An ancient, dolphin-like marine reptile resembles its distant relative in more than appearance, according to an international team of researchers that includes scientists from North Carolina State University and Sweden's ...
Archaeology
Dec 5, 2018
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Published today in the open-access journal GigaScience is an article that presents the genome of the tegu lizard, which has mastered a trick that is highly unusual in the reptile world: it can turn on its own heating system. ...
Biotechnology
Nov 27, 2018
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A pioneering study by the University of Kent on the effects of relocating adders due to development has found that males will disperse from their release site—with one even going so far as to return to his original home.
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2018
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Marine predators that lived in deep waters during the Jurassic Period thrived as sea levels rose, while species that dwelled in the shallows died out, research suggests.
Evolution
Sep 4, 2018
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Australia's reptiles, including lizards and snakes, are facing growing threats from invasive species and climate change, with seven percent on the verge of extinction, conservationists said Thursday.
Ecology
Jul 5, 2018
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Feral cats kill more than one million reptiles every day in Australia, a new study showed Monday, with the staggering slaughter threatening many species.
Ecology
Jun 25, 2018
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Australia is famous for its many lizards and snakes, but where do they all come from?
Archaeology
May 31, 2018
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Our cerebral cortex, a sheet of neurons, connections and circuits, comprises "ancient" regions such as the hippocampus and "new" areas such as the six-layered "neocortex," found only in mammals and most prominently in humans. ...
Evolution
May 4, 2018
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Takuya Konishi held up a fossil of a mosasaur, a ferocious marine reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago.
Archaeology
Apr 6, 2018
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Scientists have identified a new species of reptile from prehistoric Connecticut and, boy, does it have a mouth on it.
Archaeology
Mar 23, 2018
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