News tagged with baby sharks

Scientists shed new light on behavior of shark 'tweens' and 'teenagers'

(PhysOrg.com) -- A long-term field and DNA study by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, University of Miami, Field Museum of Chicago and others has shown that young lemon ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall

(AP) -- Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal: all fossilized evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Mobile money transfers gaining currency with consumers

If you need to pay a baby sitter, send money to a kid in college or reimburse a friend for lunch but don't have your checkbook or cash on hand, pick up your smartphone.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mole rat dental structure similar to a shark

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharks are capable of continually growing new teeth. As the teeth age, they fall out and new ones move forward similar to that of a tooth conveyor belt. Humans, and most mammals, on the other ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Teeny teeth indicate ancient shark nurseries

Fuelled by Hollywood and its vision of Jaws, sharks conjure images of fearsome predators patrolling our seas in search of their next unfortunate victim. It is therefore hard to imagine sharks as relatively ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sharks saved from soupy fate set free at sea

Saved from the soup bowl at a Thai restaurant, the baby shark wriggled out of the bag and into the open sea -- a rare survivor of a trade that kills millions of the predators each year.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dolphins, aliens, and the search for intelligent life

How do we define intelligence? SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, clearly equates intelligence with technology (or, more precisely, the building of radio or laser beacons). Some, such as the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 41 | with audio podcast

Glowing squid thrive in symbiotic relationship

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria generally have a bad reputation – they’re good only for causing disease, and are best avoided. But Spencer Nyholm of the molecular and cell biology department in the College ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Report: Toxins found in whales bode ill for humans

(AP) -- Sperm whales feeding even in the most remote reaches of Earth's oceans have built up stunningly high levels of toxic and heavy metals, according to American scientists who say the findings spell danger ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Infant crocodile fossils unearthed at Arlington Archosaur Site in North Arlington

(PhysOrg.com) -- Palentologists have found the partial skull of an infant crocodile at the Arlington Archosaur Site, a prolific fossil site in North Arlington. The young reptile's skull is a tiny version of the adult skull ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Expanded hospital opens at Calif. aquarium

(AP) -- They don't cry, cough or run a fever, so how can you tell when a fish is sick?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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