Weird species facts from New Scientist- Zoologger: Infrared-sensing beetles born in fire May 24, 2012Seeking a smouldering fire in which to breed, charcoal beetles have infrared sensors that can sense heat from vast distances
- Zoologger: Bug evolved a self-propelling corkscrew May 11, 2012The marine bacterium Synechococcus has no flagellum to propel itself, but it still gets around thanks to a twisted rod inside its body
- Zoologger: Jesus bugs evolved hooks for grappling eyes May 3, 2012Male Rheumatobates rileyi have special antennae that restrain reluctant females, giving them a chance of mating
- Zoologger: The ant that dives into digestive juices April 26, 2012While most ants struggle to swim, one species dives head first into a pool of digestive juices that is designed to kill it. Why?
- Zoologger: Meet the polar bear's replacement April 20, 2012As the sea ice retreats, the little-known Greenland shark could take the polar bear's place as the top Arctic predator
- Zoologger: The soldiers that double up as doctors April 12, 2012In one insect species, the soldier caste also secretes antifungal chemicals that protect the colony from disease
- Zoologger: Meet the amphibian with sexual kidneys April 5, 2012Red-spotted newts are one of the few animals that rely on their kidneys to help them reproduce
- Zoologger: First animal with ovaries on the outside March 22, 2012A newly-discovered marine worm has external ovaries, and may use them to keep its young close until they're grown
- Zoologger: Unmasking the Zorro of the avian world March 15, 2012Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, wait, it is a bird – just one wearing a face mask, like the swashbuckling fictional hero. But why?
- Zoologger: The worm that looks like a tree March 2, 2012A newly discovered worm lives inside sponges and has hundreds of branches
- Zoologger: The bird that cares for its rival's chicks February 23, 2012New Zealand's iconic pūkekos often allow other females to lay eggs in their nests, and care for the resulting young. What on earth for?
- Zoologger: Itsy bitsy teeny weeny chameleons February 15, 2012They've got independently rotating eyes, a curiously curly tail, and strangely depressing names. Meet some of the world's tiniest – and cutest – chameleons
- Zoologger: Don't bite - how the zebra got its stripes February 9, 2012An enigma that puzzled Darwin may have been solved – experiments suggest that zebras have stripes to fend off biting insects
- Zoologger: The only males with more brain than females February 2, 2012In one Icelandic lake, male three-spined sticklebacks have much larger brains than females – no other species shows such a big difference between the sexes
- Zoologger: How a blurry-eyed spider pounces on target January 26, 2012The Adanson's house jumper is the first animal found using out-of-focus vision to judge the distance to its victims
- Zoologger: Gecko's amputated tail has life of its own January 19, 2012Faced with a predator, the leopard gecko can jettison its tail – we explain how it keeps moving without a body
- Zoologger: Unique life form is half plant, half animal January 13, 2012A newly discovered single-celled organism isn't an animal, isn't a plant, and isn't even a neat hybrid of the two
- Zoologger: Transgender fish perform reverse sex flip January 6, 2012Boys will be boys… or girls, if it's convenient. From female to male and back again, gender bending means dwarf hawkfish can find a mate in any situation
- 2011 review: The year in Zoologger's extreme beasts December 22, 2011Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the world. Here's our top 10
- Zoologger: My brain's so big it spills into my legs December 14, 2011Little spiders have a big problem – their brains are so big they have literally spilled out of their body cavities and into their legs
- Zoologger: Infrared-sensing beetles born in fire May 24, 2012
Category Archives: Synoptic
Getting to grips with synoptic at the earliest opportunity
If you’re doing A2 biology it will not be long before the dreaded synoptic monster will raise its ugly head. even the January exams have synoptic elements in them. So what is synoptic? Synoptic biology essentially means taking an important … Continue reading
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