Topic: Wynne Parry
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Does global warming cause animals to shrink?
A study of copepods found that the growth rates of the tiny marine crustaceans is highly sensitive to temperature, with implications for the entire food chain.
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Mosasaur: How a reptile came to dominate the seas
Mosasaur: A new study finds how the mosasaur came to reign the oceans some 90 million years ago.
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Disgusting sea creature threatened with extinction
Conservationists say that the hagfish, a loathsome undersea scavenger whose appearance and behavior are too revolting for most people even to contemplate, is on the decline.
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Why airplanes make it rain or snow
Aircraft create more rain near airports by punching holes in the clouds, effectively seeding the clouds, according to a new study of the phenomenon.
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Wildlife photographer snaps photo of transvestite bird
An odd-looking cardinal, with half male and half female markings, alighted on the backyard feeder of wildlife photographer and statistics professor Larry Ammann.
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Zombie ants: How fungus can turn an insect into a puppet
Zombie ants: recent discoveries of how a parasitic fungus controls so-called zombie ants.
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Have women's heads been getting bigger over the last 300 years?
A study of Spanish skulls spanning 300 years has shown that everyone's heads are been getting bigger, but that the size difference between the crania of women and men is shrinking.
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Zombie ants: How a fungus takes control of carpenter ants
Zombie ants: Identified from samples collected at two sites in Brazil's tropical rain forest, each of the four fungus species specializes in controlling a different species of carpenter ant, creating Zombie ants.
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Walking cactus discovered in China
Walking cactus: Scientists have discovered what researchers are calling the missing link in China. The strange-looking walking cactus is thought to be the link between worm-like creatures and arthropods like spiders.
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It turns out that squids can hear. But do they listen?
A recent study found that squids can detect low-frequency sounds, using sac-like organs at the base of their brains.
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