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Intelligence is correlated with fewer neural connections, not more
May 17, 2018 (UPI)
Neuroscientists in Germany recruited 259 participants, both men and women, to take IQ tests and have their brains imaged. Testing provided a measure of each par...
The mystery of lime-green lizard blood
May 17, 2018 (SPX)
The muscles, bones and tongues of these lizards appear bright, lime-green due to high levels of biliverdin, or a green bile pigment, which is toxic and causes j...
Biologists transfer memory from one snail to another
May 16, 2018 (UPI)
Researchers believe the novel approach could eventually be used to delete painful memories and restore lost memories in humans. "I think in the not-too-distant ...
Researchers may be underestimating roadkill numbers
May 15, 2018 (SPX)
Roads can have negative impacts on wildlife through direct effects such as fatal collisions with vehicles and through indirect effects such as changing and frag...
Hungry, hungry hippos
May 15, 2018 (SPX)
In general, the nutrients delivered via hippo dung to such aquatic ecosystems are perceived to be beneficial. For millennia, they provided a natural source of f...
Dutch PM flies four threatened iguanas to new home
May 15, 2018 (AFP)
And because the politician's plane had no suitable hold, the two males and their two would-be female partners ended up travelling in VIP style in the main part ...
California coastline stripped of plants prized in Asia
May 14, 2018 (AFP)
A customer was shipping dozens of boxes to China, and the caller suspected they were filled with abalone, a highly-prized shellfish listed as an endangered spec...
'Kung Fu' red pandas settle into new Laos sanctuary
May 11, 2018 (AFP)
The three animals, nicknamed Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Peace, were among six found stuffed into crates during a random check of a van traveling from China over...
Female wombats indicate fertility by biting males
May 10, 2018 (UPI)
Strong and temperamental, hairy-nosed wombats aren't easy to work with. But the future of the species' declining northern population, may depend on their abilit...
Highway noise alters monarch butterfly's stress response
May 10, 2018 (UPI)
Every year, the iconic monarch butterfly migrates south from the United States to Mexico. The insects number in the millions. But each year, there are a few mil...
Stowaway rats eradicated from British island territory
May 09, 2018 (AFP)
British and US scientists used poisoned bait in the largest rat eradication project of its kind, which cost 10 million pounds (11 million euros, $14 million), l...
In Japan-China ties, ibis outreach but no panda diplomacy
May 09, 2018 (AFP)
To some, the bird might not appear much of a looker: it has a bright red face with a long narrow beak that curves downward, and its eponymous crest resembles th...
Fertile and long-living: Termite queen defies limits of biology
May 08, 2018 (UPI)
Typically, there is an inverse relationship with fertility and aging. The more offspring a species produces, the more likely the female is to have a relatively ...
Traumatised bears, wolves find solace at Greek sanctuary
May 08, 2018 (AFP)
"It soothes him when he's stressed," says Melina Avgerinou, a caretaker at the Arcturos bear sanctuary in northern Greece. Patrick's tale is typical of many bea...
Large predators are showing up in surprising places
May 07, 2018 (UPI)
It's been suggested hunger and lack of prey have pushed predators into strange habitats, but new research suggests these species are recolonizing habitats they'...
Should I stay or go? Birds migrate to save energy: study
May 07, 2018 (AFP)
Seemingly paradoxically, the behaviour is driven by a quest for energy efficiency, a study said Monday. Migrating birds, researchers found, gain more energy fro...
S.African film-maker killed by giraffe
May 06, 2018 (AFP)
The giraffe hit Carlos Carvalho in the head at the Glen Afric Country Lodge in North West province. "When Carlos was standing in front of the giraffe, the anima...
Intense exercise can prove fatal to racehorses, study shows
May 04, 2018 (UPI)
The majority of deaths were linked with the most physically demanding races, short races featuring intense exertion. Theses types of races are the most common f...
50 live crocodiles from Malaysia seized at London airport
May 04, 2018 (AFP)
The year-old juvenile saltwater crocodiles were found crammed into five boxes coming from Malaysia. The were bound for a farm in Cambridgeshire, eastern England...
Six endangered black rhinos flown from S. Africa to Chad
May 03, 2018 (AFP)
The wild black rhinos were loaded onto a plane at Port Elizabeth airport on the South African coast in a 3,000-mile (4,800-kilometre) journey to Chad's Zakouma ...
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