Notices tagged with biology
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Alberto (moshpirit)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jul-2018 18:26:12 EDT Alberto !TIL Early in life, each #dolphin creates its own unique vocal whistle that gives it an individual identity. Because each whistle is unique, dolphins are able to call to each other by mimicking the whistle of a dolphin they want to communicate with. It's the equivalent of calling each other by name. - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-23410137 #ethology #biology -
Alberto (moshpirit)'s status on Monday, 02-Jul-2018 06:05:35 EDT Alberto !TIL #bees can be blue. Xylocopa caerulea, the blue carpenter bee, is non-aggressive and semi-solitary. They do not build hives like honeybees but instead prefer to live inside dead wood. They live in Southeast Asia, India and Southern China. - http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2018/04/the-blue-carpenter-bee #biology -
zorak (zorak)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2017 04:16:34 EDT zorak Here's a phylogenetic tree of life using the "Open Tree Taxonomy". It's not as "flashy": https://tree.opentreeoflife.org/ #biology !science -
kuro (kuro)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2017 08:49:47 EDT kuro Researchers are reviving a field of study grounded in both music & #biology: wingbeat frequency https://is.gd/ejJoQJ fight malaria !science -
kuro (kuro)'s status on Monday, 07-Jan-2013 05:22:05 EST kuro Expensive Organs: Guppies Reveal The Cost Of Big #Brains http://is.gd/vHNZvy unique study published in Current #Biology !science !cogsci -
kuro (kuro)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Dec-2012 18:18:44 EST kuro #Biology is the only !science in which multiplication means the same thing as division.