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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

New Chameleon Species Discovered in East Africa

A new species of chameleon has been discovered in a threatened forest in Tanzania. Researchers first spotted the animal while surveying monkeys in the ...  > full story

DNA 'Barcode' for Tropical Trees

In foods, soil samples or customs checks, plant fragments sometimes need to be quickly identified. The use of DNA "barcodes" to itemize plant biodiversity was proposed during the 1992 ...  > full story

Frog Legs Trade May Facilitate Spread of Pathogens

Most countries throughout the world participate in the $40-million-per-year culinary trade of frog legs in some way, with 75 percent of frog legs consumed in ...  > full story

Paleontologists Find Extinction Rates Higher in Open-Ocean Settings During Mass Extinctions

Researchers have uncovered a strikingly pattern for ancient mass extinctions: extinctions rates during mass extinctions were ...  > full story
 

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