News articles tagged with 'carnivorous'
Meat-eating plants stunted by heavy metal
— 15 Apr 2010 08:23 | BiologyScientists from Bournemouth University (BU) in the UK have found evidence that the consumption of insects contaminated with a toxic metal may be a factor in the mysterious global decline…
Diet of contaminated insects harms endangered meat-eating plants
— 1 Apr 2010 11:39 | EnvironmentScientists in the United Kingdom are reporting evidence that consumption of insects contaminated with a toxic metal may be a factor in the mysterious global decline of meat-eating,…
Students discover new species of raptor dinosaur
— 19 Mar 2010 12:50 | Geology and palaeontologyA new species of dinosaur, a relative of the famous Velociraptor, has been discovered in Inner Mongolia by two PhD students…
Bacterial gut symbionts are tightly linked with the evolution of herbivory in ants
— 2 Dec 2009 11:46 | BiologyBroadly speaking, ants have two different feeding strategies. A large proportion of all species are 'carnivorous,' meaning that they are generalist predators feeding on other small…
Largest carnivorous dinosaur tooth in Spain described
— 22 Jun 2009 14:32 | Geology and palaeontologyResearchers from the Teruel-Dinopolis Joint Palaeontology Foundation have compared an Allosauroidea tooth found in deposits in Riodeva, Teruel, with other similar samples. The palaeontologists…
Fossil evidence of the missing link in the origin of seals, sea lions, and walruses
— 22 Apr 2009 17:00 | Geology and palaeontologyResearchers from the United States and Canada have found a nearly complete fossil skeleton of a newly discovered carnivorous animal, Puijila darwini, from the early Miocene - approximately…
Mini dinosaurs prowled North America
— 21 Mar 2009 17:10 | Geology and palaeontologyMassive predators like Albertosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rex may have been at the top of the food chain, but they were not the only meat-eating dinosaurs to roam North America, according…
Enormous new dinosaur
— 12 Dec 2007 02:46 | Geology and palaeontologyThe remains of one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs ever found have recently been recognised as representing a new species by a student working at the University of Bristol…
Emory palaeontologist reports discovery of carnivorous dinosaur tracks in Australia
— 19 Oct 2007 18:46 | Geology and palaeontologyThe first fossil tracks belonging to large, carnivorous dinosaurs have been discovered in Victoria, Australia, by palaeontologists from Emory University, Monash University and the Museum…
Biologists close in on mystery of sea turtles lost years
— 19 Sep 2007 15:36 | BiologyBiologists have found a major clue in a 50-year-old mystery about what happens to green sea turtles after they crawl out of their sandy nests and vanish into the surf, only to reappear…