| The_Yukaghir_Languages Overview and several papers on Tundra and Kolyma Yukaghir by linguist Elena Maslova. |
| Lexical_Courtesy_Revisited Paper exploring the correlation between the presence of extensive indefinite wh-construals and the abscence of island effects in single wh-questions in Tsou and Seediq. |
| Passive_Typology_the_Case_Link Analysis of passive formation in Seediq and other Austronesian languages which treats passivisation as primarily a diathetic change that in some languages details a valency reduction. |
| Right_Movement_in_Seediq Paper exploring whether the mainstream Minimalist Program model can describe the Austronesian language Seediq into a right-branching tree structure. |
| Seediq_Language General and typological facts about the Seediq language. |
| Animal_Behavior,_Behavioral_Ecology_and_Arachnology Dr George Uetz at the University of Illinois is leading research into colonial web-building spiders, communication in wolf spiders and other aspects of arachnid behavior. |
| Baboon_Communication Baboons have voice and communication but not the "theory of mind" to understand how their communications will affect others. |
| Behaviour__A_Journey_to_the_Bottom_of_the_World Penguins can demonstrate complex behavioral patterns including general, aggressive and sexual behaviors. |
| Behavioural_and_Cognitive_Influences_of_Kairomones_on_an_Araneophagic_Jumping_Spider Jackson, Clark and Harland researched the factors influencing the predatory habits of the jumping spider, Portia fimbriata, which eats other spiders. [PDF] |
| A_Century_of_Generalization This article aims to organise existing data to test the theory that, when a behavior has been established in response to a certain stimulus, novel stimuli resembling the first will usually elicit the |
| Cognitive_Ecology__A_Field_of_Substance? Article arguing that a greater insight into behaviors such as animal orientation, song learning, mate choice and foraging is achieved by tackling the subject from more than one starting point. [PDF] |
| Cognitive_Ethology_and_the_Explanation_of_Nonhuman_Animal_Behavior In this paper, Marc Bekoff attempts to demonstrate the importance of cognitive ethological investigations for advancing the understanding of animal cognition. |
| Cooperative_Breeding Communal breeding occurs when more than two birds of the same species provide care in rearing the young from one nest. |
| Cooperative_Breeding_in_Birds__a_Comparative_Test_of_the_Life_History_Hypothesis Kathryn Arnold and Ian Owens test the hypothesis that cooperative breeding tends to occur in species with low annual mortality because this leads to overcrowded populations. [PDF] |
| Deep-sea_Octocorals_as_Homes_for_Other_Species Researchers at the Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine, examine the commensal relationships of octocorals with brittle stars and marine scale worms. |
| Figs_and_Fig_wasps An example of mutualism, fig wasps only live for a few days but manage to perform their amazing task of finding and pollinating the flowers that are hidden deep inside the fig. |
| Multiple_Sexual_Ornaments_in_Satin_Bowerbirds Article by Stephanie Doucet and Robert Montgomerie on their research into the interrelationship between bower features, plumage coloration, and indicators of male quality in this species. |
| Overview_of_Our_Research_on_the_Variable_Field_Cricket At the Wagner Laboratory at the University of Nebraska, research is being undertaken on the evolution of male singing behavior and female song preferences in the variable field cricket |
| Partnership_in_Birds Article discussing monogamous birds and those that change partner, and why such divorces occur. [PDF] |
| Play_Signals_as_Punctuation__The_Structure_of_Social_Play_in_Canids Paper by Marc Bekoff discussing the use by animals of specific signals primarily to initiate or maintain social play. |
| Reading__Manning_and_Dawkins,_Animal_Behavior Notes on Chapters 2 to 7 of this book covering aspects of communication, learning, memory, evolution and social organisation. |
| Sexual_Selection_in_Bowerbirds Research at the Borgia Lab concentrates on understanding the evolution of the complex sexual male displays in the Satin Bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus. |
| Trade-offs_Between_Extraterritorial_Prospecting_and_Helping_in_a_Cooperative_Mammal Researchers at Cambridge University investigated whether male meerkats trade off their cooperative contributions to pup feeding against searching for mating and dispersal opportunities. [PDF] |
| Untangling_the_Tangle-Web__Web_Construction_Behavior_of_the_Comb-Footed_Spider Suresh Benjamin and Samuel Zschokke observed the behavior involved in the construction of a three dimensional, irregular web. [PDF] |
| Web_Building_Behaviour_in_Araneus_diadematus Thomas Hasselberg’s thesis examines web building behavior in this spider, and the effects of temperature and neurotoxins on the geometry of the web and the catching of prey. [PDF] |
| The_BioSub_Project A scientist tries living underwater in an Australian lake, using a self-sustaining habitat. Includes video feed, photograph gallery and latest news. |
| Astronomy_Forums Discussions on space, physics, news, and commercialization. Features projects and events. |
| Telescope_Forums Discussions, opinions, and reviews on equipment and accessories including books and software. |
| X-ray_Computed_Tomography_of_Soil This is a website and forum for the discussion and production of computed tomography (CT) research applications to soil analysis. |
| NMRShiftDB A web database for organic structures and their NMR spectra. It allows for spectrum prediction (13C, 15N, 31P) as well as for searching spectra, structures and other properties. |
| Cold_Water_Chemistry Brief description of the many physiological adaptations that Arctic fish have made to help them cope with life at low temperatures. |
| Fish_neurobiology The University of Oslo runs a strategic program that aims to educate the next generation of fish physiologists and neurobiologists. |
| Meteor_Photo_Gallery Images of meteors in flight. |
| Solar_System_Ephemeris Providing ephemeris of a variety of Sun orbiting bodies. |
| Comparative_Anatomy_and_Physiology_Brought_Up_to_Date A comprehensive review of the scientific literature questioning whether humans are natural frugivores, vegetarians, omnivores or carnivores. |
| Human_Anatomy_and_Physiology Well illustrated on-line study guide for the human biology course at Georgia Perimeter College, with study questions. |
| Primatology_org A blog run by primatologists, overviewing current news, books, videos and other media. |
| Psychoceramics__The_Comparative_Anatomy_of_Eating Article by Milton R Mills examining whether man is an omnivore |
| Systems_of_the_Body Nurse Minerva answers many biological queries with particular reference to the human body. |
| Eithan\'s_Pentominoes-3D_Applet_Solver Solves given Pentominoes 3D puzzles. Solution is displayed in 3-D with disassembly and rotations.[Java applet] |
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