- By using a national weather radar network, scientists investigated responses of birds and bees to the total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017. Overall, activity of flying animals decreased in the period leading to totality, followed by a short spike of activity during totality in some radars. http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/14/11/20180485 2 comments science
- Noise levels in the world's oceans are on the rise and this new study found that dolphins are simplifying their calls to be heard over noise from recreational boats and other vessels in nearby shipping lanes http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/14/10/20180484 427 comments science
- The carbon stocks of mangroves and salt marshes of the Amazon region are over twice those of upland evergreen forests, new study finds http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/14/9/20180208 3 comments science
- An endangered mammal species loses its fear of predators within 13 generations, when taken to an island for conservation. http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/14/6/20180222.article-info 960 comments science
- Researchers find evidence that chimpanzees use arm and mouth expressions to convey distance. http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/13/11/20170398 17 comments science
- Facial morphology predicts male fitness and rank but not survival in Second World War [PDF WARNING] http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/roybiolett/9/4/20130049.full.pdf 39 comments army
- Polar bear numbers will fall by one third, says study. Polar bears depend on the ice to fish and eat - as the Arctic ice melts, it will impact population numbers http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/12/12/20160556 13 comments science
- Analysis of dinosaur relationships suggests that dinosaurs may have appeared in the Late Permian period http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/12/11/20160609 3 comments science
- Tasmanian Devils may be developing resistance to contagious face cancer that threatens their species. http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/12/10/20160553 7 comments science
- Yawn duration predicts brain weight and cortical neuron number in mammals http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/12/10/20160545 3 comments science
- 26 million year old whales could echolocate http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/12/4/20160060 4 comments science
- Downsizing a giant: Re-evaluating Dreadnaughtus body mass http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/6/20150215 5 comments science
- Bonobos and chimpanzees exhibit human-like framing effects http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/2/20140527 7 comments science
- A buddy and I just published the world's oldest fossil fur seal, which clarifies a couple of gaps of knowledge in fur seal/sea lion evolution - introducing Eotaria crypta, the "hidden dawn sea lion" http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/2/20140835 5 comments science
- Synchronized walking diminishes the conceptualized formidability of an antagonist in men (why fascists goosestep) http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/8/20140592 4 comments science
- Scientists classify kangaroo's tale as a fifth limb, making it the world's only pentapedal animal http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/7/20140381 8 comments science
- Sexual attraction toward children can be attributed to abnormal facial processing in the brain http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/5/20140200.full?sid=aa702674-974f-4505-850a-d44dd4ef5a16 1549 comments science
- Mysterious Oceanic Duck Quacking Sound Identified http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/4/20140175 4 comments science
- Manipulative female squids consume sperm for nutrition http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/9/4/20130192.abstract.html?cpetoc 69 comments science
- The emperor penguin's feather coat actually gets colder than the surrounding frigid air, according to a new study. A penguin's body surface temperature dropped as low as -23°C, about 3° below air temperature http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/9/3/20121192.full.pdf 4 comments science
- An ancient fish that sported a saw blade-like whorl of serrated teeth—and was long presumed to be a member of the shark family—actually belonged to a group called chimaera, a lineage that includes species commonly known as ghost sharks and ratfish, a new study suggests. http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/9/2/20130057.full.pdf 37 comments science
- Homosexual behaviour increases male attractiveness to females http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/9/1/20121038 7 comments science
- Homosexual behaviour increases male attractiveness to females http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/9/1/20121038.abstract 22 comments science
- Printed wormholes in rare books and artwork are trace fossils of various wood-boring species, revealing an untold story http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/9/1/20120926.full 11 comments science
- Street lighting changes the composition of invertebrate communities http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/05/15/rsbl.2012.0216 14 comments science
- Remote copulation: male adaptation to female cannibalism - Rather than being eaten by the female spider, this species' males have developed a detachable penis http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/01/27/rsbl.2011.1202.full 4 comments science
- Archaeopteryx reinstated as a primitive bird http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/10/18/rsbl.2011.0884.abstract?sid=c9431c70-7caa-4563-9b62-c00615d56636 8 comments science
- A bunch of elementary school kids get a paper about the behaviour of bees published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters. Read it and weep, grad students! http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/12/18/rsbl.2010.1056.full.pdf 29 comments science