News tagged with devils
A hop from South America -- tracking Australian marsupials
Debates have raged for decades about how to arrange the Australian and South American branches of the marsupial family tree.
Jul 27, 2010 |
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UA 'Tsunami' Video Sheds Light on Struggling Pupfish
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, an earthquake was recorded live in Devils Hole, home to the critically endangered pupfish species. The footage is educating scientists on how struggling species react to ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Mars: Wayward Dust Devil Caught in the Act
(PhysOrg.com) -- The HiRISE camera photographed a dust devil roaming the Martian plains far from the normal occurrence of such weather phenomena.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 26, 2010 |
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Australia moving cancer-hit Tasmanian Devils to new islands
Australia is taking the bold step of moving Tasmanian Devils to new islands in a desperate bid to save the iconic species from being wiped out by a hideous face cancer.
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Mystery solved: Facial cancer decimating Tasmanian devils likely began in Schwann cells
An international team of scientists led by a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) investigator has discovered that the deadly facial tumors decimating Australia's Tasmanian devil population probably originated ...
Dec 31, 2009 |
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Good dentistry may have saved the dinosaurs
Infectious diseases can be transmitted by sneezing, touching, or - for Tasmanian devils - biting each other on the face, a habit that may have driven the dinosaurs to extinction through the transmission of a protozoan parasite.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Micro Sparky: Engineering the tiniest Sun Devil
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Arizona State University engineering student may have found the tiniest - yet most cleverly inventive - way to show school spirit.
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Social networking study reveals threat to Tasmanian devils
A new study into the social networks of Tasmanian devils may help prevent the further spread of an extinction-threatening disease. The research, published in Ecology Letters, has produced an intricate social ...
Aug 19, 2009 |
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New 'biofactories' produce rare healing substances in the endangered Devil's claw plant
Deep in Africa's Kalahari Desert lies the "Devil's claw," a plant that may hold the key to effective treatments for arthritis, tendonitis and other illnesses that affect millions each year. Unfortunately, ...
Aug 16, 2009 |
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Mars Dust Devil Has Colorful Effect in Image Series
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have combined a trio of shots taken seconds apart through different colored filters to create a special-effects portrait of a moving dust devil on Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Wildlife faces cancer threat
While cancer touches the lives of many humans, it is also a major threat to wild animal populations as well, according to a recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Tasmanian devils listed as endangered in Australia
(AP) -- The Tasmanian devil, a snarling fox-sized marsupial made notorious by its Looney Tunes cartoon namesake Taz, was listed in Australia as an endangered species Friday because of a contagious cancer ...
May 22, 2009 |
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Rotation is key to understanding volcanic plumes
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 200-year-old report by a sea captain and a stunning photograph of the 2008 eruption of Mount Chaiten are helping scientists at the University of Illinois better understand strong volcanic ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2009 |
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