News tagged with dietary diversification
Food choices and location influence California sea otter exposure to disease
Sea otters living along the central California coast risk higher exposure to disease-causing parasites as a consequence of the food they eat and where they feed.
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Jan 19, 2009 |
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Meat-eating dinosaurs not so carnivorous after all
Field Museum scientists used statistical analyses to determine the diet of 90 species of theropod dinosaurs. Their results challenge the conventional view that nearly all theropods hunted prey, especially ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Vitamin supplements reduce deaths caused by measles and diarrhea
Vitamin A supplements are still an effective way to reduce childhood death and disease. A new study by Cochrane researchers strongly endorses the continuation of vitamin A supplementation programmes, which reduce the incidence ...
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Biologists report how whales have changed over 35 million years
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whales are remarkably diverse, with 84 living species of dramatically different sizes and more than 400 other species that have gone extinct, including some that lived partly on land. Why are there so many ...
May 28, 2010 |
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Plumage-color traits more extreme over time
Ever since Darwin, researchers have tried to explain the enormous diversity of plumage colour traits in birds. Now researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, are adding something new to this particular ...
May 03, 2010 |
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Sea otter study reveals striking variability in diets and feeding strategies
Ecologists have long observed that when food becomes scarce, animal populations exploit a wider range of food sources. So scientists studying southern sea otters at different sites in California's coastal waters were not ...
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Jan 14, 2008 |
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