Other Animals

Magazine articles on other animals and pets.

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Chemistry World August 9, 2006 Victoria Gill	Wasps Fight a Chemical Battle Scientists have developed a new technique to take chemical measurements during one-on-one wasp combat, which has enabled the researchers to identify a wasp's chemical weapon of choice when it's losing a fight.
Chemistry World July 17, 2006 Bea Perks	Marine Toxin Synthesised From Scratch The synthesis of a little understood toxin found in tropical fish marks an important step in natural product synthesis, report chemists. The work will not only help to tackle a widespread food-borne illness -- it will also spare tons of Moray eels from a grisly end.
Sports Central July 12, 2006 Mark Chalifoux	Barbaro Craves the Spotlight Barbaro refuses to shrink from the public eye after his career was ended as he's clinging to the spotlight with any good leg left in him.
Chemistry World July 2006 John Bonner	Insect Detectives Chemists and biologists are harnessing the powerful sense of smell that insects possess to devise applications from detecting rotten tomatoes to controlling one of the deadliest diseases in Africa.
Outside June 2006 Jason Daley	The Wild File Cows sleeping habits don't predict weather... The mystery why you can't tickle yourself... Otters trading places... What colors the human iris?...
Science News June 3, 2006 Janet Raloff	Has Early Programming Sealed These Animals' Fate? Surprising data from harbor seals indicate that nutrition prior to weaning may permanently set growth rates in the animals.
Science News May 27, 2006	Science Safari: Amphibiaweb Curious about frogs, toads, or salamanders? This Web site provides data on more than 6,000 amphibian species from around the world.
Smithsonian June 2006 Laura Tangley	Learning from Tai Shan The giant panda born at Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo has charmed animal lovers. Now he's teaching scientists more than they had expected.
Geotimes April 2006 Edward R. Landa	Oink If You Love Coal Coal feeding at outcrops will rarely be seen today with domesticated swine. However, feral pigs may still be crunching at outcrops of coal. And naturally occurring humic materials are presently marketed as sources of iron and other trace elements for pigs and other farm animals.
Outside April 2006 H. Thayer Walker	Killer Abs Divers do the damnedest things in pursuit of Northern California abalone -- like poaching, drowning, and getting gobbled up by great white sharks.
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