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Case Study 1: Using the NEXRAD System in Migration ... These fluctuations are attributed to contraction and dilation of the animal's body that occur during flight. Based on their wing beat pattern ...

What is the 'most Canadian' animal? Spoiler: it's not the beaver, or the moose. A new study ranks species of terrestrial vertebrates in Canada by their level of Canadian evolutionary distinctness: the ...

In an incredible feat that redefines biological boundaries, scientists have successfully engineered animal cells capable of ...

A recent study finds that color vision evolved in animals more than 100 million years before the emergence of colorful fruits and flowers. And there has been a dramatic explosion of color signals in ...

What is the "most Canadian" animal? Spoiler: it's not the beaver, or the moose. Published in the journal The Canadian Field-Naturalist, the study from a team of Simon Fraser University researchers ...