News tagged with horned lizards
For horned lizard, horns alone do not make the species
How do you recognize a new species? A thorough study of the million-year evolution of California's horned lizards, sometimes referred to as "horny toads," shows that when it comes to distinguishing such recently ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Insects top latest inventory of newly discovered species
More than half of the 19,232 species newly known to science in 2009, the most recent calendar year of compilation, were insects – 9,738 or 50.6 percent – according to the 2011 State of Observed Species ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Meet a thorny devil through the Map of Life
A new website that explains why humans have the same type of eye as an octopus, and how animals separated by millions of years have evolved in the same way, has been launched by a team of scientists at Cambridge ...
Mar 03, 2011 |
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The first single-fingered dinosaur
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new species of parrot-sized dinosaur, the first discovered with only one finger, has been unearthed in Inner Mongolia, China.
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Jan 24, 2011 |
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New dinosaur species discovered on 'lost continent' (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two remarkable new species of horned dinosaurs have been found in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah. The giant plant-eaters were inhabitants of the "lost continent" ...
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Sep 22, 2010 |
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First horned dinosaur from Mexico
A new species of horned dinosaur unearthed in Mexico has larger horns that any other species - up to 4 feet long - and has given scientists fresh insights into the ancient history of western North America, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 28, 2010 |
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Researcher wants to tip the scales for northern lizard
Armed with eyelash glue, a walking stick and a faithful horse, University of Alberta researcher Krista Fink is hoping to help Canada's most northern lizard get off the species-at-risk list.
Nov 16, 2009 |
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When ants attack: Researchers recreate chemicals that trigger aggression
(PhysOrg.com) -- Experiments led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated that normally friendly ants can turn against each other by exploiting the chemical cues they use ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Analysis: 2007 legal opinion is a threat to imperiled species
If the federal government implements a 2007 legal interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, the likely result will be a reduction in the number of species listed for protection, scientists say.
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Roadrunners not too fast for AgriLife researcher (w/ Video)
Wile E. Coyote might not have been able to catch up with the roadrunner on the Saturday morning cartoons, but one Texas AgriLife Research scientist has had no problems.
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Beaked, bird-like dinosaur tells story of finger evolution
James Clark, the Ronald B. Weintraub Professor of Biology in The George Washington University's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, and Xu Xing, of the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology ...
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Jun 17, 2009 |
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