Tag: Evolution - Page 4
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Rare Swan 'Divorce' Puzzles Researchers
Once thought of as pillars of monogamy in the animal kingdom, it appears the flame of love can burn out for swans as well. For the first time in 40 years, after following some 4 thousand swans at a reserve in the UK, researchers discovered one formerly
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Winning the Genetic Diversity Race in Lost City
Image: D. Kelley of University of Washington, IFE, URI‑IAO, UW, Lost City science party, NOAA Lost City of Atlantis The Lost City is so named because it juts from an Atlantic undersea mountain named Atlantis and was coincidentally discovered by the
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Female Frogs Inflate to Deter Amorous Males
It's long been known by scientists that frogs and toads will inflate themselves when approached by a predator to make themselves seem too big to swallow, but new research in the Royal Society's Biology Letters journal reports that
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Photos of Strange Deep Sea Creatures from Marine Census Beyond Sunlight
Image: Courtesy of Mike Vecchione Astonishing digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/strange-deep-sea-creatures-beyond-sunlight-marine-census.php'; Simply astonishing. The diversity of species that live beyond any hint of sunlight has
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September Promises to be Killer Month for Wolf Hunters
Within weeks, grey wolves in the Northern Rockies will be on the business-end of high-powered hunting rifles. Most people remember back in May 2009 that the Obama Administration delisted the wolves from the endangered species
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Global Warming Could Cause Evolution Explosion
Undoubtedly you've seen dire predictions about the number of plant and animal species which will be forced into extinction by global warming, their habitat changing faster than they can either adapt to it or
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Sex, Love and Evolution - A Conversation with Dr. Helen Fisher
Photo by Rafael Fuchs Dr. Helen Fisher is the love doctor of the 21st century. Her research is revealing why you are crushing on your co-worker to what kind of person you will attract if your index finger is longer than your ring finger. Think you know
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Award-winning Author David Quammen on Swine Flu, Evolution and Ecology
Photo by Steve Hunts David Quammen is the kind of author that changes your mind about what you think you know. His resume reads more like an instruction guide to being the smartest person in the room than merely work experience. He's a Rhode Scholar,
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E.O. Wilson Tells TH Environmentalism is "Fundamental" for Humans [Video]
E.O. Wilson, the towering naturalist and Pulitzer-prize winning writer, hatched the idea for the Encyclopedia of Life in 2003 as a way of chronicling all of the world's species, Wikipedia-style. "How can you save things you don't
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5 Natural Survival Tactics to Defend Against Terrorist Attack
Threat from weapons of mass destruction, espionage, high security among the worlds airlines... what do these all have in common? They are all worldwide adopted means to protect ourselves from the possibility of terrorist attack.
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When Nature Declares War for its Survival
When nature sets its mind to survive, it does so in a variety of means. Adaptation, however, is one of its primary weapons. Natures adaptability is all around us, whether we choose to take notice or not. If anything is going to see
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Using Earthshine to Find Planets Similar to Ours
By studying how our land and waters reflect light onto the dark side of the moon, scientists think they'll be able to find planets with similar compositions to ours based on the reflections bouncing off of
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Fembot Helps Research Mating From Bird's Eye View
Researcher Gail Patricelli took a clue from Austin Powers for her latest research. The professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California at Davis is conducting studies which may be
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UK Post Office Issues Darwin Day Stamps
The Royal Mail in the UK just released a set of stamps "to pay tribute to Charles Darwin, the man who transformed the way many of us think about the natural world."
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Happy 200th, Charles Darwin!
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by
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Journalist Kayaks Texas Coast to Highlight Environmental Volatility
If you've ever wanted to explore a volatile ecosystem, to discover the ways humans are
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Ecologist Josh Donlan on Bringing Sexy Animals Back via "Rewilding"
Josh Donlan wants conservation biology to have teeth. He's at the forefront of a hot new discipline called REWILDING. If he has his way, the bump in the night might be a lion or cheetah stalking you for dinner, and deer
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Turkish Government Says 'Evet' (Yes) to Nuclear Bid
Environmentalists gloated a bit after Turkey received only one bid to build a nuclear reactor
