Parasitic Butterflies Keep Options Open With Different Hosts
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The parasitic larvae of the Alcon blue butterfly mimic the chemical signature of not one, but two ant species.
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A study of the humble fruit fly may hold the key to new treatments for human liver diseases and diabetes.
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By Wood, Aaron R Zelditch, Miriam L; Rountrey, Adam N; Eiting, Thomas P; Et al  Abstract.- Evolutionary stasis has often been explained by stabilizing selection, intrinsic constraints, or, more recently, by spatially patterned population dynamics.
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It hardly seems fair, but new research suggests that water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators may harm their species more than help.
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HALIFAX (CP) - The buzzing. The biting. You&#39;d think there were already enough insects in the world to drive you buggy. However, a team of researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax announced Tuesday that
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roundup Free-roaming source code breeds new Netsky pest. Also: From IE to Opera, browsers are a likely prey.
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J-Bird: listing software for birders, written in Java. New to this release: import of checklists from CSV files, Excel spreadsheets, tables in HTML documents, dBase .dbf files, and relational databases; preferred checklists can be assigned to trips and to regions for use when ticking species that have been observed; a search dialog for text in displayed tables; a search dialog for species names in collapsable tables; instructions for accessing the underlying database remotely or from Perl.   Existing features: basic ticking, trip reports, ability to count species ticks, and to generate composite lists of species such as life-lists or region lists, ability to query sightings and display results as tables, web pages, or CSV. Checklists can be created, used to tick species that have been observed on trips, and included in trip reports.  You can download it here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=19835&package_id=50797
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Some brainy animal species, besides humans, campaign across sophisticated and far-flung social networks
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Field crickets on the island of Kauai rapidly evolved to have femalelike wings to avoid a parasitic fly that finds its prey by sound, new research reveals.
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By Anna King, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep. 23--NACHES -- It's no easy job to keep tiny fish out of irrigation ditches and on their migratory path to the ocean.   Especially when small salmon really like slower moving waterways that offer plentiful bugs and hiding places.
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A controversial effort to stop malaria zeroes in on mosquitoes and the parasites that live inside them.
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A survey showing higher-than-expected numbers of a unique Nevada butterfly has revived a debate over whether it needs protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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HALIFAX -- The buzzing. The biting. You&#39;d think there were already enough insects in the world to drive you buggy. However, a team of researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax announced yesterday it had
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It has all the makings of a potential rangeland disaster &#151; thousands of acres of green grass, herds of cattle, antelope and other animals that need to eat versus an emerging army of spiky caterpillars with voracious appetites. But ranchers are hopeful their quick action will take care of the caterpillars &#151; also known as range worms &#151; before they can wreak havoc on pastures in northeastern New Mexico.
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Why do we gossip? Evolution may hold some surprising answers.
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In fly fishing, outfoxing a creature with a brain the size of a pea can require a Zen-like approach, which may not come naturally.
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BINHU, China, July 14 -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight. The culprit was a seasonal pest: the eastern field mouse,...