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Ants can save millions from earthquakes
Posted Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:46:43 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe ant way to earthquake prediction. There is help already available to predict earthquakes, not the early warning seismology that tsunami warning centres provide, but ants.
Ants can save millions from earthquakes
Tyrannosaur that Swam in the Shallow End
Posted Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:30:31 GMT by Dave ArmstrongCould a tyrannosaur wade or swim after prey? While the two-legged dinosaurs were taller and better able to cross water than some four legged species, there is little evidence to assess how they dealt with hunting or migrating in water.
Tyrannosaur that Swam in the Shallow End
Surfing by tortoises
Posted Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:01:00 GMT by Paul RobinsonGenetic surfing in tortoises. It's created among a population that is subject to many founding events and lots of genetic drift!
Surfing by tortoises
The Neander Valley has a lot to answer for!
Posted Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:11:48 GMT by Dave ArmstrongA new study on Neanderthals and the evolution of human ancestors' brains has been published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
The Neander Valley has a lot to answer for!
Butterflies Blown Away in the Baltic
Posted Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:34:10 GMT by Paul RobinsonThe Granville Fritillary is rare and endangered in parts of its range. On PT (Pikku-Tytarsaari) Island in the Russian part of the Baltic Sea, the population is 100 on a 10 hectare area of suitable habitat.
Butterflies Blown Away in the Baltic
New Species! Eelpout species numbers rise with another deep-sea find
Posted Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:06:48 GMT by Dave ArmstrongA new species of eelpout has been discovered in the Kermadec Trench. The eelpout is named because of its long body, but it's actually in the perch group, related to the little blenny or the large ocean pout.
New Species! Eelpout species numbers rise with another deep-sea find
Ants are good at crowd control!
Posted Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:59:00 GMT by Dave Armstrong'Go to the ant,' is the instruction. But when ants are crowded, they cannot get around their trails so easily.
Ants are good at crowd control!
Tree Frogs and their adhesive addiction!
Posted Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:24:00 GMT by Paul RobinsonThe tree frog, like the gecko requires extraordinary adhesion from its toes.
Tree Frogs and their adhesive addiction!
The natural forest community depends on plants that depend on soil
Posted Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:47:00 GMT by Paul RobinsonResearch on forest ecology in areas of the tropics has been held back for many years, sometimes simply because of the great diversity of plant and animal species influencing each other's niches.
The natural forest community depends on plants that depend on soil
How mammals got so big
Posted Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:55:00 GMT by Dave Armstrong1031 large orders of the Mammalia, excluding whales and bats, have been followed during the Coenozoic since dinosaurs disappeared and some small mammals appeared.
How mammals got so big
Human brain and body mass
Posted Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:58:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongResearchers in Brazil have discovered that fire and/or cooking had to be developed for our diet long before palaeontologists believed possible, around 1.7 million years ago.
Human brain and body mass
Cretacean murder mystery solved, or is it?
Posted Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:43:38 GMT by Dave ArmstrongMillions of years ago in the Cretaceous period a spider attacked a parasitic wasp in its web, and was then preserved in amber.
Cretacean murder mystery solved, or is it?
New plant-eating dwarf dinosaur discovered - Pegomastax africanus
Posted Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:00:00 GMT by Adrian BishopPegomastax africanus, a new species of tiny plant-eating dinosaur under two feet long has been found from South African fossils.
New plant-eating dwarf dinosaur discovered - Pegomastax africanus
Masculin-feminin!
Posted Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:01:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe way in which our genes are shared between the sexes creates antagonism between those sexy feminine traits and the equally sexy male attributes. Luckily, the result also depends on genes that modify the selection process!
Masculin-feminin!
Curiosity gets the better of us
Posted Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:09:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe Curiosity rover is discovering features of rivers and lakes that flowed vigorously on the surface of Mars, while under the surface are reserves of ice.
Curiosity gets the better of us
Novel Photography from The Barrier Reef
Posted Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:50:17 GMT by Dave ArmstrongGoogle Maps have released several panoramas which let you see exactly what our scuba and diver friends see.
Novel Photography from The Barrier Reef
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Minoans and genes
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