The idea that animals can predict earthquakes has been around for centuries, with records dating back to 373 BC claiming that animals including snakes, rats and weasels abandoned the city of Helice in Greece days before a devastating…
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Nanogirl Dr Michelle Dickinson: Can your pet predict an earthquake?
Posted by [email protected] on April 20th, 2018
Polarized object detection in crabs: a two-channel system [RESEARCH ARTICLE]
Posted by Basnak, M. A., Perez-Schuster, V., Hermitte, G., de Astrada, M. B. on April 12th, 2018
Melanie Ailin Basnak, Veronica Perez-Schuster, Gabriela Hermitte, and Martin Beron de AstradaMany animal species take advantage of polarization vision for vital tasks such as orientation, communication, and contrast enhancement. Previous studies have …
Posted in Biology, Science General 
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No Comments »Sexual Signaling, Dino-Style
Posted by Discover Magazine on March 21st, 2018
Triceratops to potential mate: “Hey baby, check out my frill and big horns…you know what they say, big horns, big everything, awwwww yeahhhhh…”
Apparently, that’s how hook-ups went down in the Mesozoic, at least for the famously horned and frilled…
Posted in Astronomy, Astronomy & Space, Earth & Climate, Environment, Feature, Science General Tags: Animals, ceratopsians No Comments »Where Did Animals With Tail Weapons Go? Here’s a Back Story
Posted by By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR on January 17th, 2018
Scientists have identified traits that may have been related to dinosaurs like stegosaurus and ankylosaurus and other animals developing fearsome rear-end weapons.
Pumas aren’t the loners scientists thought they were
Posted by Andy Fell-UC Davis on October 12th, 2017
“It’s the complete opposite of what we’ve been saying about pumas and solitary species for over 60 years…”
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