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  1. The animals and plants we cannot live without

    telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph News - Nov 15, 2008

    From the Amazon rainforests to the frozen ice fields of the arctic animals plants and insects are disappearing at alarming rates from pollution habitat loss climate change and hunting.

    Also tagged: animals, bees, wildlife, conservation, species, apes, bats, fungi, plankton, invaluable

  2. Speed daters driven mainly by looks

    thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Nov 13, 2008

    London, Nov 13 (ANI): Forget chat up lines if you are looking for love at a speed-dating event, for the big groups are all about looks and not personality, claim scientists. Boffins have found that the bigger the group …

    Also tagged: animals, sessions, national, intelligence, birds, surprise, personality, mate, conclusion, lenton, looking for love, sex appeal, animal behaviour, new scientist, university of edinburgh, alison, physical attractiveness, basic instincts, claim scientists, prospective mates

  3. ”Flying lemurs” are more diverse than previously believed

    thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Nov 11, 2008

    Washington, Nov 11 (ANI): A new research has determined that ”flying lemurs”, the closest living relatives of primates, are more diverse than had previously been believed. Primates are most familiarly represented by …

    Also tagged: borneo, health science, lemurs, texas a and m university, macaques, distinct species, colugo, hunch, indochina, five million years, example java, flying lemurs, geographic areas, janecka, leopard cats, speciation events, species groups, sunda, sundaland, unusual way

  4. Two Amazing New Species of Flying Lemurs Discovered

    Two Amazing New Species of Flying Lemurs Discovered

    lifeinthefastlane.ca » Life in the Fast Lane - Nov 10, 2008

    The identity of the closest group to primates after man has been one of hot debate, but recent research using new molecular and genomic data has revealed that that one species of flying lemurs — called colugos — is …

    Also tagged: animals, discovery, science, animal, species, lemur, primate, weird science, lemurs, colugo colugos

  5. New species of flying lemurs discovered

    mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Nov 10, 2008

    A new study has found that colugos or flying lemurs are twice as diverse as previously believed.

    Also tagged: animals, environment, evolution, philippines, forests, indonesia, green, mammals, wildlife, malaysia, conservation, biodiversity, new species, rainforests, species discovery

  6. The Gremlins of Sulawesi - Tiniest Primate of the World

    netscape.com » Propeller Most Popular Stories - Nov 7, 2008

    ...flies through the air with its long tail trailing behind, cuts across moon rays and lands on a gecko. It stumps on the gecko's ...

    Also tagged: science and technology, gremlin, sulawesi

  7. Gorilla refuge falls into rebel hands in Congo; Park HQ seized

    mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 26, 2008

    Rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo seized the headquarters of Virunga National Park — a refuge home to 200 of the world's 700 remaining endangered mountain gorillas — according to a statement by park officials …

    Also tagged: africa, animals, environment, forests, green, wildlife, conservation, congo, endangered species, apes, biodiversity, gorillas, poaching, democratic republic of congo, rainforests, dr congo, central africa, in situ conservation

  8. Macaque Mothers Favor Their Sons [Greg Laden's Blog]

    Macaque Mothers Favor Their Sons [Greg Laden's Blog]

    scienceblogs.com » ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science - Oct 17, 2008

    The Trivers Willard Hypothesis predicts that under certain conditions, individuals will bias their investment in offspring differently depending on the sex of the offspring. It is believed that this can be as extreme …
  9. Macaque Mothers Favor Their Sons

    Macaque Mothers Favor Their Sons

    scienceblogs.com » Greg Laden's Blog - Oct 17, 2008

    The Trivers Willard Hypothesis predicts that under certain conditions, individuals will bias their investment in offspring differently depending on the sex of the offspring. It is believed that this can be as extreme …

  10. Mind power can revive paralysed limbs

    thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Oct 16, 2008

    London, Oct 16 (ANI): Experimenting with monkeys, scientists have shown that the primates could successfully move paralysed limbs via brain implant with mobile electrodes. Such artificial re-routing of brain may pave …

    Also tagged: entertainment, cursor, brains, electrodes, researcher, neurons, brain activity, computing power, neuron, chet, robotic arms, electrical stimulation, macaque monkeys, motor cortex, moritz, brain implant, wrist muscles, local anaesthetic, neural prosthesis, neuronal signals

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