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Animal ScienceAnts find their way even when going backwards

0 comments submitted 1 hour ago by abhix3 to /r/science

http://getintotrend.com/ants-find-way-even-going-backwards/

Animal ScienceScientists Feed Cows Onions to Make Them Stop Farting So Much Methane

77 points 16 comments submitted 1 day ago by TrolskeGrad Student | MS | Behavioral Ecology to /r/science

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-feed-cows-onions-to-make-them-stop-farting-s-1791347637

Animal ScienceGlobal threat to primates concerns us all

7 points 4 comments submitted 2 days ago by AlphaGenesisInc to /r/science

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/dpp-gtt011817.php#.WIE34XA8Dtw.reddit

Animal ScienceAnts are even more impressive at navigating than we thought. Experiments suggest ants keep to the right path by plotting the Sun's position in the sky which they combine with visual information about their surroundings.

44 points 3 comments submitted 2 days ago by God_Wills_It_ to /r/science

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38665058

Animal ScienceScarcity drives some baboon males to attack and kill infants of their own kind. The behavior reduces their waiting time to breed with pregnant and nursing females, who otherwise wouldn’t become sexually available again for up to a year.

3 points 3 comments submitted 2 days ago by drewiepoodle to /r/science

https://today.duke.edu/2017/01/why-baboon-males-resort-domestic-violence

Animal ScienceFoxes may confuse predators by rubbing themselves in puma scent

32 points 2 comments submitted 2 days ago by psioni to /r/science

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2118444-foxes-may-confuse-predators-by-rubbing-themselves-in-puma-scent/

Animal ScienceStudy explores why baboon males resort to domestic violence

8 points 2 comments submitted 2 days ago by TrolskeGrad Student | MS | Behavioral Ecology to /r/science

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/du-wbm011817.php

Animal ScienceA new report reveals that primates are facing an impending "extinction crisis," with 60% of all primates now at risk of extinction.

87 points 12 comments submitted 2 days ago by Wagamaga to /r/science

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/19/americas/primates-mass-extinction/index.html

Animal ScienceNew Moth discovered is named after Donald Trump because of the colour of the scales on the frons(head) of the Moth bearing close resemblance to the next President of The United States's hair

0 points 3 comments submitted 3 days ago by 69sweg to /r/science

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/17/this-new-species-of-moth-has-yellowish-white-scales-on-its-head-it-is-named-for-donald-trump/?utm_term=.17293c725d48

Animal ScienceWhen it comes to mating, fruit flies can make rational choices

3 points 2 comments submitted 3 days ago by drewiepoodle to /r/science

http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/01/17/when-it-comes-to-mating-fruit-flies-can-make-rational-choices/

Animal ScienceMost Primate Species Threatened With Extinction, Scientists Find

5 points 0 comments submitted 3 days ago by FLTA to /r/science

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/science/almost-two-thirds-of-primate-species-near-extinction-scientists-find.html

Animal ScienceThe world's primates face an "extinction crisis" with 60% of species now threatened with extinction, according to research published in Science Advances. A global study, involving more than 30 scientists, assessed the conservation status of more than 500 individual species.

46 points 2 comments submitted 3 days ago by mveaMD-PhD-MBA | Clinical Professor/Medicine to /r/science

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38652196

Animal ScienceHorses killed more people in Australia in recent years than all venomous animals combined, research has shown

50 points 15 comments submitted 3 days ago by DoctorExplosion to /r/science

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38592390

Animal ScienceThis new species of moth has �?yellowish-white scales’ on its head. It is named for Donald Trump.

0 points 4 comments submitted 4 days ago by RifkinsDilemma to /r/science

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/17/this-new-species-of-moth-has-yellowish-white-scales-on-its-head-it-is-named-for-donald-trump/?utm_term=.fe1a0f3da078&tid=sm_tw&tid=sm_tw&tid=sm_tw

Animal ScienceScientists have named a newly discovered species of moth after Donald Trump. Researchers named the moth after him because in adult form, it boasts a series of yellowish-white scales on its head, resembling the hair of Trump.

1 point 4 comments submitted 4 days ago by drewiepoodle to /r/science

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/01/17/New-moth-species-named-for-Donald-Trumps-hair/7281484686000/

Animal ScienceScientists have found the first evidence of vampire bats supping on human blood.

22 points 6 comments submitted 4 days ago by NinjaDiscoJesus to /r/science

http://www.livescience.com/57521-vampire-bats-drink-human-blood.html?

Animal ScienceHow the panda’s �?thumb’ evolved twice. Two species of distantly related panda may have adapted to a bamboo-centric diet in similar genetic ways.

26 points 2 comments submitted 4 days ago by JeansCudsIJoins to /r/science

http://www.nature.com/news/how-the-panda-s-thumb-evolved-twice-1.21300

Animal ScienceWhere Have All the Giants Gone; How Animals Deal with the Problem of Size.

22 points 1 comment submitted 5 days ago by drchris498 to /r/science

http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2000473

Animal ScienceFemale shark learns to reproduce without males after years alone in tank

2,092 points 163 comments submitted 5 days ago by Ragnarokcometh to /r/science

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2118052-female-shark-learns-to-reproduce-without-males-after-years-alone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Facebook&utm_term=Autofeed&cmpid=SOC%257CNSNS%257C2017-Echobox

Animal ScienceFlorida harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex badius, have developed the first example of a farming strategy where they plant seeds, wait for them to germinate and then eat the soft spoils (compared to the Fijian ants which grow plants and harvest the fruits).

42 points 4 comments submitted 6 days ago by mveaMD-PhD-MBA | Clinical Professor/Medicine to /r/science

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2117953-harvester-ants-farm-by-planting-seeds-to-eat-once-they-germinate/

Animal ScienceUsing CRISPR, researchers are now able to make gene knockout pigs for sperm stem cell transplantation without the need of irradiation or chemotherapy

33 points 9 comments submitted 6 days ago by Silverseren to /r/science

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep40176

Animal ScienceLost British birdsong discovered in New Zealand birds

32 points 2 comments submitted 7 days ago by Aboveground_Plush to /r/science

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/12/lost-british-birdsong-discovered-in-new-zealand-birds

Animal ScienceBird-loving vampire bats develop taste for human blood

7 points 2 comments submitted 7 days ago by ribbitribbitrabbit to /r/science

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2117767-bird-loving-vampire-bats-develop-taste-for-human-blood/

Animal ScienceBaboons produce vocalizations comparable to vowels

25 points 0 comments submitted 7 days ago by burtzev to /r/science

http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2873.htm

Animal ScienceAlien bird risk from pet trade - BBC News

1 point 2 comments submitted 8 days ago by DarthHobbitJus to /r/science

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38585331

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