Pet lizard ‘plucks’ game ants off Android screen
December 18th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 18 (IANS) A pet bearded lizard tried to pluck and eat as many as 16 ants off an Android touchscreen on his 24 year-old owner's phone, before giving ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Indian economy in a difficult situation: Pranab
December 7th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said India's economy is in a "difficult situation" because of slowing growth, stubborn inflation and a widening fiscal deficit, ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Meat-loving predator survived 35 million years
December 7th, 2011 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Dec 7 (IANS) An ancient predator with serrated teeth, streamlined body and a ravenous appetite for meat outlived a major extinction at a time when the distant relatives of ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Fossilized primitive pregnant lizard found in China
July 21st, 2011 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 21 (IANS) A 120-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant lizard has been found in China, BBC reported Thursday.The fossil is a complete 30 cm lizard with over a dozen ... Read more...
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Problem solving lizards as clever as mammals
July 13th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 13 (IANS) Lizards can be every bit as clever as mammals and birds. They could learn how to solve novel problems, challenging the widely-held view that reptiles have ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Burrowing skink is reptilian world’s master builder
May 16th, 2011 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 16 (IANS) Researchers have stumbled upon a community of reptilian master builders which has been constructing elaborate underground structures, creating a veritable city and a complex society.
The ... Read more...
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Tiger reserve in Jharkhand ravaged by forest fire
March 25th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
Palamu (Jharkhand), Mar.25 (ANI): The Palamu Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand has been ravaged by fire for several weeks now and forest officials are desperately trying to douse the fire, day and night.The ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Anti-smoking campaigners rally against Johnny Depp’s Rango
March 12th, 2011 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 12 (ANI): Actor Johnny Depp has become the target of anti-smoking campaigners, who are rallying against him over his animated movie Rango, which features characters who smoke.The movie, which ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
As far as evolution goes ‘bigger really is better’, says study
March 8th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 8 (ANI): A new study has claimed that as far as evolution goes, 'bigger really is the better'.Organisms with bigger bodies or faster growth rates tend to live longer, mate ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Snake-like robo discovers how lizards swim through the sand
February 25th, 2011 - 11:22 am ICT by ANI
London, Feb 25 (ANI): Scientists have successfully found how lizards manage to swim their way through desert sands.Using a snake-like robot, the researchers at the Georgia Institute Of Technology in the U.S. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Why flashy females are great mates
January 27th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): A new study from University of Puget Sound explains why contrary to most cases, female lizards of Arizona's south-eastern mountains are more colourful than males.The female striped plateau ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
First parrot-sized dino with only one finger discovered in China
January 25th, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 25 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new species of parrot-sized dinosaur that has only one finger, in China.It belongs to the Alvarezsauroidea, a branch of the carnivorous dinosaur group Theropods ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Lizard venom may provide drugs to fight hypertension
December 7th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 7 (IANS) Lizards could be the source of novel venoms that may be used to treat high blood pressure.Bryan Fry of the University of Melbourne who led researchers from Switzerland, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Global warming hastened arrival of dinosaurs
November 30th, 2010 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 30 (IANS) Global warming 300 million years ago triggered the evolutionary burst which caused tiny lizards to grow into gigantic dinosaurs, say scientists.Scientists now believe that the Earth became ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
African lizard fossil liked to modern-day Komodo dragon in Indonesia
November 19th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): A new research has found a mysterious link between the bones of ancient lizards found in Africa and the biggest, baddest modern-day lizard of them all, the Komodo ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Meet the bird that thinks she’s a dog!
November 16th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 16 (ANI): A 10-month-old Australian emu called Emma thinks she's a dog.The bird has grown up with her best mate Charlie, a real dog, and his habits have worn ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Scientists Discover New Lizard Species In Vietnam During A Buffet
November 12th, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
November 12, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Zoological scientists have recently unearthed and identified a species of all-female lizards that was hitherto unregistered in the zoological treatises of the West. This petite ... Read more...
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Scientists discover new lizard species at a buffet
November 12th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Hanoi, Nov 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists are stunned that previously undocumented lizard specie has been on the menu of the people of Vietnam for many years. The specie’s discovery was as ... Read more...
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Climate a major factor in lizard’s sex
October 31st, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 31 (ANI): A new study has revealed that the sex of snow skink lizards is influenced by climate.As part of the research, Ido Pen of the University of Groningen ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
122 animals rescued from Games venues
October 28th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) As many as 122 animals, including four cobras, were rescued from venues of the just concluded Commonwealth Games, officials said Thursday."We rescued 122 animals, including ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
PETA urges Victoria to shun reptile skins
October 21st, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 21 (IANS) Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham has been approached by the animal rights organisation PETA to reconsider using reptile skin in her new handbag collection.Victoria has created several different ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
How sloths evolved their unique neck skeleton
October 19th, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 19 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Cambridge have found how sloths evolved their unique neck skeleton.From mice to giraffes, mammals are remarkable in that all but a handful of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Lizards too have family values
October 9th, 2010 - 4:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): While lizards are known for laying their eggs and never looking back, desert night lizards are actually against this stereotype-they have family values, just like humans, found a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Scientists discover bizzare horned dinos on ‘lost continent’ in Utah
September 23rd, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 23 (ANI): Scientists have unearthed two new species of horned dinosaursin Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah.The giant plant-eaters were inhabitants of the "lost continent" of Laramidia and are close ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Egg-laying lizards on verge giving live births
September 5th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 5 (IANS) Scientists have caught up with lizards about to abandon egg-laying for live births in an evolutionary leap.
The skink, snake-like with four tiny legs, has been found laying ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Search on for ‘lost amphibians’ before they go extinct
August 9th, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) A search has been launched to find 100 'lost' frogs, toads and lizards that have not been seen for up to a century.
Endangered species of the rainforests ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Jenna Dewan Tatum bares all for new PETA campaign
July 7th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 7 (ANI): Jenna Dewan Tatum is the latest beauty to strip for a PETA campaign.In the "Wearing Exotic Skins Kills" ad, the actress has posed naked beneath a slick ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Scientists Again Grow The Lung Of A Rat In A Laboratory
June 26th, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 26, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): In a momentous development, the lung of a rat has been grown again in a laboratory by the scientists of Yale University. This pioneering ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Competition affects evolution in island lizards
June 19th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 19 (IANS) Millions of years before human beings began battling it out over beachfront property, a similar phenomenon was unfolding in a diverse group of island lizards.
Often mistaken for chameleons ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Toothless, giant flying reptile species found in Sahara
May 29th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 29 (ANI): Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a new species of a giant flying reptile in the Sahara desert.However, it seems the 95-million-year-old pterosaur was not too fond ... Read more...
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Termite, not the lion or elephant, could be king of Africa’s savanna
May 26th, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 26 (ANI): Always associated African savanna with fierce lions, massive elephantsand towering giraffes? Well, it's not these big animals, but the humble termite, that appears to be the king of ... Read more...
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Female lizards adept at enticing males
May 19th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 19 (IANS) Female sagebrush lizards steeped in ways of courtship are more likely to entice males, a new study says.
Researchers Mayte Ruiz, Zachary M. Beals and Emilia P. Martins collected ... Read more...
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New fossil material reveals Azendohsaurus as an early reptile, not a dinosaur
May 19th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 19 (ANI): New fossil material has revealed that Azendohsaurus was not a dinosaur, but a peculiar early reptile.A careful new analysis of A. madagaskarensis-this time based on the entire skull ... Read more...
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Scientists identify 3 new monitor lizards from Philippines
May 18th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 18 (ANI): Scientists have discovered two new monitor lizard species and one new subspecies in the Philippines.German scientist Andre Koch from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn together ... Read more...
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“Pinocchio” frog’s nose grows when it calls others
May 18th, 2010 - 11:40 am ICT by ANI
London, May 18 (ANI): A frog with a Pinocchio-like nose is among the new species discovered in Indonesia's remote Foja Mountains, say scientists.Scientists have called it the "Pinocchio" frog because of its ... Read more...
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