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Poisonous colours increase chances of sexual success 27 October 2009
Warning colours ensure that predators remember that certain prey are poisonous. But now it appears that the colours of poisonous Panamanian frogs are ...
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Low-quality females prefer low-quality males 13 October 2009
Marie-Jeanne Holveck and Katharina Riebel from Behavioural Biology at the Institute of Biology at the Faculty of Science published their research in P...
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Eco-friendly farmers do what they say 15 September 2009
Farmers who commit to environmentally friendly working methods also actively practise nature conservation in their farming - particularly when this is...
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The quest for more antibiotics 12 May 2009
Streptomycetes are similar to moulds, but these bacteria live in the soil. They are very popular in biotechnology because they produce a great many an...
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Super-fast evolution 12 May 2009
Certain cichlid fish in Lake Victoria seem to have adapted super-fast to changing circumstances. Dr Frans Witte from the Integrative Zoology section h...