News articles tagged with 'animal' (Page 79)
A new approach in reconstructing the biology of extinct species
— 19 Jun 2007 00:02 | BiologyAn international research team has documented the link between the way an animal moves and the dimensions of an important part of its organ of balance, the three semicircular canals…
Scientists join fight to save Tasmanian devil
— 5 Jun 2007 17:39 | EnvironmentCSIRO scientists have joined the battle to save Australia's iconic Tasmanian devils from the deadly cancer currently devastating devil populations. Researchers from CSIRO's Livestock…
Threats to wild tigers rising
— 1 Jun 2007 11:51 | EnvironmentThe wild tiger now occupies a mere 7 percent of its historic range, and the area known to be inhabited by tigers has declined by 41 percent over the past decade, according to an article…
Fossil discovery marks earliest record of limbloss in ancient lizard
— 22 Mar 2007 20:22 | 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…
Caribbean extinctions occurred 2M years after apparent cause
— 12 Mar 2007 23:17 | Geology and palaeontologySmithsonian scientists and colleagues report a new study that may shake up the way palaeontologists think about how environmental change shapes life on Earth. The researchers summarised…
Disease opened door to invading species in California
— 12 Mar 2007 23:17 | EnvironmentPlant and animal diseases can play a major and poorly appreciated role in allowing the invasion of exotic species, which in turn often threatens biodiversity, ecological function and…
Location, location - Cell sizes, lives influenced by host size
— 8 Mar 2007 20:10 | BiologyCells from the smallest to the largest of mammals often seem to be one size fits all. Now a closer look reveals that whether a cell lives in an elephant, mouse or something in between…
Antarctic marine explorers reveal biological changes
— 26 Feb 2007 01:35 | BiologyOnce roofed by ice for millennia, a 10.000 square km portion of the Antarctic seabed represents a true frontier, one of Earth most pristine marine ecosystems, made suddenly accessible…