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Searching In features, blog entries, column entries & news items, Under the topic Biology
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The smallest species of snake ever discovered lives on the Caribbean island of Barbados.Published: Thursday, August 21st, 2008Found in: Biology and Life -
Deep-sea vent waters harbor high numbers virus-carrying bacteria. The viruses may actually help the bacteria survive the harsh vent environments.Published: Thursday, August 21st, 2008Found in: Biology, Earth and Life -
Hibernating ground squirrels forget who’s who, so thank goodness for the armpit effect.Published: Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Found in: Biology and Life -
Adding carbon compounds to some ocean systems may lead to a counterintuitive drop in their overall carbon content — and how much carbon dioxide the ocean could store.Published: Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Found in: Biology and Earth
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A panel of scientists involved in the anthrax investigations released new details.Published: Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Found in: Biology, Chemistry and Science & Society
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Some magpies recognize themselves in mirrors, indicating that a basic form of self-recognition evolved in one family of birds.Published: Monday, August 18th, 2008Found in: Behavior, Biology and Life -
Survivors of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic still make antibodies against the virus, revealing a long-lived immunity previously thought impossible.Published: Sunday, August 17th, 2008Found in: Biology, Biomedicine, Body & Brain and Life
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The first known spider with a predominantly meatless diet nibbles trees.Published: August 30th, 2008; Vol.174 #5Found in: Biology and Life -
A study of snake embryos suggests that fangs evolved once, then moved around in the head to give today’s snakes a variety of bites.Published: August 16th, 2008; Vol.174 #4Found in: Biology and Life -
A species of ants not well understood surprises researchers with a nomadic lifestyle, roaming the rainforest on fungal forays.Published: Friday, July 25th, 2008Found in: Biology, Ecology and Life -
Tanked half-way houses allow people and fish to get acquainted on their own terms — and exhibit their individual personalities.Published: Thursday, July 24th, 2008Found in: Biology, Ecology, Environment, Life and Science & Society -
Scientists have known for ages that metabolism is tied to the body’s daily rhythms. Two new studies suggest how.Published: August 16th, 2008; Vol.174 #4Found in: Biology, Biomedicine and Genes & Cells
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Pathogens hitchhike on commercial bees that escape from greenhouses. These escapees bring disease to wild bumblebees.Published: August 16th, 2008; Vol.174 #4Found in: Agriculture, Biology, Botany and Life -
A new HIV drug can, when combined with other therapies, suppress even the most drug-resistant strains of the virus that causes AIDS, scientists report in two papers in the July 24 New England Journal of Medicine.Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Found in: Biology, Biomedicine and Body & Brain -
The parasitic vine known as dodder really sucks. It pierces the tissue of other plants — some of which are important crops — extracting water and nutrients needed for its own growth. But it also consumes molecules that scientists could manipulate to bring on the parasite’s demise.Published: August 16th, 2008; Vol.174 #4Found in: Agriculture, Biology, Botany and Life
