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South Africa Loses First Elephant to Poachers in a Decade

vendredi 16 mai 2014 — Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Evolution

Book Review: Animal Architecture

vendredi 16 mai 2014 — Recommended, More Science, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology

Books and recommendations from Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Silkworm Sex Factor Is No Ordinary Gene

jeudi 15 mai 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The Lepidopteran is the first one found to have sex determined by RNA rather than by a protein -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Discovery of Mexican Skeleton Connects Siberian Ancestors to Native Americans

jeudi 15 mai 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology

DNA from the skeleton shows similarities to modern Native Americans, while its skull structure matches those of Paleoamericans that came across the Bering land bridge -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Elephant Seals Have Same Carbon Monoxide Blood Levels as Heavy Smokers

jeudi 15 mai 2014 — Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The high levels may help the seals survive their long, deep dives -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Why Donâ€™t Octopuses Get Stuck To Themselves?

jeudi 15 mai 2014 — More Science, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Technology

An octopus might be one of the most intelligent invertebrates, but it doesn’t always know what, exactly, its arms are doing. How these animals manage to avoid tangling themselves up is a major... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Beautiful New Jellyfish Identified in the Gulf of Venice

jeudi 15 mai 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution

A bloom of new jellyfish observed off the coast of Italy has turned out to be a previously undescribed species, likely involuntarily introduced by humans -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Zoos of the Future Break Down the Enclosure Walls

mercredi 14 mai 2014 — More Science, Biology, Everyday Science, Society & Policy, Evolution

The next generation of zoo design is going back to nature for inspiration and helping animals keep fit in the process -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American