In order to spot potential predators, adult meerkats often climb to a higher vantage point or stand on their hind legs. If a predator is detected, they use several different alarm calls to warn the rest of the group. New ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 4, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Researchers from the University of New South Wales and the University of Adelaide in studying fossils of Nimbadon lavarackorum, an extinct wombat-like marsupial, have concluded that the animal likely lived among ...
A study into the muscle development of several different fish has given insights into the genetic leap that set the scene for the evolution of hind legs in terrestrial animals. This innovation gave rise to the tetrapods—four-legged ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Utah study shows that men hit harder when they stand on two legs than when they are on all fours, and when hitting downward rather than upward, giving tall, upright males a fighting advantage.
Evolution
May 18, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Penn State Assistant Professor of Biology Tracy Langkilde has shown that native fence lizards in the southeastern United States are adapting to potentially fatal invasive fire-ant attacks by developing behaviors ...
Jan 20, 2009
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A new study helps explain a poorly characterized, yet common behavior among animals and shows that foraging mammals take advantage of the physics of how scents move in the air and along the ground.
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2022
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Prehistoric footprints that have puzzled scientists since the 1970s are getting a second look: Were they left by extinct animals or by human ancestors?
Paleontology & Fossils
Dec 5, 2021
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A critically endangered species of frog seems to have a bright future after conservationists in Chile launched a rescue campaign that has produced 200 offspring.
Ecology
Oct 22, 2020
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About 400 million years ago, our early ancestors took their first hesitant steps out of the primordial seas on to land.
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2020
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Katy Delaney stood at the top of the canyon, below her feet a wooded glen transformed into a wasteland.
Plants & Animals
Jul 29, 2019
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