Evolution
Dec 21, 2023
Could dinosaurs be the reason humans can't live for 200 years?
All human beings age. It is part of our biology and limits our lifespan to slightly over 120 years.
Search results for Salamander
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2023
Wild 'super pigs' from Canada could become a new front in the war on feral hogs
They go by many names—pigs, hogs, swine, razorbacks—but whatever you call them, wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most damaging invasive species in North America. They cause millions of dollars in crop damage yearly and ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
We rely heavily on groundwater—but pumping too much threatens thousands of underground species
Groundwater is the world's largest unfrozen freshwater reserve. Australia's Great Artesian Basin alone holds enough water to fill Sydney Harbour 130,000 times. Worldwide, groundwater provides drinking water for half the world's ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2023
Novel early-detection method aims to stem disease spread in animal trade
A new article published in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution by researchers describes a simplified method to detect a deadly fungus killing European salamanders. The ability to rapidly find the fungus is significant ...
Ecology
Dec 11, 2023
Endangered species list grows by 2,000. Climate change is part of the problem
Climate change is worsening the planet's biodiversity crises, making environments more deadly for thousands of species and accelerating the precipitous decline in the number of plants and animals on Earth, according to an ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 6, 2023
Feds propose shooting one owl to save another in Pacific Northwest
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to enlist shooters to kill more than 500,000 barred owls over the next 30 years in the Pacific Northwest to preserve habitat for northern spotted owls, a protected species.
Ecology
Nov 6, 2023
Fossil study shows frogs were Florida's first-known vertebrates from the Caribbean
Deep in the forests of Haiti lives the blue-eyed La Hotte glanded frog (Eleutherodactylus glandulifer), which once went 20 years without being observed by scientists. It belongs to a diverse genus from the Caribbean that ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2023
Something to chew on: Researchers look for connections in how animals eat and digest food
UMass Lowell's Nicolai Konow wants to bridge the gap between research on food processing and nutrient absorption. "There is a divide between biomechanists, who study chewing and food transport, and physiologists, who examine ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 23, 2023
University of Michigan slithers toward history with massive acquisition of jarred snake specimens
Greg Schneider scans rows upon rows of liquid-filled glass jars containing coiled snake specimens, just a portion of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's reptile and amphibian collection believed to be the largest ...
Evolution
Oct 18, 2023
Study of modern salamanders provides clues to the feeding behavior of early terrestrial vertebrates
Since the work of Charles Darwin, it is relatively clear from an evolutionary perspective where we come from: aquatic ancestors gave rise to terrestrial vertebrates, from among which humans developed.
