News articles tagged with 'crocodile'
What can a New Zealand reptile tell us about false teeth?
— 7 Sep 2010 12:00 | BiologyUsing a moving 3D computer model based on the skull and teeth of a New Zealand reptile called tuatara, a BBSRC-funded team from the University of Hull, University College London and…
Mammal-like crocodile fossil found in East Africa, scientists report
— 5 Aug 2010 09:25 | Geology and palaeontologyFossils of an ancient crocodile with mammal-like teeth have been discovered in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania, scientists report in this week's issue of the journal Nature. The unusual…
Crocodiles ride ocean currents for ocean travel
— 7 Jun 2010 16:08 | BiologyThe mystery of how the world's largest living reptile - the estuarine crocodile - has come to occupy so many South Pacific islands separated by huge stretches of ocean despite being…
New study first to directly measure body temperatures of extinct species
— 25 May 2010 11:04 | BiologyA new study by researchers from five institutions including the University of Florida introduces the first method to directly measure body temperatures of extinct vertebrates and help…
Ancient crocodile relative likely food source for Titanoboa
— 3 Feb 2010 12:55 | Geology and palaeontologyA 60-million-year-old relative of crocodiles described this week by University of Florida researchers in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology was likely a food source for Titanoboa,…
The first DNA barcodes of commonly traded bushmeat are published
— 5 Sep 2009 11:07 | BiologyLeather handbags and chunks of red meat: when wildlife specialists find these items in shipping containers, luggage, or local markets, they can now use newly published genetic sequences…
Mapping the crocodile genome
— 29 Jul 2009 17:21 | BiologyThe first ever genetic linkage map for a non-avian member of the Class Reptilia has been developed. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have constructed a first-generation…
Congo spirits get international help to protect wetland
— 10 Apr 2009 13:29 | EnvironmentThe spirits traditionally associated with a vital rapids and waterfall complex on the mighty Congo River will now have the help of international recognition in protecting the area…
Dwarf crocodiles split into three species
— 13 Dec 2008 16:26 | BiologyYou'd think that if scientists were to discover a new species, it would be in some remote, uncharted tropical forest, not a laboratory in New York. But a team from the Sackler Institute…
'Good luck' was the primary factor in the rise of the dinosaurs
— 11 Sep 2008 19:15 | Geology and palaeontologyIn a paper published today in Science, Steve Brusatte and Professor Mike Benton challenge the general consensus among scientists that there must have been something special about dinosaurs…