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Pollutants Could Pose Health Risks for Five Sea Turtle Species
June 28, 2012 — Researchers have measured for the first time concentrations of 13 compounds in five different endangered species of sea turtles that approach the amounts known to cause adverse health effects in ... > full story -
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Rattlesnakes Strike Again, Bites More Toxic
June 5, 2012 — Each year, approximately 8,000 Americans are bitten by venomous snakes. On average, 800 or so bites occur annually in California, home to an abundance of snake species, but only one family is native ... > full story -
Iconic New Zealand Reptile Shows Chewing Is Not Just for Mammals
May 29, 2012 — The tuatara, an iconic New Zealand reptile, chews its food in a way unlike any other animal on the planet -- challenging the widespread perception that complex chewing ability is closely linked to ... > full story -
El Niño Weather and Climate Change Threaten Survival of Baby Leatherback Sea Turtles
May 24, 2012 — When critically endangered leatherback turtle hatchlings dig out of their nests, they enter a world filled with threats to survival. Now, Drexel University researchers have found that the climate ... > full story -
Turtles More Closely Related to Birds Than Lizards and Snakes, Genetic Evidence Shows
May 23, 2012 — Having recently looked at more than a thousand of the least-changed regions in the genomes of turtles and their closest relatives, biologists have confirmed that turtles are most closely related to ... > full story -
New Frog Species from Panama Dyes Fingers Yellow
May 22, 2012 — Biologists have discovered a new, beautiful golden frog species in western Panama. The frog that hides in very dense vegetation has attracted the scientists' attention when they first heard the ... > full story -
Richer Parasite Diversity Helps Protect Frogs from Viruses That Cause Malformed Limbs
May 21, 2012 — Increases in the diversity of parasites that attack amphibians cause a decrease in the infection success rate of virulent parasites, including one that causes malformed limbs and premature death, ... > full story -
For Bats: What Sounds Good Doesn't Always Taste Good
May 21, 2012 — Bats use a combination of cues in their hunting sequence - capture, handling and consumption - to decide which prey to attack, catch and consume and which ones they are better off leaving alone or ... > full story -
Ancient Giant Turtle Fossil Was Size of Smart Car
May 17, 2012 — Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie pool. Paleontologists have found just such a specimen -- the fossilized remains of a 60-million-year-old ... > full story -
Let's Get Moving: Unraveling How Locomotion Starts
May 16, 2012 — Scientists have shed new light on one of the great unanswered questions of neuroscience: How the brain initiates rhythmic movements like walking, running and ... > full story
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