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Obesity Clues From Research On How Burrowing Frogs Survive Years Without Food
Burrowing frogs can survive
buried for several years
without food or water.
Scientists have discovered
that the metabolism of their
... > full story
Boy Or Girl? In Lizards, Egg Size Matters
Whether baby lizards will
turn out to be male or
female is a more complicated
question than scientists
would have ever guessed,
according to a new report.
... > full story
Water Snake Startles Fish So They Flee Into Its Jaws
Forget the old folk tales
about snakes hypnotizing
their prey. The tentacled
snake from South East Asia
has developed a more
effective technique. The
... > full story
Illegal Trade In Vietnam's Marine Turtles Continues Despite National Ban
Marine turtles are vanishing
from Viet Nam's waters and
illegal trade is largely to
blame says a new study. ... > full story
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New Species Of Phallus-shaped Mushroom Named After California Academy Of Sciences Scientist
June 15, 2009 — As part of ongoing research on Sao Tome and Principe, a new Phallus mushroom has been discovered and described. Phallus drewesii belongs to a group of mushrooms known as stinkhorns which give off a ... > full story -
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Newly Discovered Chemical Weapon In Poison Frogs' Arsenal
June 9, 2009 — New research documents a surprising chemical weapon used by some Amazonian poison frogs. The study identified for the first time a family of poisons never before known to exist in these brightly ... > full story -
Snakes Use Friction And Redistribution Of Their Weight To Slither On Flat Terrain
June 9, 2009 — Snakes use both friction generated by their scales and redistribution of their weight to slither along flat surfaces, researchers have found. Their findings run counter to previous studies that have ... > full story -
For Different Species, Different Functions For Embryonic MicroRNAs
May 28, 2009 — When evolution has lucked into efficient solutions for life's most fundamental problems, it adopts them as invaluable family heirlooms, passing them down as one species evolves into another. So it ... > full story -
Komodo Dragons Even More Deadly Than Thought: Combined Tooth-venom Arsenal Key To Hunting Strategy
May 19, 2009 — The effectiveness of the Komodo dragon bite is a combination of highly specialized serrated teeth and venom, a new study shows. The authors also dismiss the widely accepted theory that prey die from ... > full story -
World's Largest Leatherback Turtle Population Found
May 18, 2009 — Scientists have identified a nesting population of leatherback sea turtles in Gabon, West Africa as the world's largest. The research involved country-wide land and aerial surveys that estimated a ... > full story -
Ultrasonic Communication Among Frogs
May 9, 2009 — Scientists report on the only known frog species that can communicate using purely ultrasonic calls, whose frequencies are too high to be heard by humans. Known as Huia ... > full story -
About 200 New Species Of Amphibians In Madagascar Discovered
May 5, 2009 — Between 129 and 221 new species of frogs have been identified in Madagascar, practically doubling the currently known amphibian fauna. The finding suggests that the number of amphibian species in ... > full story -
Researchers Fire The Starting Gun For The Great Turtle Race
April 23, 2009 — Leatherbacks are the largest turtles on Earth with evolutionary roots that go back more than 100 million years. But their numbers, particularly in the Pacific, are declining at an alarming rate due ... > full story -
Prehistoric Turtle Goes To Hospital For CT Scan In Search For Skull, Eggs, Embryos
April 16, 2009 — Researchers recently took a 75-million-year-old turtle for a CT scan to look for its skull, additional eggs and possible ... > full story
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