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Tourists Face Health Risks from Contact With Captive Sea Turtles
February 5, 2013 Tourists coming into contact with sea turtles at holiday attractions face a risk of health problems, according to new ... > full story -
DNA Reveals Mating Patterns of Critically Endangered Sea Turtle
February 3, 2013 New research into the mating habits of a critically endangered sea turtle will help conservationists understand more about its mating patterns. Female hawksbill turtles mate at the beginning of the ... > full story -
Bioelectric Signals Can Be Used to Detect Early Cancer
February 1, 2013 Biologists have discovered a bioelectric signal that can identify cells that are likely to develop into tumors. The researchers also found that they could lower the incidence of cancerous cells by ... > full story -
Global Warming Beneficial to Ratsnakes
January 8, 2013 Speculation about how animals will respond to climate change due to global warming led researchers to conduct a study of ratsnakes at three different latitudes -- Ontario, Illinois, and Texas. His ... > full story -
Genetic Matchmaking Saves Endangered Frogs
January 8, 2013 What if Noah got it wrong? What if he paired a male and a female animal thinking they were the same species, and then discovered they were not the same and could not produce offspring? As researchers ... > full story -
Major Source of Evolutionary Differences Among Species Uncovered
December 20, 2012 Researchers have uncovered a genetic basis for fundamental differences between humans and other vertebrates that could also help explain why humans are susceptible to diseases not found in other ... > full story -
Around Two Queries a Week to UK Poisons Service Concern . . . Snakebites
December 19, 2012 Snakebite injuries account for around two phone queries every week to the UK National Poisons Information Service, a newly published audit ... > full story -
New Dinosaur: First Freshwater Mosasaur Discovered
December 19, 2012 A new dinosaur species discovered in Hungary is the first known example of a mosasaur that lived in freshwater river environments similar to modern freshwater dolphins, according to new ... > full story -
Prehistoric Ghosts Revealing New Details: Synchrotron Helps Identify Previously Unseen Anatomy Preserved in Fossils
December 18, 2012 Scientists have used synchrotron-based imaging techniques to identify previously unseen anatomy preserved in fossils. Their work on a 50-million-year-old lizard skin identified the presence of ... > full story -
Cane Toads Can Be Stopped
December 12, 2012 It may be possible to stop the spread of can toads into new areas of Australia, according to new ... > full story
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