News tagged with fins
Protection for 2 shark species fails at UN meeting
(AP) -- Asian nations on Tuesday blocked U.S.-backed proposals to protect the heavily fished hammerhead and oceanic whitetip sharks on concerns that regulating the booming trade in fins could hurt poor coastal ...
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Sharks threatened by Asian consumers, says group
(AP) -- Surging demand for shark fin soup among Asia's booming middle classes is driving many species of these big fish to the brink of extinction, a marine conservation group said Tuesday.
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Killer catfish? Venomous species surprisingly common, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Name all the venomous animals you can think of and you probably come up with snakes, spiders, bees, wasps and perhaps poisonous frogs. But catfish?
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Poisonous Poisson
In contrast to the exhaustive research into venom produced by snakes and spiders, venomous fish have been neglected and remain something of a mystery. Now, a study of 158 catfish species, published in the ...
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Scientists trace shark fins to their geographic origin for first time using DNA tools
Millions of shark fins are sold at market each year to satisfy the demand for shark fin soup, a Chinese delicacy, but it has been impossible to pinpoint which sharks from which regions are most threatened ...
Dec 01, 2009 |
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New species of ghostshark from California and Baja California
New species are not just discovered in exotic locales -- even places as urban as California still yield discoveries of new plants and animals. Academy scientists recently named a new species of chimaera, an ...
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Swedish researcher finds missing piece of fossil puzzle
The mode of reproduction seen in modern sharks is nearly 400 million years old. That is the conclusion drawn by Professor Per Erik Ahlberg, Uppsala University, from his discovery of a so-called "clasper" in a primitive fossil ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Hydrogen peroxide marshals immune system (w/Video)
When you were a kid your mom poured it on your scraped finger to stave off infection. When you got older you might have even used it to bleach your hair. Now there's another possible function for this over-the-counter colorless ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Fossils suggest earlier land-water transition of tetrapod
New evidence gleaned from CT scans of fossils locked inside rocks may flip the order in which two kinds of four-limbed animals with backbones were known to have moved from fish to landlubber.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Crayfish win by cheating
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study conducted at UQ's Moreton Bay Research Station has found, when it comes to crayfish, size really does matter.
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Research links evolution of fins and limbs with that of gills
The genetic toolkit that animals use to build fins and limbs is the same genetic toolkit that controls the development of part of the gill skeleton in sharks, according to research to be published in Proceedings of ...
Mar 23, 2009 |
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