Researchers rethink life in a cold climate after Antarctic find
Scientists surprised by marine organisms on boulder on sea floor beneath 900 metres of ice shelfThe accidental discovery of marine organisms on a boulder on the sea floor beneath 900 metres (3,000ft) of Antarctic ice shelf has led scientists to rethink the limits of life on Earth.Researchers stumbled on the life-bearing rock after sinking a borehole through nearly a kilometre of the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf on the south-eastern Weddell Sea to obtain a sediment core from the seabed.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 15, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Science Antarctica Marine life Zoology Biology Environment World news Source Type: news
WHO Mission Finds COVID-19 Is ‘Extremely Unlikely’ to Have Originated from Wuhan Lab
(WUHAN, China) — The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, dismissing as unlikely an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab.
A closely watched visit by World Health Organization experts to Wuhan—the Chinese city where the first coronavirus cases were discovered — did not dramatically change the current understanding of the early days of the pandemic, said Peter Ben Embarek, the leader of the WHO team.
But it did “add details to that story,&rdquo...
Source: TIME: Health - February 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA/AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 wire Source Type: news
Lucy Cooke: How Did Slowness Become The Sloth's Secret To Survival?
It's easy to see why sloths have become icons of laziness. But zoologist Lucy Cooke says behind their leisurely pace is a marvelous evolutionary advantage that is the secret to their survival.(Image credit: Callie Giovanna / TED) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NPR/TED Staff Source Type: news
Tel Aviv University professor wins Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in Israel
(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Professor Yossi Yovel, Associate Professor of Zoology at Tel Aviv University (TAU), is one of three Laureates to be awarded 2021 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Professor Yovel was recognized for his work in the area of Life Sciences and will receive $100,000. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Wanted: UK bison rangers, no previous experience expected
Project using large beasts to help restore woodland offers unprecedented job opportunityCan you handle a beast as heavy as a small car, that can hurdle high fences from a standing start, and is a peaceful bulldozer for biodiversity?If you ’re not intimidated by the weightiest wild land mammal in Europe, you could become Britain’s first ever bison ranger.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 13, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Patrick Barkham and agencies Tags: Wildlife Environment Extinct wildlife Conservation Zoology Animals Insects UK news Netherlands Europe Biology Science World news Source Type: news
Fatal captive tiger attack - a case report with review of literature - Kanchan T, Shekhawat RS, Shetty BSK, Jayaram L, Meshram VP.
The attacks on humans by big captive felids has been an issue of concern for the administration of zoological parks and wildlife conservationists. The theme of human-animal conflict takes a new dimension for the wild animals kept in zoos, circuses, exoti... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Non-Human Animals and Insects Source Type: news
Siberia permafrost yields well-preserved ice age woolly rhino
Calf carcass from thawing ground in north-east region of Yakutia found with many internal organs intactA well-preserved ice age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from the permafrost in Russia ’s extreme northern region.Russian media reported on Wednesday that the carcass was revealed by thawing permafrost in Yakutia in August. Scientists are waiting for ice roads in the Arctic region to become passable to deliver the animal to a laboratory for studies in January.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 30, 2020 Category: Science Authors: AP in Moscow Tags: Fossils Extinct wildlife Science Climate change Europe Evolution Zoology Biology Geology Russia World news Arctic Source Type: news
Digital technology reveals secrets of UK's earliest dinosaur
Thecodontosaurus antiquusa nimble omnivore that ran on two legs, CT scans and 3D modelling suggestBritain ’s earliest dinosaur was a nimble omnivore that ran around on two legs, unlike its later relatives brontosaurus and diplodocus, research suggests.Standing at about the height of a 10-year-old child, and 1.5 metres in length with a long thin tail,Thecodontosaurus antiquus roamed the Earth during the Triassic period, more than 205m years ago, when Britain consisted of many islands surrounded by warm seas. As well as being one of the earliest dinosaurs, it was also among the first to be discovered. It was unearthed by B...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 14, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Linda Geddes Tags: Dinosaurs Evolution Biology Fossils Science Zoology UK news Bristol University of Bristol Source Type: news
Scientists identify deep-sea blob as new species using only video
Duobrachium sparksae is a type of ctenophore, or comb jellyVideo identification without specimen ‘can be controversial’Scientists have for the first time identified a small gelatinous blob in the deep sea as a new species, using only high-definition underwater cameras.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 1, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Oliver Milman in New York Tags: Marine life Environment Wildlife Science Biology Zoology Source Type: news
Study finds false widow spiders bite can transmit harmful antibiotic-resistant bacteria
(National University of Ireland Galway) A team of zoologists and microbiologists from NUI Galway have published a new study showing that common house spiders carry bacteria susceptible to infect people, with the Noble False Widow spiders also carrying harmful strains resistant to common antibiotic treatments. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Remains of new flying reptile species spotted in UK museum drawer
Student finds mislabelled fragment of pterosaur, which flew over eastern England up to 66m years agoA fossil that been had languishing in a museum drawer in Brighton, wrongly labelled as a shark fin skeleton, has now been identified as a completely new species of prehistoric flying reptile that soared majestically over what are now the Cambridgeshire fens.Roy Smith, a University of Portsmouth PhD student, identified the creature after realising was much more unusual and interesting than its label suggested. He identified the fossil as the tip of the beak of a new species of pterosaur (from the Greek for “winged lizard”...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 10, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Steven Morris Tags: Archaeology Evolution Biology Reptiles Fossils Science Zoology Cambridge UK news Dinosaurs University of Portsmouth Museums Culture Source Type: news
Jacky dragon moms' time in the sun affects their kids
(University of Chicago Press Journals) A new study conducted at the University of New South Wales and published in the November/December 2020 issue ofPhysiological and Biochemical Zoology sheds light on a possible connection between an animal's environmental conditions and the traits of its offspring. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Forgotten ideas from a Black zoologist
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Source: ScienceNOW - October 29, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Alderton, G. Tags: twis Source Type: news
Tardigrades' latest superpower: a fluorescent protective shield
Scientists identify a species that appears to absorb potentially lethal UV radiation and emit blue lightThe might be tiny creatures with a comical appearance, but tardigrades are one of life ’s great survivors. Now scientists say they have found a new species boasting an unexpected piece of armour: a protective fluorescent shield.Related:Tardigrades: Earth ’s unlikely beacon of life that can survive a cosmic cataclysmContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 14, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Science Biology Animals World news India Zoology Source Type: news
Botswana says it has solved mystery of mass elephant die-off
Elephants may have ingested toxins produced by bacteria found in waterholesHundreds of elephants died in Botswana earlier this year from ingesting toxins produced by cyanobacteria, according to government officials who say they will be testing waterholes for algal blooms next rainy season to reduce the risk of another mass die-off.Themysterious death of 350 elephants in the Okavango delta between May and June baffled conservationists, withleading theories suggesting they were killed by a rodent virus known as EMC (encephalomyocarditis) or toxins from algal blooms.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 21, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Phoebe Weston Tags: Environment Animals World news Botswana Africa Conservation Zoology Biology Science Zimbabwe Source Type: news
