Zoology
epub |eng | 2020-04-14 | Author:Lulu Miller

* * * The word was coined back in 1883 by a British scientist named Francis Galton, a famous polymath in his own right, who also happened to be the ...
( Category: Fish & Sharks April 14,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Roger Tory Peterson

BLUE-THROATED MOUNTAIN-GEM Lampornis clemenciae Uncommon, local 5 in. (13 cm). Formerly known as Blue-throated Hummingbird. Note large tail with targe white patches. Male: A very large hummingbird, with black and ...
( Category: Bird Field Guides April 13,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-12-14 | Author:Keriann McGoogan

I read through the section on porters in Shawn’s unofficial guide that night—June 2. The men with their zebu carts had arrived as requested, and we were going to pack ...
( Category: Primatology April 3,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Frantisek Baluska, Monica Gagliano & Guenther Witzany

Khraiwesh B, Zhu JK, Zhu J (2012) Role of miRNAs and siRNAs in biotic and abiotic stress responses of plants. Biochim Biophys Acta 1819:137–148. https://​doi.​org/​10.​1016/​j.​bbagrm.​2011.​05.​001CrossrefPubMed Khrustaleva LI, de Melo PE, ...
( Category: Animal Behavior & Communication April 3,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-04 | Author:Scott Shupe

Order - Ciconiiformes (wading birds) Family - Ardeidae (herons) Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Great Egret Ardea alba Snowy Egret Egretta thula Presumed range in Illinois Presumed range in Illinois ...
( Category: Reptiles & Amphibians March 31,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-04-04 | Author:Bruce Bagemihl

Frequency: Homosexual activity occurs only sporadically in Moose and Caribou. About a quarter of all male Moose associate together in pairs during at least part of the year. Orientation: Adult ...
( Category: Animal Behavior & Communication March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-15 | Author:Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Andean (spectacled) bear, Tremarctos ornatus Racine Zoo White rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum Lion Country Safari NOT AN ACTUAL UNICORN Always wanted to see a real, live unicorn. Order arrived 16 months ...
( Category: Animal Behavior & Communication March 24,2020 )
mobi |eng | 2011-12-31 | Author:Juliet Clutton-Brock [Clutton-Brock, Juliet]

During the twentieth century many biologists and archaeozoologists studied the skeletal anatomy of the dingo in attempts to discover its origins and relationships with other primitive breeds of dog. All ...
( Category: Zoology March 23,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-11-26 | Author:Slobodchikoff PhD, Con [Slobodchikoff PhD, Con]

SINGING WHALES Like us, male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae ) sing, too. I vividly remember the day that I picked up a copy of the January 1979 issue of National ...
( Category: Animal Behavior & Communication March 23,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2010-09-27 | Author:David J. T. Sumpter [Sumpter, David J. T.]

Raid Networks Army ant species (Franks 1989; Schneirla 1971; Topoff 1984), as well as Leptogenys processionalis (Ganeshaiah & Veena 1991), and Pheidologeton diversus (Moffett 1988) all form swarm raid trails ...
( Category: Animal Behavior & Communication March 23,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-10-21 | Author:Blackburn, Lyle [Blackburn, Lyle]

Sheriff Truesdale with the “haunted” ax (photo courtesy of Lee County Observer ) An even stranger legend is that of the Bishopville Giant. This being was said to have stalked ...
( Category: Unexplained Mysteries March 23,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-01-11 | Author:Haraway, Donna J. [Haraway, Donna J.]

Would the unique “female researcher” have seen her results as the fruit of natural affinity, or would she with Fedigan have remembered hours of work, perhaps invisible to the men ...
( Category: Primatology March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Paul A. Moore

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 Paul A. MooreThe Hidden Power of Smell10.1007/978-3-319-15651-4_6 6. The Cocktail Party of Life The Chemical Conch Shell Paul A. Moore1 (1)Laboratory for Sensory Ecology, ...
( Category: Zoology March 22,2020 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2016-02-03 | Author:Martin Stevens [Stevens, Martin]

Fig. 42. The colourful wings and eyespots of the peacock butterfly (Aglais io). Experiments have shown that their startle displays and eyespots are very effective in deterring avian attacks. Image ...
( Category: Botany March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Michael H. Herzog & Gregory Francis & Aaron Clarke

Just as in the t-test, a criterion is chosen for statistical significance to set the Type I error rate to a desired rate (e.g., α = 0.05). When F exceeds ...
( Category: Animal Behavior & Communication March 22,2020 )