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ABS Members in the News
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Two Emory University scholars were chosen to be fellows of the American Academy of Arts&Sciences, a prestigious honor society and research center with some of the best minds around the world. Emory Provost Earl Lewis and Frans de Waal, director of Emory's * Living Links Center, are among 212 scholars, scientists and leaders named as fellows for 2008.
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Top predator thrives in poison areas, study by E Fraser and M Hauber, University of Auckland, finds
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Removing what appears to be a predator at the top of the food chain may not necessarily save an endangered prey, a study in New Zealand by MJ Rayner, ME Hauber, et al. in PNAS has shown.
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Mating fish don't like an audience, it seems. When another male spies on them they change their mind about which female they prefer. The findings may alter the way we think about mate choice driving evolution, researchers say.
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What makes an ideal man? For some women, it's a charming personality; others just want to see a nice set of abs. Things aren't quite so complicated in the rest of the animal kingdom. In most species, every female prizes the same trait in a male, whether it be bright plumage or a pretty song. So researchers have been surprised to discover that female yellowthroats don't always agree on what turns them on--a finding that may offer a window onto speciation.
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ASPCA-led Expert Behaviorists Provide Recommendations to USDA On Disposition of Dogs Seized in Michael Vick Case
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He knew his colors and shapes, he learned more than 100 English words, and with his own brand of one-liners he established himself in television shows, scientific reports and news articles as perhaps the world’s most famous talking bird.But last week Alex, an African gray parrot, died, apparently of natural causes, said Dr. Irene Pepperberg, a comparative psychologist at Brandeis University and Harvard who studied and worked with the parrot for most of his life and published reports of his progress in scientific journals. The parrot was 31.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/science/10cnd-parrot.html
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Radio New Zealand's Amelia Nurse discovers that cuckoos have something to teach us about outsourcing parenting. Dr. Mark Hauber's Marsden funded research on North American and New Zealand brood parasites has been featured on Radio New Zealand's Science Story on 11 Sept. 2007.To listen, click:http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/aft/aft-20070912-1547-Science_Story-064.mp3
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