May 5, 2005

Dressed for success Alberto Pallerino, a postdoctoral fellow in psychology at Harvard University, has found that pigeons with certain kinds of markings are more successful at evading predator attacks. Here Pallerino exercises Biko, his pet African crowned eagle. (Staff photo Peter DiCampo/Harvard News Office) Full story

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Pigeons saved by rump feathers
Markings befuddle falcons

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Advance allows more precision than earlier techniques

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Zaldarriaga probes universe's start
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Is environmentalism dead?
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