Animal world
The ability to survive in the frozen environment of the tail beetle turned on
The Arctic tails (Megaphorura arctica) survived in freezing temperatures by self-dehydrating before the coldest period began.
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Animal world
The complexity in the choice of mating of animals
When the tiger cat chose you to mate, the size - especially the tail size - greatly influenced its choice. However, this is not the only impact factor.
Animal world
Long tail and evolution of flight ability
Dr Stephen P. Yanoviak of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, published a new study in the journal Royal Society's Biology Letters, giving a new insight into the ev…
Animal world
How lizard tail-shedding?
University of Michigan ecologists and colleagues have found the answer to a question that has existed for more than a century: What is the main factor determining lizard…
Animal world
The showy tail is not to attract mates
The male's wide, colorful tail turned out to be ineffective in stimulating or attracting the peacocks.
Animal world
The tail lizard to become an acrobatic actor
If you've ever tried to catch a lizard, you'll find it a difficult task because the animal has an emergency self-defense system to hide.
Animal world
The antelope exhibits strength through the knee
To show the strength and attraction, the public spread the colorful tail, the deer held the horns strong, and the African antelope slammed its knees together.
Animal world
Dolphins teach each other to do circus
The expert group of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Association witnessed a dolphin teaching others in the tail movement skills on the water.
Animal world
How does ostentatious traits of males evolve?
For Charles Darwin, the public tail made him extremely uncomfortable.
Animal world
Interesting facts about the public tail
The simple thing that everyone seems to know turns out to be almost wrong. The brilliant
Animal world
Discovered a monkey that catches fish
Long-tail macaque macaque has long been famous for its skill in finding food, such as picking fruit or bananas of visitors. Recently, scientists have found a group of si…
Animal world
The showy tail does not impress children
The flashy tail of the public guys turned out to be useless in stimulating or attracting girls, a new study reveals. This work has touched upon a long-held belief that t…
Animal world
Broken tail lizard to distract the enemy
Many lizards can throw away their tails when hunted by enemies. By sacrificing a part of their bodies, they can free themselves and distract the predator's attention.
Animal world
Real lizards 'lay' out plastic lizards
John Rossi has been practicing veterinarians for 21 years but he has never seen such a joke: from the prongs of a pronged lizard anus ... another lizard tail - which thi…
Animal world
African gorillas: 98% of genes are like human genes
African gorillas have 98% of genes similar to human genes, while Indian short-tailed monkeys have 93% of the same genes as humans. A group of 35 laboratories recently re…