New spider with fearsome claws found in US cave
August 18th, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (IANS) A new family of spiders has been discovered in a cave in America's Oregon state, and was named "Trogloraptor" for its fearsome claws.The spider, measuring up ... Read more...
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Elusive long fingered frog rediscovered after 62 years
March 28th, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 28 (IANS) Herpetologists have rediscovered a single specimen of the Bururi long-fingered frog during an expedition to Burundi. The species was last spotted in 1949 and was feared ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Mimic octopus impersonates fish species
January 9th, 2012 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 8 (IANS) The mimic octopus is known to impersonate toxic flatfish, lionfish and even sea snakes by creatively configuring its limbs, adopting undulating movements, and displaying bold brown-and-white ... Read more...
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300 new species found in Philippines
July 1st, 2011 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS
Manila, July 1 (IANS) Around 300 new species of flora and fauna have been discovered in the Philippines by an expedition of foreign and national scientists, the Prensa Latina news ... Read more...
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Apes used stone tools to kill animals 3.4 mn years ago
August 12th, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS) Our ancient ancestors, the apes, were using stone tools to butcher animals one million years earlier than previously thought.
In an extraordinary find that will rewrite the ... Read more...
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Humans hunted for meat with stone tools a million years earlier than believed
August 12th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 12 (ANI): The Swiss Army Knife and the Big Mac is not as recent as it was thought, for scientists have found evidence that human ancestors were using stone tools ... Read more...
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Habitats will have to keep pace with climate change
December 25th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 25 (IANS) From beetles to barnacles, pikas to pine warblers, many species are already responding to shifting climate regimes.
But how fast will they -- and their habitats -- have ... Read more...
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Ecosystems need to shift a quarter mile each year to keep pace with global warming
December 24th, 2009 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 24 (ANI): A new study led by scientists at the Carnegie Institution in the US has determined that the average ecosystem will need to shift about a quarter mile each ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Birds evolve their songs to talk in city noise
October 22nd, 2009 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct 22 (ANI): A new study has shown that birds living in an urban environment evolve their songs to talk through the noise.For the study, Dr David Luther of the University ... Read more...
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Global mass extinction 250 million years ago triggered fungus explosion
October 5th, 2009 - 12:31 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, October 5 (ANI): A new study has determined that the world's worst mass extinction 250 million years ago was the trigger for a fungus explosion, which puts to rest the idea ... Read more...
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World’s smallest parrot filmed in wild for first time
September 8th, 2009 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 8 (ANI): The world's smallest parrot, which is not much bigger than an adult person's thumb, has been filmed in the wild for the first time.According to a report by ... Read more...
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Scientists discover new species of phallus-shaped mushrooms
June 16th, 2009 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 16 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new species of phallus-shaped mushrooms on the African island of Sao Tome.The new species of stinkhorn mushroom, dubbed 'Phallus drewesii', is two inches long, ... Read more...
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Sparrows’ love tunes change with the landscape
May 21st, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 21 (ANI): A new study from Duke University has found that changes in habitat have a significant impact on the way birds sing.Lead researcher and biologist Elizabeth Derryberry found that ... Read more...
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Birds successfully adapt songs to change in landscape
May 21st, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 21 (IANS) As vegetation reclaimed formerly cleared land in California, Oregon and Washington over the last 35 years, male white-crowned sparrows lowered their pitch and slowed down their singing so ... Read more...
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After 3.5 millon years, Pacific creatures set to invade Atlantic
August 11th, 2008 - 10:05 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, Aug 11 (IANS) With global warming hastening the shrinkage of the Arctic Ocean ice cover, scientists have warned that the North Pole may face ice-free summers as early as 2013. Further, ... Read more...
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Pacific shellfish to invade Atlantic as ice melts
August 10th, 2008 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 10 (ANI): North Pacific shellfishincluding snails and other mollusks may make their way towards the North Atlantic as global warming increases water temperatures, claims a new study.Scientists said that ... Read more...
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