News articles tagged with 'cave'
Through evolution, cavefish have lost sleep
— 9 Apr 2011 11:40 | BiologyCave life is known to favor the evolution of a variety of traits, including blindness and loss of eyes, loss of pigmentation, and changes in metabolism and feeding behaviour. Now researchers…
Giant rats lead scientists to ancient face carvings
— 11 Feb 2011 16:24 | Geology and palaeontologyAncient stone faces carved into the walls of a well-known limestone cave in East Timor have been discovered by a team searching for fossils of extinct giant rats…
Death in the bat caves: Disease wiping out hibernating bats
— 3 Feb 2011 17:54 | BiologyConservationists across the United States are racing to discover a solution to White-Nose Syndrome, a disease that is threatening to wipe out bat species across North America. A review…
Death in the bat caves: UC Davis experts call for action against fast-moving disease
— 19 Jan 2011 18:44 | BiologyA team of wildlife experts led by UC Davis called today for a national fight against a new fungus that has killed more than 1 million bats in the eastern United States and is spreading…
Moved by religion: Mexican cavefish develop resistance to toxin
— 6 Nov 2010 16:39 | BiologyA centuries-old religious ceremony of an indigenous people in southern Mexico has led to small evolutionary changes in a local species of fish, according to researchers from Texas A…
Adapting to darkness: How behavioural and genetic changes helped cavefish survive extreme environment
— 15 Sep 2010 12:00 | BiologyUniversity of Maryland biologists have identified how changes in both behaviour and genetics led to the evolution of the Mexican blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) from its sighted,…
True causes for extinction of cave bear revealed
— 24 Aug 2010 16:18 | Geology and palaeontologyThe cave bear started to become extinct in Europe 24,000 years ago, but until now the cause was unknown. An international team of scientists has analysed mitochondrial DNA sequences…
Now that's what I call a rat
— 27 Jul 2010 10:04 | Geology and palaeontologyArchaeological research in East Timor has unearthed the bones of the biggest rat that ever lived, with a body weight around 6 kg. The cave excavations also yielded a total of 13 species…
Remarkable fossil cave shows how ancient marsupials grew
— 16 Jul 2010 12:38 | Geology and palaeontologyThe discovery of a remarkable 15-million-year-old Australian fossil limestone cave packed with even older animal bones has revealed almost the entire life cycle of a large prehistoric…
Uncovering Nottingham's hidden medieval sandstone caves
— 14 May 2010 11:55 | Geology and palaeontologyThe very latest laser technology combined with old fashioned pedal power is being used to provide a unique insight into the layout of Nottingham's sandstone caves - where the city's…