MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'animal behavior'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:50:03 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3718712&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2Fu7TBVLwMnXo%2Frevenge_of_the_zombifying_wasp_1.php As this is a Zombie Day on scienceblogs.com, here is a re-post of one of my old post about one of the coolest parasites ever (from February 04, 2006): I am quite surprised that Carl Zimmer, in research for his book Parasite Rex, did not encounter the fascinating case of the Ampulex compressa (Emerald Cockroach Wasp) and its prey/host the American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana, see also comments on Aetiology and Ocellated). In 1999, I went to Oxford, UK, to the inaugural Gordon Conference in Neuroethology and one of the many exciting speakers I was looking forward to seeing was Fred Libersat. The talk was half-hot half-cold. To be precise, the first half was hot and the second half was not. In the first half, he not just introduced the whole behavior, he also showed us a longish movie... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3718712 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:05:50 +0100 3718712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710808&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FG7tx1fJ0FGQ%2Flizards_carcasses_and_bacteria.php Do Komodo dragons kill their prey by making them sick with the bacteria from their dirty mouths? Or do they kill with strength, speed and venom while bacteria are just incidental? Or is it bacteria who hitch a ride on the lizards on their journeys from one juicy carcass to the next? Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710808 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:52:30 +0100 3710808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3672060&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FIs_O4nvJT9Q%2Fthe_primal_power_of_play_video.php Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3672060 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:37:19 +0100 3672060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524463&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FYCc25Saiom8%2Fperiodic_tables_-_next_durham.php In ten days, new Periodic Tables: May 11, 2010 at 7:00 P.M. The Importance of Being Dad: Paternal Care in Primates Although human males often get criticized for being "deadbeat dads", the truth is that compared to most mammals, human males are simply outstanding fathers. Join us as Dr. Susan Alberts discusses why we don't generally expect male mammals to provide paternal care (answer: because we think they usually can't recognize their own offspring), and the unusual and surprising case of paternal care in a primate species where we least expect to find it. In the baboons of the Amboseli basin of southern Kenya males differentiate their own offspring from other males' offspring, and provide care to them. Dr. Alberts will talk about why this should be so, and what it means about males ... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524463 Sat, 01 May 2010 23:45:54 +0100 3524463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3383106&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F1Y726WGEDZs%2Fants_vs_crabs_video.php Army ants devour a crab: I would not like to be that crab! [via Michael Bok] Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3383106 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:15:22 +0100 3383106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142851&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FMOrlwDIVl-s%2Fwoodpecker_vs_egg_eating_yello.php (hat-tip @tdelene @aubiefan on Twitter) Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142851 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:35:16 +0100 3142851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3126807&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F6Icot81JXAM%2Fjell-o_enrichment_for_squirrel.php Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3126807 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:47:01 +0100 3126807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3122212&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FwMtsCQG7G0E%2Fgive_a_squirrel_a_helping_hand.php Interesting how the parent is steering the youngster towards the bag, trying to get it to use it as a prop! Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3122212 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:42:44 +0100 3122212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3019244&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FYnbQljusSg8%2Fthe_amazing_bouncing_pebble_to.php Seen on DeLene's Facebook wall.... Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3019244 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:14:13 +0100 3019244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2778697&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FgC6nJPFBo3w%2Fbird_tango_video.php Professor Nicky Clayton researches the social behaviour, intelligence and dance credentials of birds! As an accomplished dancer in her own right she has fused her passions by collaborating with Rambert Dance Company to produce a Darwinian inspired ballet called The Comedy of Change. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2778697 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:59:08 +0100 2778697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2727439&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FBRsWZ1xg3Vo%2Fno_more_alpha_male.php L. David Mech is a famous wolf researcher (and a blogger about his research). If you have heard of a concept of "alpha-male" it is because of ideas from an old book of his, about social structure of wolf societies. However, most of the early research on wolves was done on artificially built groups, e.g., wolves caught in various places all put together in a single wolf pen at a zoo. In such rare and unnatural situations, these stranger-wolves do indeed form social hierarchies (or "pecking order" - a term that arose from studies of chickens). But such situations rarely if ever happen out in nature. A pack of wolves is usually composed of Mother, Father and their (sometimes quite grown-up) offspring: closely related individuals who know each other well. These days, it is L. David Mech hims... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2727439 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:01:10 +0100 2727439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2716266&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FPbmwUkAA7-M%2Falcoholic_vervet_monkeys_-_wei.php Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2716266 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:20:07 +0100 2716266 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2699741&cid=t_135356_122_f&fid=34736&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FChannelN-PodcastsPoweredByOdiogo%2F%7E3%2FsHis7rgF2ow%2Fvintage-rats.html Motivation and Reward in Learning Kids excited about rodents after seeing G-Force? They’ll love this too, I’m sure. Wooden pointers assist in demonstrating an early psychology experiment with white rats pressing a bar. Vintage B&W educational film, now public domain and part of the Prelinger Archives. (Source: Channel N) Channel N blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2699741 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:30:18 +0100 2699741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2368719&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2Fi68bPk57Y-g%2Fspiders_on_drugs.php If you missed it before, I have written about this kind of research before - this is interesting stuff, as much as the video is just plain funny (video, hat-tip: Psique). Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2368719 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:04:35 +0100 2368719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2092775&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F507318349%2Fdepartment_of_justice_poised_t.php This is your weekend reading - lots of it, some fascinating, some enraging, but perhaps if enough people are aware and scream loudly enough, something can be done: Assistance Monkeys, Ducks, Parrots, Pigs and Ducks ... Should the law protect them? More Follow Up on NYT Story About Assistance Creatures More Assistance Creature Follow Up - The History of Service Monkeys, Plus Monkey Waiters Newsflash! DOJ ADA Changes Leaked -- All Animals Set to Be Banned Except Dogs DoJ's Rationale Behind Banning Non-Canine Service Animals DOJ's Proposal and Rationale for Allowing Psychiatric Service Animals (dogs only) Service Animals on the Radio, a Horse Fetching a Beer, Plus Blog Maintenance Downtime Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2092775 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:57:07 +0100 2092775 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2065548&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F494876542%2Ftwin_baby_moose_in_sprinkler_v.php Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2065548 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:18:19 +0100 2065548 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2065556&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F494089744%2Fcrime_of_passion_video.php Naughty male Australian satin bower bird selectively steals blue items to decorate his nest. The female bower birds rate their partner by their home decor so they do a lot of stealing. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2065556 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:15:26 +0100 2065556 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1985175&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F464532558%2Fthis_pork_is_tough_video.php [From] Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1985175 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:39:03 +0100 1985175 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1964338&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F455156360%2Fjumping_spider_courtship_behav.php More movies here Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1964338 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:47:45 +0100 1964338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1868657&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F417393403%2Fants_eat_a_gecko_in_a_little_o.php Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1868657 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:30:30 +0100 1868657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1859789&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F413771539%2Fthe_behavior_and_misbehavior_o.php From SCONC: Tuesday, Oct. 14 6:30-8:30 pm Science Cafe Raleigh: The Behavior and Misbehavior of Dogs Barbara Sherman, of NC State's College of Veterinary Medicine and president of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (pet whisperers) discusses dog behavior, and misbehavior. Tir Na Nog, 218 South Blount St, Raleigh Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1859789 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:12:27 +0100 1859789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1841261&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F407369090%2Fbats_eat_birds_join_the_discus.php As the month of September is coming to a close, and the topic of the month in PLoS ONE is bats, we decided to end the focus with a Journal Club. Starting today, and lasting a week, there will be a Journal Club on this PLoS ONE article - Bats' Conquest of a Formidable Foraging Niche: The Myriads of Nocturnally Migrating Songbirds by Ana G. Popa-Lisseanu, Antonio Delgado-Huertas, Manuela G. Forero, Alicia Rodriguez, Raphael Arlettaz and Carlos Ibanez: Along food chains, i.e., at different trophic levels, the most abundant taxa often represent exceptional food reservoirs, and are hence the main target of consumers and predators. The capacity of an individual consumer to opportunistically switch towards an abundant food source, for instance, a prey that suddenly becomes available in its envi... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1841261 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:30:14 +0100 1841261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1834813&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F405020559%2Fshimmering_bees.php The PLoS ONE paper about the way shimmering wave behavior in honeybees repels hornets, as discussed by high-school students here, has an aaccompanying video of the behavior on YouTube: Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1834813 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:34:12 +0100 1834813 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1834818&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F404247873%2Fa_fable_about_the_frog_and_the.php Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1834818 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:33:58 +0100 1834818 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1834824&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F403734865%2Fbat_and_moth.php Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1834824 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:16:58 +0100 1834824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1806495&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F396771084%2Fbats_in_the_attic_at_dusk.php Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1806495 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:04:37 +0100 1806495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1790494&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F391904327%2Fbats_and_fish_eating_each_othe.php Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1790494 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:04:53 +0100 1790494 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1770738&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F385407886%2Fflying_fox_bat_fights_a_python.php ...and wins: Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1770738 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:46:10 +0100 1770738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1677373&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F354609468%2Ffighting_giraffes.php Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1677373 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:15:59 +0100 1677373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1671785&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F352115322%2Fsatellite_tracking_turtles_rev.php Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1671785 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:10:40 +0100 1671785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1671796&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F351869798%2Fgood_science_on_the_blogs_thes.php Broca's Area, 1865: This doesn't sound too out there to us now, but at the time it caused a lot of controversy. The problems wasn't the localization to the inferior frontal lobe, it was Broca's claim that it was the LEFT inferior frontal lobe. This didn't sit well with a lot of scientists at the time. It was pretty accepted that, when you had two sides or halves of an organ, the both acted in the same way. Both kidneys do the same thing, both sides of your lungs, and both of your ovaries or testes. Your legs and arms will do essentially the same thing, though due to handedness (or footedness), you may have more strength or dexterity on one side. Therefore, if the left part of your brain was involved in language, the right must be also. Operant and classical learning can be differentiate... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1671796 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:43:20 +0100 1671796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1420670&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F283924345%2Ffriday_weird_sex_blogging_cork_1.php You really think I am going to put this above the fold? No way - you have to click (First posted on July 7, 2006): Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1420670 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:57:24 +0100 1420670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1379589&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F272223943%2Fhow_do_bats_in_a_cave_know_if.php As traveling is not conducive to vigorous blogging (apart from posting travelogue pictures), I have asked a couple of friends to write guest posts here. The first to step up to the plate is Anne Marie who put together her passion for bats and my passion for biological clocks and wrote this fascinating post: Casinos on the infamous Vegas "strip" spare no expenses when it comes to extravagant decorations and architecture. You can find everything from indoor gondola rides to full-sized pirate ships that are sunk in mock-battles multiple times each day. One thing that you might notice, however, is that these massive, opulent buildings almost always lack windows in the rooms where major gambling activity takes place. The massive interior rooms echo with the bells of slot machines and the soft ... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1379589 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:58:11 +0100 1379589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1378050&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F271695085%2Finfluence_of_light_cycle_on_do_2.php In this post from April 06, 2006, I present some unpublished data that you may find interesting. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1378050 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:51:14 +0100 1378050 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1368506&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F269071799%2Fwhy_is_it_called_a_zebra_cross.php Because that is where zebras cross the road (hat-tip) Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1368506 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:21:07 +0100 1368506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1327611&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F258050605%2Felephants_successfully_avoid_l.php Elephants avoiding mines: Eliminated from Angola during more than two decades of civil war, herds of African elephants are crossing heavily mined fields as they recolonize Angola from neighboring Namibia and Botswana. But miraculously, they are avoiding the mines entirely, according to researchers at University of Massachusetts in Amherst who are tracking them via global positioning system satellites. Hat-tip. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1327611 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:59:43 +0100 1327611 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1301895&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F251148636%2Falan_alda_at_the_nc_zoo.php He was here last Tuesday for filming of a scientific documentary for PBS: He was doing important work on an upcoming PBS special "The Human Spark", a three-part documentary about what makes us human, due to air next year. Alda, who also met with researchers at Duke University on Monday, started filming last week and said he will tape additional segments in France, England and South Africa, as well as in the Pacific Northwest. Duke primatologist Brian Hare suggested the NC Zoo as a shooting location, zoo spokesman Rod Hackney said. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1301895 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:28:25 +0100 1301895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1269678&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F243631447%2Fdont_try_this_at_home.php See the moment when the lion recognizes the guys who raised him as a cub: Hat-tip: Melissa Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1269678 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:55:43 +0100 1269678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1134691&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F212903036%2Fclocks_and_migratory_orientati.php I had no time to read this in detail and write a really decent overview here, perhaps I will do it later, but for now, here are the links and key excerpts from a pair of exciting new papers in PLoS Biology and PLoS ONE, which describe the patterns of expression of a second type of cryptochrome gene in Monarch butterflies. This cryptochrome (Cry) is more similar to the vertebrate Cry than the insect Cry, also present in this butterfly. The temporal and spatial patterns of expression of the two types of Cry suggest that they may be involved in the transfer of time-information from the circadian clock to the brain center involved in spatial orientation during long-distance migration. The PLoS Biology paper looks at these patterns of expression, while the PLoS ONE paper identifies a whole... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1134691 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:14:49 +0100 1134691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1068806&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F194744015%2Fheh_wait_till_you_see_her_play.php Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1068806 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:08:18 +0100 1068806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1067912&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F194439254%2Fhave_you_hugged_your_horse_tod.php The other day, Kate wrote an interesting post about inter-species relationships, in particular the cases of inter-species adoption and parenting. In her post, she mentioned a paper that immediately drew my attention - Influence of various early human-foal interferences on subsequent human-foal relationship. by Henry S, Richard-Yris MA and Hausberger M. (Dev Psychobiol. 2006 Dec;48(8):712-8.). In the paper, the newborn foals were either handled by humans (e.g., brought to the teat), or left completely alone with their mother, or just had humans standing by. Then, a few weeks later, they tested the foals as to their response to human handling. Those that were handled immediately after birth responded less positively than the controls and those that had just a presence of humans had a better... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1067912 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:59:37 +0100 1067912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1063023&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F193118326%2Fantelopes_gone_wild.php Kate describes an unusual reproductive system in topi antelopes in which the fertile females are extremely promiscuous (but choosy) and aggressive. Not what you learned in school under the "mate choice" and "male-male competition" topics in your Animal Behavior classes.... Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1063023 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:28:06 +0100 1063023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1060152&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F192522289%2Ftinamous_dilemma_canines_or_ta.php When I first read about a new paper about the behavior and ecology of maned wolves, I immediately thought of the blogger most uniquely qualified to write about it. Anne-Marie's research is on maned wolves and in her latest post she describes an ecological love-hate triangle in which the maned wolves flush out birds, mostly tinamous, out of the bushes - just to have them preyed upon by hawks. Anne-Marie provides more details, the back-story and the cute pictures. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1060152 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:54:07 +0100 1060152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1049957&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F190725866%2Fdont_go_near_that_empty_beer_b.php That is, if you are a shrew and do not want to be just a dead data-point for some ingenious young ecologists....who at least clean up the tricky trash left by drunk drivers. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1049957 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:00:14 +0100 1049957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=992038&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F177356935%2Fwhere_does_a_fruitfly_go_when.php Conclusions/Significance The measures discussed in this paper provide a detailed profile of the behavior of a single fly and highlight the interaction of the fly with the environment. Such measures may serve as useful tools in any behavioral study in which the movement of a fly is an important variable and can be incorporated easily into many setups, facilitating high-throughput phenotypic characterization. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=992038 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:25:24 +0100 992038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=989958&cid=t_135356_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F177008003%2Fare_you_a_naked_molerattist.php Do you agree that Naked Mole Rats are beautiful? Does it irk you to no end when you hear someone state that they are ugly? Does it make you mad when the MSM, oblivious, ignorant and insensitive, repeats that standard denialists' trope? Are you sick-and-tired of the "he-said-she-said" journalism that just HAS to, every time, quote some anti-naked-mole-rat bigot whenever these lovely animals are mentioned? Are you aware that a Heterocephalus glaber is not allowed to run for office in 27 states of the USA? These days, you cannot even slander atheists in a political speech any more without paying the price at the polls, yet it is deemed perfectly normal to crack jokes at the poor defenseless rodent! Why? Just because it is hairless, i.e., DIFFERENT than most of us! No, my friends! It is time... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=989958 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:19:24 +0100 989958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=764199&cid=t_135356_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F28%2Fsally-the-fabulous-hypo-detecting-dog%2F Filed under: Type 1, Research, Support, Complications, PersonalitiesOn the 18th of July I blogged about a study that aims to explain how dogs are able to detect approaching hypoglycemic episodes in diabetic humans. Well, reader Margaret from Cumbria, in the UK, posted a comment about her dog, Sally, who is one of these amazing hypo-detecting dogs. I asked Margaret to tell us more and she obliged. Here is Sally's story:Sally is a thirteen and a half-year-old Border Collie mix who lives with human "parents" Margaret and Alan, and canine buddy Poppy, who is a Cocker Spaniel. That's Sally (right) and Poppy (left) in the picture. Margaret and Alan adopted Sally from an animal shelter when she was just a tiny pup. Little did they know that Sally came complete with a special gift: she knows when ... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=764199 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 764199