News tagged with journal of zoology
Male sabertoothed cats were pussycats compared to macho lions
Despite their fearsome fangs, male sabertoothed cats may have been less aggressive than many of their feline cousins, says a new study of male-female size differences in extinct big cats.
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Study: Wild Cuban crocodiles hybridize with American crocs
A new genetic study by a team of Cuban and American researchers confirms that American crocodiles are hybridizing with wild populations of critically endangered Cuban crocodiles, which may cause a population ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Dinosaurs May Have Been Smaller Than We Thought: New Study
(PhysOrg.com) -- For millions of years, dinosaurs have been considered the largest creatures ever to walk on land. While they still maintain this status, a new study suggests that some dinosaurs may actually have weighed ...
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Jun 25, 2009 |
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Study casts new light on research of controversial scientist Paul Kammerer
A new study into the research of the renowned Lamarckian experimentalist Paul Kammerer may help to end the controversy which has engulfed his research for almost a century. The study, published in The Journal of Experimental Zo ...
Sep 03, 2009 |
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How do bumblebees get predators to buzz off?
Toxic or venomous animals, like bumblebees, are often brightly coloured to tell would-be predators to keep away. However scientists at Royal Holloway, University of London and Queen Mary, University of London ...
May 26, 2010 |
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Big, social, Island-dwelling birds live longest
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research may help explain underlying evolutionary principles that shape life spans for many organisms, including humans.
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Smallest salamander in U.S. discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources weren’t looking for anything new when they went exploring in the northeast part of the state. But ...
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Dino-not-so-soaring
The largest animals ever to have walked the face of the earth may not have been as big as previously thought, reveals a paper published today in the Zoological Society of London's Journal of Zoology.
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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Great white sharks hunt just like Hannibal Lecter
(AP) -- Great white sharks have some things in common with human serial killers, a new study says: They don't attack at random, but stalk specific victims, lurking out of sight.
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Danger lurks underground for oak seedlings
Scientists trying to understand why oaks are starting to disappear from North American forests may need to look just below the surface to find some answers.
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Tasmanian tiger's jaw was too small to attack sheep, study shows
Australia's iconic thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, was hunted to death in the early Twentieth century for allegedly killing sheep; however, a new study published in the Zoological Society of London's Journal of ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Study finds potential climate change side effect: More parasites on South American birds
A Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) study on nesting birds in Argentina finds that increasing temperatures and rainfall—both side effects of climate change in some parts of the world—could be bad for birds ...
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Getting a tail up on conservation?
Lizards are an important indicator species for understanding the condition of specific ecosystems. Their body weight is a crucial index for evaluating species health, but lizards are seldom weighed, perhaps due in part to ...
Sep 01, 2010 |
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New study shows widespread and substantial declines in wildlife in Kenya's Masai Mara
Populations of major wild grazing animals that are the heart and soul of Kenya's cherished and heavily visited Masai Mara National Reserve—including giraffes, hartebeest, impala, and warthogs—have "decreased ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Journal of Zoology
The Journal of Zoology is a scientific journal concerning zoology, the study of animals. It was founded in 1830 by the Zoological Society of London and is published by Blackwell Publishing. It carries original research papers, which are targeted towards general readers. Some of the articles are available via open access, depending on the author's wishes.
From around 1833, it was known as the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London ISSN 0370-2774. From 1965 to 1984, it was known as the Journal of zoology: proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, ISSN 0022-5460.
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