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Making poisonous plants and seeds safe and palatable: Canola now, cannabis next?
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Why Popcorn Smells Like a Bearcat's Butt
Zoology News27 Jan 2012 | 1:50 pmBinturongs smell like popcorn. Or popcorn smells like binturongs. I guess it depends on your perspective. -
"100% No Modern Talking" - Finally! More from Knife Party
Zoology: Journals, Blogs, News and Stories - Recent24 Jan 2012 | 2:17 pmI remember when I first heard about these dirty gents. Wasn’t too long ago, maybe a few months, my buddy drops the “Dude, have you heard of Knife Party? It’s two of the guys from Pendulum…”I lost it. Pretty sure I pulled my phone out right there, threw in an earbud and YouTube‘d whatever I could find.No originals found, but I DID find these: Swedish House Mafia “Save the World (KP remix)” – Nero “Crush on You (KP remix)” – and even a collabo with Skrillex to create the beast… -
Volunteer for ZSL - Now Recruiting
ZSL Latest News25 Jan 2012 | 7:50 amAre you interested in donating your time to ZSL London or Whipsnade Zoo? Our volunteers play a very important role in the the world of ZSL and the recruitment drive for 2012 has already started. -
I HATE USARK!
Reptile Apartment26 Jan 2012 | 11:45 amReptile Apartment - "It's not a desire; it's an obsession to share our knowledge with those interested in herpetoculture."Now that I have your attention, something has been bothering me lately. As of late there have become an inordinate amount of people running their mouth about USARK and what they are doing for our niche community. People post and question their lobbying efforts and want to know where this or that dollar went and so on. I am not invalidating wanting more accurate reporting of expenditures. I for one do not agree with USARK 100% on everything they do or…
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ScienceDaily: Zoology News
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Making poisonous plants and seeds safe and palatable: Canola now, cannabis next?
27 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pmEvery night millions of people go to bed hungry. New genetic technology can help us feed the world by making inedible seeds edible and tasty. -
How viruses evolve, and in some cases, become deadly
26 Jan 2012 | 9:45 pmResearchers have demonstrated how a new virus evolves, shedding light on how easy it can be for diseases to gain dangerous mutations. -
New biodiversity map of Andes shows species in dire need of protection
26 Jan 2012 | 9:39 pmThe Andes-Amazon basin of Peru and Bolivia is one of the most biologically rich and rapidly changing areas of the world. A new study has used information collected over the last 100 years by explorers and from satellite images which reveals detailed patterns of species and ecosystems that occur only in this region. Worryingly, the study also finds that many of these unique species and ecosystems are lacking vital national level protection. Endemic species are restricted to a specific area and occur nowhere else. These species are especially vulnerable to climate and environmental changes… -
For the birds: Winged predators seek certain trees when foraging for caterpillars
26 Jan 2012 | 1:36 pmLocation matters for birds on the hunt for caterpillars, according to researchers. Findings suggest that chickadees and others zero in on the type of tree as much as the characteristics of their wriggly prey. -
Ecologists capture first deep-sea fish noises
26 Jan 2012 | 1:29 pmFish biologists conducted one of the first studies of deep-sea fish sounds in more than 50 years, 2,237 feet under the Atlantic. With recording technology more affordable, fish sounds can be studied to test the idea that fish communicate with sound, especially those in the dark of the deep ocean.
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Zoology News
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Why Popcorn Smells Like a Bearcat's Butt
27 Jan 2012 | 1:50 pmBinturongs smell like popcorn. Or popcorn smells like binturongs. I guess it depends on your perspective. -
An Ecology of Mind: film interprets a life of unconventional thought
11 Jan 2012 | 6:56 amA new documentary, An Ecology of Mind, directed by Nora Bateson, celebrates her father Gregory - anthropologist, philosopher, ecologist and systems theorist Nora Bateson : Well, the film is all about non-singularities, about non-linear thinking, so pulling out a singular message interpretation is hard. -
Howard Bern, expert on effects of hormones, has died at 91
10 Jan 2012 | 1:17 pmHoward A. Bern, professor emeritus of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a pioneer in understanding how hormones affect development, including that of the human fetus, died Jan. -
If it lives in the sea, it must be The Hoff
6 Jan 2012 | 2:32 pmHow did the crab gets its hairy chest? It sounds like a parody of one of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, but it is a genuine question that scientists are seeking to answer. -
Surviving animal finance: bear with the bull
29 Dec 2011 | 11:31 amJust as a picture is better than a thousand words, an apt zoological metaphor conveys financial insight more effectively than the most comprehensive spreadsheet.
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Zoology: Journals, Blogs, News and Stories - Recent
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"100% No Modern Talking" - Finally! More from Knife Party
24 Jan 2012 | 2:17 pmI remember when I first heard about these dirty gents. Wasn’t too long ago, maybe a few months, my buddy drops the “Dude, have you heard of Knife Party? It’s two of the guys from Pendulum…”I lost it. Pretty sure I pulled my phone out right there, threw in an earbud and YouTube‘d whatever I could find.No originals found, but I DID find these: Swedish House Mafia “Save the World (KP remix)” – Nero “Crush on You (KP remix)” – and even a collabo with Skrillex to create the beast… -
BatWorld
24 Jan 2012 | 2:16 pmAt nightfall I like to watch the bats wheeling and swooping over the housetops.  Except that Partner says they’re not bats.  “They’re birds,” he says.  “Look at them!” I say.  “Birds don’t fly like that!  Also, most birds don’t fly in the dark!”  He shrugs.  It’s one of those disputes we’ll keep having even after we’ve been put away in the old ladies’… -
Gnat Traps
24 Jan 2012 | 2:16 pmA few weeks ago, with the acquisition of some orchids, we (my roommates and I) had a gnat infestation. Dreadful little things. They are too small and too quick to kill with your hands or with a swatter.I ended up killing many of them by spraying them with Windex. I assume most any household cleaner would work. Just be sure not to mix chemicals. Especially not those containing ammonia and/or bleach.But, there was no way I could get them all by sniping the little buggers. I needed another method. A trap. Where they would come to me. Of course, I scoured the internet. I came up with a very… -
Scott's Last Expedition, Natural History Museum a" exhibition review
24 Jan 2012 | 2:16 pmScott's Last Expedition at the Natural History Museum reveals the challenges of conducting a scientific mission in such bitter conditionsAs I wait to enter Scott's Last Expedition, at the Natural History Museum, I check my phone. It's -27C but the wind chill makes it feel more like -38C. Not in London of course, but the South Pole. The weather report is beamed via satellites all over the world, straight from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. With information only a click away, it's easy to forget just how much human toil went into making some of the greatest scientific… -
The Exceptional Creation of Vladimir Nabokov
24 Jan 2012 | 2:15 pmIn the summer of 1984, I had a work-study job manning the checkout desk at the Library at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology. The MCZ Library had long been a research resource for Harvard academics, including the late author Vladimir Nabokov. I knew this because I had read Nabokov's precisely crafted, linguistically gymnastic, and quaintly subversive novel Pale Fire in a class the previous semester and had felt it was like discovering a message from my home planet. I binged on Nabokov for the next several months, reading his novels and learning about his life, and learned…
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ZSL Latest News
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Volunteer for ZSL - Now Recruiting
25 Jan 2012 | 7:50 amAre you interested in donating your time to ZSL London or Whipsnade Zoo? Our volunteers play a very important role in the the world of ZSL and the recruitment drive for 2012 has already started. -
Year of the Dragon
23 Jan 2012 | 7:00 amTo celebrate Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo treated our male komodo dragon to a tasty treat for Chinese New Year. -
Five years living on the EDGE
16 Jan 2012 | 4:20 amThe EDGE of Existence programme set up to save the world’s weirdest and most threatened creatures celebrates its 5th birthday. -
Mammoth task for zookeepers in the annual stocktake
10 Jan 2012 | 9:55 amZookeepers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo have got the mammoth task of counting every animal at the Zoo for the annual stocktake. -
Science for Conservation: Annual Report 2010-11
10 Jan 2012 | 8:35 amThe latest Annual Report from ZSL's Institute of Zoology (IoZ) 2010/11 is now available. Find out about our progress in long-standing research projects and the new initiatives we have undertaken this year.
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Reptile Apartment
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I HATE USARK!
26 Jan 2012 | 11:45 amReptile Apartment - "It's not a desire; it's an obsession to share our knowledge with those interested in herpetoculture."Now that I have your attention, something has been bothering me lately. As of late there have become an inordinate amount of people running their mouth about USARK and what they are doing for our niche community. People post and question their lobbying efforts and want to know where this or that dollar went and so on. I am not invalidating wanting more accurate reporting of expenditures. I for one do not agree with USARK 100% on everything they do or… -
Pythons & Petitions!
19 Jan 2012 | 11:53 pmReptile Apartment - "It's not a desire; it's an obsession to share our knowledge with those interested in herpetoculture."We’ve all seen them outside of the local grocer waiting like a Vulture on a Saguaro. They won’t approach on the exit, they know your hands may be full and you won’t be able to grasp the pen. The smart ones get you when you’re going in. Watching you get out of the car, judging the distance until you reach the automatic sliding door. Carefully observing you out of the corner of their eye. Then when there is just enough time left; probably while… -
2012 Reptile SuperShow Pomona
12 Jan 2012 | 12:19 amReptile Apartment - "It's not a desire; it's an obsession to share our knowledge with those interested in herpetoculture."So this past weekend I was able to attend the Reptile SuperShow in Pomona where word has it that the attendance was a record breaker for Reptile SuperShow attendance! Let me tell you kind reader. This show was incredible! There was large variety of reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates to choose from and a lot of information on hand available from quality breeders. I dare say even Chris Law our own Conscious Keeper would have been impressed by those in…
