ScienceDaily: Top Science News

---

• Smell helps primates flee parasites
• Puffins that stay close to their partner during migration have more chicks
• Money to burn: As the wealthy get wealthier, carbon emissions grow in US states
• When peaceful coexistence suddenly turns into competition

Smell helps primates flee parasites Posted: 07 Apr 2017 11:56 AM PDT Mandrills use their sense of smell to avoid contamination by intestinal protozoans through contact with infected members of their group, researchers have discovered. Their work shows that parasites shape the social behavior of these primates, leading them to develop a strategy of parasite avoidance through smell.

Puffins that stay close to their partner during migration have more chicks Posted: 07 Apr 2017 07:36 AM PDT Many long-lived birds, such as swans, albatrosses or indeed, puffins, are known for their long-lived monogamous, 'soulmate' pairings. Now a study has found that puffin pairs that follow similar migration routes breed more successfully the following season.

Money to burn: As the wealthy get wealthier, carbon emissions grow in US states Posted: 07 Apr 2017 06:01 AM PDT A state-by-state analysis finds a link between growth in a state's carbon emissions and the growth in income inequality.

When peaceful coexistence suddenly turns into competition Posted: 06 Apr 2017 06:15 AM PDT Biologists agree that climate change reduces biological diversity. The specific processes that ultimately cause species to go extinct have, however, been little studied so far. Scientists have now discovered that when temperatures rise, the complex relationships between species are changing. Prey species not only become stronger competitors for scarce resources, but also more preyed upon.

You are subscribed to email updates from All Top News -- ScienceDaily. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States