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New species of lizard created in lab that reproduces by cloning itself

(PhysOrg.com) -- A genetics research group working in a lab in Kansas, has succeeded in creating a new species of lizard by mating two distinct species of North American Whiptails, both native to New Mexico. ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 27 | with audio podcast report

New parasitic fungi found that turn ants into zombies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the US and UK have discovered four new species of parasitic fungi in the Brazilian rainforests. The fungi attack four distinct species of ants and release mind-altering chemicals ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 28 | with audio podcast report

Scientists say the American lion is not a lion after all

(PhysOrg.com) -- There has been some debate over the last century or so about whether the extinct American lion, Panthera atrox, which dates from the Pleistocene, is related to present day African lions (Panthera le ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 18, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Ancient bone find may change Filipino history

Archaeologists have found a foot bone that could prove the Philippines was first settled by humans 67,000 years ago, thousands of years earlier than previously thought, the National Museum said Tuesday.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 5

Caught in the act: Scientists find butterflies splitting into two species

(PhysOrg.com) -- Breaking up may actually not be hard to do, say scientists who've found a population of tropical butterflies that may be on its way to a split into two distinct species.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Study shows species can change

A study of South American songbirds completed by the Department of Biology at Queen's University and the Argentine Museum of Natural History, has discovered these birds differ dramatically in colour and song yet show very ...

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smithsonian scientists discover 7 new species of fish

Things are not always what they seem when it comes to fish -- something scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Ocean Science Foundation are finding out. Using modern genetic analysis, combined with ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DNA reveals 7 new mice species

After living incognito for millions of years in a remote area of a forested mountain range in the Philippines, seven newfound species of mice owe their recent discovery to DNA evidence and the Florida State ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wealth of orchid varieties is down to busy bees and helpful fungi, says study

Scientists have discovered why orchids are one of the most successful groups of flowering plants - it is all down to their relationships with the bees that pollinate them and the fungi that nourish them. The ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Only known living population of rare dwarf lemur found

(PhysOrg.com) -- Elusive species "rediscovered" a century after first sighting.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Hobbits' are a new human species -- according to the statistical analysis of fossils

Researchers from Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York have confirmed that Homo floresiensis is a genuine ancient human species and not a descendant of healthy humans dwarfed by disease. Using ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Research shows that environmental factors limit species diversity

It's long been accepted by biologists that environmental factors cause the diversity -- or number -- of species to increase before eventually leveling off. Some recent work, however, has suggested that species diversity continues ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Tiny chameleons discovered in Madagascar

Four new species of miniaturized lizards have been identified in Madagascar. These lizards, just tens of millimeters from head to tail and in some cases small enough to stand on the head of a match, rank among the smallest ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Famous fossil Lucy scanned at the University of Texas at Austin

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with the Ethiopian government, have completed the first high-resolution CT scan of the world's most famous fossil, Lucy, an ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (9) | comments 10

Misleading morphology: Three European parasitoid wasp 'species' are seasonal forms of just one

Three widely differing forms of European Scambus parasitoid wasps that had previously been regarded as distinct species are shown to be seasonal morphs of a single species. The collaboration involved National ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1