News articles tagged with 'mammal' (Page 2)
Being good moms couldn't save the woolly mammoth
— 3 Jan 2011 16:02 | Geology and palaeontologyNew research from The University of Western Ontario leads investigators to believe that woolly mammoths living north of the Arctic Circle during the Pleistocene Epoch (approx. 150,000…
Teenage great white sharks are awkward biters
— 2 Dec 2010 18:52 | BiologyThe jaws of adolescent great white sharks may be too weak to capture and kill large marine mammals, according to a new study published in the Journal of Biomechanics by an international…
Giants among us: Paper explores evolution of the world's largest mammals
— 26 Nov 2010 19:46 | Geology and palaeontologyThe largest mammal that ever walked the earth - Indricotherium transouralicum, a hornless rhinoceros-like herbivore that weighed approximately seventeen tons and stood about eighteen…
Length of pregnancy influenced by placenta structure
— 17 Nov 2010 09:51 | HealthThe nine-month pregnancy in humans is influenced by the structure of the placenta, according to new research into the evolution of reproduction in mammals which ends a 100-year mystery…
Size of protein aggregates, not abundance, drives spread of prion-based disease
— 29 Oct 2010 12:42 | HealthMad Cow disease and its human variant Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease, which are incurable and fatal, have been on a welcome hiatus from the news for years, but because mammals remain as…
University of Florida research provides new understanding of bizarre extinct mammal
— 13 Oct 2010 15:20 | Geology and palaeontologyUniversity of Florida researchers presenting new fossil evidence of an exceptionally well-preserved 55-million-year-old North American mammal have found it shares a common ancestor…
UF research provides new understanding of bizarre extinct mammal
— 12 Oct 2010 09:31 | Geology and palaeontologyUniversity of Florida researchers presenting new fossil evidence of an exceptionally well-preserved 55-million-year-old North American mammal have found it shares a common ancestor…
Family ties bind desert lizards in social groups
— 7 Oct 2010 17:03 | BiologyResearchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have found that a species of lizard in the Mojave Desert lives in family groups and shows patterns of social behaviour more…
The reindeer and the mammoth already lived on the Iberian Peninsula 150,000 years ago
— 8 Sep 2010 12:39 | Geology and palaeontologyA team made up of members of the University of Oviedo (UO) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have gathered together all findings of the woolly mammoth, the woolly rhinoceros…
Researchers develop simulation to better understand the effects of sound on marine life
— 1 Sep 2010 10:56 | BiologyA combination of the biology of marine mammals, mechanical vibrations and acoustics has led to a breakthrough discovery allowing scientists to better understand the potential harmful…