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.
Archaeology
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.
Plants & Animals
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.
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2009
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Study examines overlooked role fruit-eating crocodilians may play in forest regeneration
It turns out that alligators do not live on meat alone. Neither do Nile crocodiles. A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society says that the American alligator and a dozen other crocodile species enjoy an occasional ...
Ecology
Aug 21, 2013
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Cormorants cannot capture the benefits of global warming
(Phys.org)—Even though cormorants seem ideally placed to benefit from global warming, by expanding their breeding range into the far north, the darkness of the polar night is likely to keep them firmly in their place, according ...
Ecology
Feb 5, 2013
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Endangered kangaroo prefers 'the girl next door'
(Phys.org)—A group of leading conservation scientists from The University of Queensland (UQ) and James Cook University (JCU) has exposed the private life of a small, endangered kangaroo.
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2013
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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 Zoology has ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 1, 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 of South ...
Ecology
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 ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 1, 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 substantially" ...
Ecology
Apr 22, 2009
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