Genetic differences across species guide vocal learning in juvenile songbirds -- ScienceDaily

Juvenile birds discriminate and selectively learn their own species’ songs even when primarily exposed to the songs of other species, but the underlying mechanism has remained unknown. A new study, by researchers at Uppsala University, shows that song discrimination arises due to...

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Kimora Lee Simmons Designed Her Daughter's Prom Dress

While you may not have seriously thought about her since her days on Life in the Fab Lane, Kimora Lee Simmons has long been a fashion world phenomenon. Not only did she begin her career in modeling at the age of 14, signing an exclusive contract with Chanel, but she then went on to become...

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Live Donkey is Fed to Tigers at Zoo in China : Animals : Nature World News

A video shot by a visitor in Yangcheng Safari Park, which is located just outside of Shanghai in China shows a horrific scene.


A group of men in raincoats push a donkey down a wooden ramp and into a moat where two tigers pounce on it. The men, who drove up to the enclosure in a truck were...

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Lianas stifle tree fruit and seed production in tropical forests -- ScienceDaily

Woody vines, known as lianas, compete intensely with trees and their numbers are on the rise in many tropical forests around the world. A new study at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama shows that lianas prevent canopy trees from producing fruit, with potentially...

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Finding points to the inventive ways animals balance genetics and reproduction so their species will thrive -- ScienceDaily

A promiscuous salamander has found a simple genetic formula for success: Mate with multiple males and use equal parts of each partner’s genetic material in her offspring.

A University of Iowa-led team of biologists analyzed the genome of Ambystoma, a six-million-year-old salamander...

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Late-nesting birds, bees face habitat threat -- ScienceDaily

Bird and bumblebee species that nest late in the year are suffering more from the destruction of habitats, new research suggests.

With habitats such as hedgerows and hay meadows in decline in many countries, fewer nest sites are available — leading to more competition.
The University...

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We're on the brink of mass extinction -- but there's still time to pull back -- ScienceDaily

Imagine being a scuba diver and leaving your air tank behind you on a dive. Or a mountain climber and abandoning your ropes. Or a skydiver and shedding your parachute. That’s essentially what humans are doing as we expand our footprint on the planet without paying adequate attention to...

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