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Plant Thorns Increase When Defense Needed

samedi 18 octobre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

In areas with few herbivores acacia plants don't bother to churn out many of the off-putting thorns. Cynthia Graber reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Primordial Giant Kangaroos Did Not Hop, They Walked

vendredi 17 octobre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Everyday Science, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology

EPA Approves Dow's Enlist Herbicide for GMOs

mercredi 15 octobre 2014 — More Science, Everyday Science, Society & Policy, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Biotechnology

By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency gave final approval on Wednesday to a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences that has faced broad opposition, ordering a series of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Failure to Protect Wolverine Prompts Lawsuit

mardi 14 octobre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

Wildlife conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government for denying federal protection for rare wolverines in the mountains of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, the groups' attorney... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Where Does Ebola Hide?

mardi 14 octobre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Everyday Science, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Health, Infectious Diseases

Fruit bats are the most likely carriers of Ebola but it is human-to-human transmission that matters most now -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Book Review: Arrival of the Fittest

dimanche 12 octobre 2014 — Recommended, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

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

Scientific American

Not-So-Intelligent Design: Evolutionâ€™s Worst Ideas

samedi 11 octobre 2014 — Web Exclusives, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

An interview with the author of WTF Evolution?, a book and blog on the oddities of nature -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Skinks skinks skinks (part I)

samedi 11 octobre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Skinks (properly Scincidae… though read on) are one of the most successful of squamate groups, accounting for approximately 1500 species - in other words, for about 25% of all lizards. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American