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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
On the Origin of Nematodes: Phylogenetic Tree of World's Most Numerous Group of Animals
Scientists have published
the largest nematode
phylogenetic tree up until
now. It contains over 1,200
species and is entirely
... > full story
Extinct Moa Rewrites New Zealand's History
The evolutionary history of
New Zealand's many extinct
flightless moa has been
re-written in the first
comprehensive study of more
than 260 sub-fossil
specimens to combine all
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To the Bat Cave: Researchers Reconstruct Evolution of Bat Migration With Aid of Mathematical Model
Not just birds, but also a
few species of bats face a
long journey every year.
Researchers have studied the
migratory behavior of the
... > full story
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Bacterially Produced Antifungal on Skin of Amphibians May Protect Against Lethal Fungus
November 20, 2009 — A new study suggests that naturally occurring bacteria on the skin of salamanders could help protect other amphibians, including some species of endangered frogs, from a lethal skin ... > full story -
The Benefits of Stress ... in Plants
November 19, 2009 — Certain wild flax plants growing in poor soils have succeeded in balancing the stress in their lives -- these plants are less likely to experience infection from a fungal pathogen. The new study ... > full story -
Is 80-Year-Old Mistake Leading to First Species to Be Fished to Extinction?
November 19, 2009 — A species of common skate is to become the first marine fish species to be driven to extinction by commercial fishing, due to an error of species classification 80 years ... > full story -
Africa's Rarest Monkey Had an Intriguing Sexual Past, DNA Study Confirms
November 14, 2009 — The most extensive DNA study to-date of Africa's rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past. Of the last two remaining populations of the recently discovered kipunji, one ... > full story -
New Fossil Plant Discovery Links Patagonia to New Guinea in a Warmer Past
November 10, 2009 — Fossil plants provide clues as to what our planet looked like millions of years ago. Identifying fossil plants can be tricky, however, when plant organs fail to be preserved. Researchers recently ... > full story -
Why Do Animals, Especially Males, Have So Many Different Colors?
November 9, 2009 — Why do so many animal species -- including fish, birds and insects -- display such rich diversity in coloration and other traits? New research offers an ... > full story -
Caught In The Act: Butterfly Mate Preference Shows How One Species Can Become Two
November 6, 2009 — Breaking up may not be hard to do, say scientists who've found a population of tropical butterflies that may be splitting into two distinct species. The cause of this particular break-up? A shift in ... > full story -
Are US And European Plovers Really Birds Of A Feather?
November 2, 2009 — The Kentish-Snowy Plover, a small shorebird found in the US and Europe, is 'suffering' from an identity crisis after scientists found genetic evidence that the populations are, in fact, separate ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Ankylosaur Dinosaur Is 'Biological Version Of An Army Tank'
November 1, 2009 — Paleontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur that lived 112 million years ago during the early Cretaceous of central Montana. The new dinosaur, a species of ankylosaur is the biological ... > full story -
Largest Bat In Europe Inhabited Northeastern Spain More Than 10,000 Years Ago
October 30, 2009 — Spanish researchers have confirmed that the largest bat in Europe, Nyctalus lasiopterus, was present in north-eastern Spain during the Late Pleistocene. The Greater Noctule fossils found in the ... > full story
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