Historian Mary P. Winsor published recently (2006b, in the December 2006 edition, but it just came out) a paper discussing how the Essentialism Story was constructed by Arthur Cain, Ernst Mayr, and D [ Read More ] »
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There are three recently published papers featured, too, each documenting some consquence of the shifting baseline syndrome (and each led by scientist Andrea Saenz-Arroyo). [ Read More ] »
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At first glance, postponing one's own reproductive efforts to help unrelated individuals raise their offspring might seem like a bad choice, evolutionarily speaking. However, cooperative breeding, a [ Read More ] »
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Researchers have long been mystified by the defensive behaviors exhibited by California ground squirrels, Spermophilus beecheyi, when confronted by venomous rattlesnakes. The furry animals not only k [ Read More ] »
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Exploring life in the North Atlantic Ocean at various depths of 800 to 3,500 metres, a team of 31 scientists are returning from a five-week scientific expedition which has surfaced a wealth of new in [ Read More ] »
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Animals are under the constant threat of extinction whether it be from man or from nature. As we continually use and destroy natural habitats we make it harder for a species to be successful - but th [ Read More ] »
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Despite the fact that President Clinton set aside 7 million acres of forest for owl habitat, the northern spotted owl population is still peril. So the government is using another, very controversial [ Read More ] »
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A petition seeking Endangered Species Act protection for a rare loon that breeds in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve has been accepted for review [ Read More ] »
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International wildlife experts have located hundreds of wild elephants on a treeless island in the swamps of south Sudan, where they apparently avoid [ Read More ] »
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An Indian zoologist said Monday he has found a new species of limbless lizard in a forested area in the country's east. "Preliminary scientific stu [ Read More ] »
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When a rampaging column of 200,000 army ants hauling prey encounters a gaping pothole, volunteers bridge it with their bodies so that comrades can wa [ Read More ] »
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Two lost whales were closing in on their ocean home Tuesday evening, coming within 10 miles of the Golden Gate as they passed under a busy bridge and [ Read More ] »
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