 3 million years ago have "eerily similar" alarm calls.
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