Faeces brings colour to birds' faces Endangered vulture eats excrement to attract mates. Eating cow, goat and sheep excrement gives the Egyptian vulture the...
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Apr 30, 2002 2:20 pm
NB: I heard this story on NPR on 4/29/02, and was struck by the amount of animal behavior science was fundamental to the story. In addition or instead of...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 1, 2002 5:24 pm
Finches evolve in just a few generations, researchers find The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Galapagos Island finches once studied by Charles Darwin ...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 2, 2002 1:13 pm
California Condor Soars Home As Species Rebounds, Rare Bird Returns to Wild May 1, 2002 -- A California condor nicknamed Igor flew back into the wild today...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 3, 2002 1:27 pm
Study Finds Female Chickadees Fickle By PAUL RECER AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The love life of a female chickadee could make a country music classic:...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 3, 2002 1:27 pm
Officials say bald eagles dying after scavenging euthanized animals By BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (May 1, 2002 9:44 p.m. EDT) - Bald eagles...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 3, 2002 1:45 pm
Birth Control for Hong Kong's Wild Monkeys By Jason Robey Hong Kong is implementing the world's first monkey birth control program in an effort to keep wild...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 3, 2002 1:56 pm
Chimps build from a drawing Russian scientists have demonstrated that chimpanzees can build a pyramid of cubes using a drawing approximately at the same speed...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 3, 2002 2:02 pm
How Penguins Avoid the Bends Noreen Parks Penguins are Olympic-class divers. After a deep breath, they can plunge hundreds of meters for many minutes, bob up...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 3, 2002 5:45 pm
Guam Rail Explores the Existence of Objects Emily Weiss, Curator of Behavior and Research at the Sedgwick County Zoo (Wichita, KS), recently completed a study...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 5, 2002 9:05 am
What is it Like to Be a Dog? By Hans Weise Do animals have rich emotional lives? Do they experience sadness and joy? For people who spend a lot of time with...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 6, 2002 7:34 pm
RENEGADE FISH IS OUTLASTING EVEN BOMBINGS from The New York Times PORTOLA, Calif. - The anglers are back at Lake Davis, drinking their coffee at the Grizzly...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 7, 2002 10:20 am
Early birds have big eyes Birds that can see better in low light kick off the dawn chorus. Birds with large eyes begin singing earlier in the morning than...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 7, 2002 1:15 pm
Honeybee Shows a Little Gene Activity Goes Miles and Miles By NATALIE ANGIER Midway through a honeybee's fleeting, bittersweet, and, yes, busy little life, a...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 7, 2002 6:45 pm
Playing recordings of toads' mating songs, showing film clips of dolphins at play, installing tiger-paw-operated showers- These are just a few of the changes...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 7, 2002 7:14 pm
Wolves Return to Eastern Germany The government of Germany recently confirmed that for the first time in more than 150 years, a gray wolf pack has been spotted...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 8, 2002 2:05 pm
Dynamic effects of predators on cyclic voles Mechanisms generating the well-known 3-5 year cyclic fluctuations in densities of northern small rodents (voles...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 8, 2002 2:07 pm
Sex, Evolution and Romance A candlelit dinner, fresh flowers, an unexpected gift - all the elements of a fine romance? Or are they part of an evolutionary...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 8, 2002 11:46 pm
Leading Monkeys by the Nose Most textbooks tell you that primates have a lousy sense of smell, but watch a monkey investigate a piece of food, and the first...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 9, 2002 7:16 pm
Walking into the Gombe legend by Jay Ingram What an irony. My first few moments in the early morning darkness at the Gombe Stream National Park are shattered...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 11, 2002 9:36 am
No love nest for rare birds World's most endangered bird puts home comforts before sex. An attempt to bring together a pair of the world's rarest bird has...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 11, 2002 9:45 am
The Quadroon Dog Is a Perfect Sleuth Nowadays society is deeply concerned with the safety issues, the flight safety in particular. Despite the technological...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 11, 2002 9:52 am
In the US, public television has begun re-running the series "Evolution." The first episode is scheduled for the upcoming week: "DARWIN'S DANGEROUS IDEA" is...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 13, 2002 9:48 am
Biologists hook Atlantic salmon in Alaskan river ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Government fish biologists working near the Copper River Delta say they've found the first...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 13, 2002 1:18 pm
Ultraviolet lights guppies' fire To truly appreciate guppy beauty takes vision. Ultraviolet vision. Because scientists and conservationists lack this ability,...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 13, 2002 1:23 pm
Bees Learning Smell of Bombs With Backing From Pentagon Scientists working for the Pentagon have trained ordinary honeybees to ignore flowers and home in on...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 14, 2002 10:50 am
Oldest animal tracks? One-billion-year-old marks in Australian sandstone were made by worm-like life, say researchers. They may be the tracks of the oldest...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 14, 2002 2:39 pm
In Spiders, Itsy Bitsy Gets the Girl In the battle for mates, it is the largest males of the animal kingdom that tend to dominate, facing down competitors with...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 14, 2002 2:48 pm
Rescued Dolphin Returned to Ocean A young, female bottlenose dolphin named "Blondie" was released into the Gulf of Mexico last week after undergoing...
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Renner, Michael
mrenner19348
May 15, 2002 9:52 pm
Note: I just report 'em... MJR ... Gadget converts woofs into words SINGAPORE--If Dr Dolittle can't make animals talk, Japanese toy maker Takara thinks it can....
