Placentals ruled before the Cretaceous - OK!

Posted Thu, 24 May 2012 12:09:00 GMT by Dave Armstrong

Theropod dinosaurs ruled the earth then died out in the Cretaceous, leaving the little mammals to diversify. Many genomes are now examinable for signs of diversification in these species' past.

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When dinosaurs ruled the Pampas

Posted Wed, 23 May 2012 10:40:33 GMT by Dave Armstrong

In Patagonia, which was part of southern Gondwanaland, a very early complete (almost) theropod dinosaur example has been found from the middle of the Jurassic period, 40 million years before any relative.

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Robo-fish uses arti-fish-ial intelligence to find pollution

Posted Tue, 22 May 2012 13:27:20 GMT by Adrian Bishop

Robotic fish used to find pollution. A four-foot robot fish that uses artificial intelligence to track, find and record water pollution is being tested.

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Pollination: Flowers are masters of reproduction

Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 15:16:00 GMT by Adrian Bishop

American university researchers have found how flowers have an efficient way of reproducing, ensuring that fertilisation is successful even if the initial pollen is faulty.

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Where, how and what do an ant and a pitcher plant exchange?

Posted Wed, 16 May 2012 10:28:34 GMT by Dave Armstrong

Mutual benefits of a relationship between an ant species and pitcher plant; mutualism. Only one of the 120 species of the Nepenthes genus has been found so far to use a single plant - ant species within its tissues to help out.

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History of a giant salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus)

Posted Sun, 13 May 2012 15:03:00 GMT by Dave Armstrong

Ecology of coastal giant salamanders, (Dicamptodon tenebrosus). Research into the genetic structure and history of giant salamander populations in the United States and Canada.

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