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SCIENCE OF SOUND: Male penguins attract females by the sound of their voice, tropical wrens sing duets, and there's a new screening test for autism that analyzes speech patterns. Also: exposing "facilitated communication".
*Image originally appeared in: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020406
Because of climate change, an Arctic fish's survival strategy might not work much longer.
Science Update's 5000th episode! Wild margay cats imitate the calls of baby monkeys to ambush prey.
ANIMAL UPDATE: Arctic fish respond to climate change, bees that aren't as busy as you'd think, adding some romance to the lives of flamingos, and training dogs to sniff out invasive plants.
Research suggests that we're more attracted to people when others find them attractive.
Research suggests that we're more attracted to people when others find them attractive.
ANIMALS: Vibrating frogs, confused ducks, forgery-foiling butterflies, and the unsung heroes of the savanna.
Some ducks lay their eggs in the nests of other species. But their offspring get confused when they try to figure out what species to mate with.
GENETIC HISTORY - Scientists complete a draft sequence of the Neandertal genome, reconstructing the woolly mammoth's bloody past, and genes that jump from species to species. Also: a low-tech solution to a public-health dilemma in the developing world.
How plants know it's spring, color vision in bees, how pigeon flocks make decisions, and hermit crab shell games.
Male and female purple-throated Carib hummingbirds have differently shaped bills and feed on different kinds of flowers.
Most mammals have internal clocks that regulate their daily cycles, but not reindeer.
ANIMALS: Reindeer lack internal clocks, why animals from higher latitudes are larger, and the relationship between size, intelligence, and longevity in dogs.
The diversity of ocean algae has correlated with the diversity of whale species over the past 30 million years.
Dolphins are the only animal besides humans known to get multiple papillomaviruses, but unlike humans they don't develop cervical cancer.