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Survival of the Fittest: Predator Wasps Breed at the Expense of Spider Juveniles
February 4, 2013 — A study conducted in Portugal reveals the dark secrets of two wasp species whose larvae feed on ant-eating spiders Zodarion styliferum. The juveniles of the host find their death while hidden away in ... > full story -
Disease Not a Factor in Tasmanian Tiger Extinction; Humans to Blame for Demise of Extinct Australian Predator
January 31, 2013 — Humans alone were responsible for the demise of Australia's iconic extinct native predator, the Tasmanian Tiger or thylacine, a new study has ... > full story -
24 New Species of Flower Fly Have Been Found in Central and Southern America
January 31, 2013 — Scientists have described twenty four new species of dipterans belonging to Quichuana genus, of which only a further 24 species were known. The researchers have been studying the forests of Central ... > full story -
Almost 500 New Species Discovered at Senckenberg: Newly Discovered Species in 2011 and 2012
January 25, 2013 — In the last two years scientists at the Senckenberg research institutes have discovered and described almost 500 new ... > full story -
Extinction Rates Not as Bad as Feared ... for Now: Scientists Challenge Common Belief
January 24, 2013 — Concerns that many animals are becoming extinct, before scientists even have time to identify them, are greatly overstated, according to new ... > full story -
More Small Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Than Thought
January 23, 2013 — Researchers used fossilized teeth to identify at least 23 species of small meat-eating ... > full story -
Brain of Ampelosaur from Cuenca (Spain) Revealed
January 23, 2013 — Scientists have made a 3-D reconstruction of the remains of ampelosaur, found in 2007 in the site of Lo Hueco (Cuenca). The fossils are about 70 million years old (Late ... > full story -
Previous Unknown Fossilized Fox Species Found
January 23, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a 2-million-year-old fossil fox at Malapa, South Africa, in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site. The previously unknown species of fox has been named Vulpes ... > full story -
Earliest Sea Cow Ancestors Originated in Africa, Lived in Fresh Water
January 16, 2013 — A new fossil discovered in Tunisia represents the oldest known ancestor of modern-day sea cows, supporting the African origins of these marine ... > full story -
Bugs Reveal the Richness of Species on Earth
January 11, 2013 — Researchers have carried out a survey of the biological diversity in a tropical rainforest. Their efforts have helped them find the key to one of the existential questions to which people have long ... > full story
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