News tagged with carnivores
Rare carnivorous plant on top 10 list of newly discovered species
Each year The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University names the Top 10 new species described in the previous calendar year. The list for 2009 was published to coincide with the 303rd anniversary ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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New computational model being developed for estimating populations of large carnivores
The Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute and the Aalto University School of Science and Technology are together developing a computational method for estimating populations of large carnivores. The new method will ...
May 26, 2010 |
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Leaves of carnivorous plants emit flower scents to attract their prey
In South-East Asia, the leaves of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes rafflesiana mimic flowers biochemically in order to trap insects.
May 07, 2010 |
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Diet of contaminated insects harms endangered meat-eating plants
Scientists 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, or carnivorous, plants. ...
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Students discover new species of raptor dinosaur (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new species of dinosaur, a relative of the famous Velociraptor, has been discovered in Inner Mongolia by two PhD students.
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Mar 19, 2010 |
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From carnivorous plants to the medicine cabinet?
In the tropics, carnivorous plants trap unsuspecting prey in a cavity filled with liquid known as a "pitcher."
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Early carnivorous dinosaurs crossed continents
Did the first dinosaurs wander across continents or stay put where they first evolved? The first dinosaurs evolved 230 million years ago when the continents were assembled into one landmass called Pangea. ...
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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T.rex's oldest ancestor identified
(PhysOrg.com) -- Remains of the oldest-known relative of T.rex have been identified, more than 100 years after being pulled out of a Gloucestershire reservoir, according to research published in the Zoological Jo ...
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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For carnivorous plants, slow but steady wins the race
Like the man-eating plant in Little Shop of Horrors, carnivorous plants rely on animal prey for sustenance. Fortunately for humans, carnivorous plants found in nature are not dependent on a diet of human blood but rather ...
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Snaring bigger bugs gave flytraps evolutionary edge
(PhysOrg.com) -- Carnivorous plants defy our expectations of how plants should behave, with Venus flytraps employing nerve-like reflexes and powerful digestive enzymes to capture and consume fresh meat.
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Smart and social? Comprehensive analysis questions link between sociality and brain increase in carnivores
New research from two evolutionary biologists questions the recent finding that sociality has played a key role in the evolution of larger brain size among several orders of mammals (Social Brain Hypothesis). ...
May 25, 2009 |
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Climate change driving Michigan mammals north
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some Michigan mammal species are rapidly expanding their ranges northward, apparently in response to climate change, a new study shows. In the process, these historically southern species ...
May 12, 2009 |
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Mini Dinosaurs Prowled North America (w/Video)
Massive 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 to Canadian researchers w ...
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Mar 16, 2009 |
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Preserved shark fossil adds evidence to great white's origins
A new University of Florida study could help resolve a long-standing debate in shark paleontology: From which line of species did the modern great white shark evolve?
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Mar 12, 2009 |
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