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Kea

Researchers have discovered that New Caledonian crows and kea parrots can learn about the usefulness of objects by playing with them - similar to human baby behaviour...


Continue reading 13 October 2017   7 jaar oud
Egyptian goose, invasive

A new study stresses the urgent need to include more species on the EU’s 'List of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern'. The EU leads the world in legislation to protect the economy and the environment from the threat of..


Continue reading 10 October 2017   7 jaar oud
bumble bee

New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is helping to explain the link between a changing global climate and a dramatic decline in bumble bee populations worldwide. ..


Continue reading 06 October 2017   7 jaar oud
Atlantic puffin

Millions of birders, hunters, fishers and outdoor enthusiasts agree: our great outdoors deserve protection...


Continue reading 03 October 2017   7 jaar oud
meerkats, stokstaartjes

Dominant female meerkats use aggression to keep subordinates from breeding, but a new study finds this negative behavior also can result in the latter becoming less willing to help within the group...


Continue reading 29 September 2017   7 jaar oud
Eerste rode tomaat op Marsbodemsimulant, vijf maanden na de start van het experiment

If humans are going to stay (semi) permanently on Mars or the moon they will have to grow their own food. The most important ingredients for agriculture are present on both celestial bodies; sand and water (in the form of ice)...


Continue reading 27 September 2017   7 jaar oud
Poison frog

Don't let their appearance fool you: thimble-sized, dappled in cheerful colors and squishy, poison frogs in fact harbor some of the most potent neurotoxins we know. Scientists are now a step closer to resolving a related..


Continue reading 26 September 2017   7 jaar oud
The Quill on St Eustatius after hurricane Irma in 2017

Nature on Sint Eustatius has been heavily affected by hurricane Irma that struck the island in the early morning of Wednesday 6 September. Most visible are the effects on land. During a preliminary nature damage assessment Sint..


Continue reading 25 September 2017   7 jaar oud
Gloomy octopus

Octopuses are usually solitary creatures, but a new site in the waters off the east coast of Australia is the home of up to 15 gloomy octopuses that have been observed communicating - either directly as in den evictions or..


Continue reading 23 September 2017   7 jaar oud
Whale shark

MBARI biological oceanographer John Ryan recently worked with biologists who have been tracking whale sharks in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. They discovered that whale sharks in this area spend most of their time cruising..


Continue reading 19 September 2017   7 jaar oud

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