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News | Archive (March 2007)
Changing ocean conditions led to decline in Alaska's sea lion population
— 26 Mar 2007 | EnvironmentA new study out of Alaska points out the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems, and the need for increased research and stronger science based management to address future concerns…
Fossil discovery marks earliest record of limbloss in ancient lizard
— 22 Mar 2007 | Geology and palaeontologyA University of Alberta palaeontologist has helped discover the existence of a 95 million-year-old snakelike marine animal, a finding that provides not only the earliest example of limbloss in lizards but the first example of limbloss in an aquatic lizard…
New system developed by Scripps researchers
— 22 Mar 2007 | BiologyTracing the origins of marine animals can be extremely difficult, especially in the free-flowing, soup-like conditions of the ocean, but obtaining this information is vital not only for understanding these organisms but for managing and conserving them as well. Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have developed a novel approach for tracing the life roots of marine larvae, some of the most difficult organisms to track due to their microscopic sizes…
Twenty of world's 162 grouper species threatened with extinction
— 22 Mar 2007 | BiologyThe first comprehensive assessment of the worlds 162 species of grouper, a culinary favorite and important commercial fish, found that 20 are threatened with extinction unless proper management or conservation measures are introduced. Eight species previously were listed by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) as under extinction threat, and the new assessment proposes adding 12 more…
Biologists produce global map of plant biodiversity
— 21 Mar 2007 | BiologyBiologists at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Bonn in Germany have produced a global map of estimated plant species richness. Covering several hundred thousand species, the scientists say their global map is the most extensive map of the distribution of biodiversity on Earth to date…
Termites get the vibe on what tastes good
— 21 Mar 2007 | BiologyResearchers from CSIRO and UNSW@ADFA have shown that termites can tell what sort of material their food is made of, without having to actually touch it. The findings may lead to improvements in the control of feeding termites…
New bird species found in Idaho
— 19 Mar 2007 | BiologyJulie Smith, now at Pacific Lutheran University, and her former graduate advisor, Craig Benkman at the University of Wyoming, have uncovered strong evidence that coevolution has led to the formation of a species of bird new to science in the continental United States…
New mammal from Mesozoic Era discovered
— 15 Mar 2007 | Geology and palaeontologyAn international team of American and Chinese palaeontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 125 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era, in what is now the Hebei Province in China. The new mammal, documented in the journal Nature, provides first-hand evidence of early evolution of the mammalian middle ear - one of the most important features for all modern mammals. The discovery was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)…
A case of mistaken identity for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker?
— 15 Mar 2007 | BiologyVideo evidence that an extinct woodpecker is alive and well in Arkansas, USA may prove to be a case of mistaken identity. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Biology shows how fleeting images thought to be the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis could be another native woodpecker species…
New species of snapper discovered in Brazil
— 13 Mar 2007 | BiologyA popular game fish mistaken by scientists for a dog snapper is actually a new species discovered among the reefs of the Abrolhos region of the South Atlantic Ocean. The international science journal Zootaxa announced the discovery of Lutjanus alexandrei, a new snapper species that belongs to the Lutjanidae family, by researchers Rodrigo Moura of Conservation International (CI) and Kenyon Lindeman of Environmental Defense. The study published in Zootaxa provides a revised key for identifying all Lutjanus species in the western Atlantic, along with evidence that the new species completes its life cycle in different but interdependent marine habitats such as coral reefs and mangroves…
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