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Cycle of Abuse Among Nazca Boobies
Researchers studying Nazca boobies of the Galápagos Islands found high correlations between degree of aggressive behavior among adults and the amount of abuse they endured as nestlings. The findings have implications for those who study human psychology and behavior, as some social scientists argue that abused children are statistically more likely to become abusers later…
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Polyandrous Mouse Lemurs – The Larger the Better
Researchers report that larger female mouse lemurs mate with more male partners at once than smaller females. The findings have implications for polyandry and other mating systems.
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Critter Corner: News Roundup on Biodiversity – Week of 10/3
Read more about how humans are just modified fish, the discovery of a rare seahorse, the relationship between climate change, elk, and aspen, and the the structure of ambrosia beetle colonies in this week’s edition of The Critter Corner.
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Imagining the Hudson before Humans
Pollution is just one way that humans have transformed the Hudson River. A small way, it turns out. We have altered the Hudson’s shape, the speed of its flow and the mix of plants and trees along its banks. In a new book, Environmental History of the Hudson River, two Lamont-Doherty scientists who contributed chapters—Frank…
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This Year in Conservation – FREE Panel Discussion
The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation is hosting a free evening program on Wednesday, October 12.
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Wasteland Transformed into Magnificent Freshkills Park
Odors of putrid garbage and mismanaged waste are being replaced by fragrant grass and flowers at Staten Island’s Freshkills Park, once the world’s biggest landfill.
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Humans Continue to Evolve
Modern day human evolution is a contentious topic, but an array of recent studies indicate that our species is still evolving.
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Reintroduction Boot Camp for Endangered Black-Footed Ferrets
Animal keepers at the National Zoo’s conservation center recently sent 26 black-footed ferrets to a critter boot camp to help the endangered species learn the necessary skills to survive in the wild.
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Evolution Battles – Parent and Offspring Rivalry
From an evolutionary perspective, kin are worth assisting in direct relationship to their blood relatedness, or the probability that two individuals share genes. Though it can be difficult at first to think in these mathematically terms, inclusive fitness, parent-offspring conflict and sibling-sibling conflict radically transform our understanding of animal behavior and evolution.
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