Medical News Today: Vulturine guineafowl's complex societies overturn scientific assumptions
For the first time, researchers have found that some birds form multilevel societies, which zoologists had thought was something that only mammals did. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Veterinary Source Type: news
Meet The Mysterious Blob At The Paris Zoo
NPR's Scott Simon asks Audrey Dussutour of the French National Center for Scientific Research about a blob on display at the Paris Zoological Park. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - October 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The week in wildlife – in pictures
A plucky otter, a mysterious blob and a Florida panther on the prowlContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 18, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Compiled by Eric Hilaire Tags: Wildlife Environment Animals World news Zoology Biology Science Source Type: news
Precious escargot: the mission to return tiny snails to Pacific islands
British zoologists part of global project to release 15,000 endangered creatures vital to French PolynesiaThey are some of the smallest animals on our planet, measuring from 1cm to 2cm in length. But the recent return of thousands of tiny tropical tree snails toFrench Polynesia represents one of the biggest reintroduction programmes ever attempted by conservationists.More than 15,000 partula snails – bred by a total of 16 key international conservation organisations, including theZoological Society of London(ZSL), and Edinburgh, Chester and Amsterdam zoos – have been shipped out to Polynesia over the past five years. A...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 28, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie science editor Tags: Conservation Wildlife Environment South Pacific Biodiversity Biology World news UK news Source Type: news
The week in wildlife – in pictures
An award-winning seal in a seaweed garden, a hippo in drought-hit Botswana and a sableContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 27, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Compiled by Eric Hilaire Tags: Wildlife Environment Animals World news Zoology Biology Science Source Type: news
Human-sized penguin fossil discovered in New Zealand
New species said to have been four times heavier than emperor penguinA giant penguin that stood as tall as a person has been identified from fossil leg bones discovered by an amateur palaeontologist on New Zealand ’s South Island.At 1.6 metres and 80kg (12st), the new species,Crossvallia waiparensis, was four times as heavy and 40cm taller than the emperor penguin, the largest living penguin.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 14, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Patrick Barkham Tags: Extinct wildlife Archaeology New Zealand Museums Science Zoology Asia Pacific Source Type: news
Bears on the Moon, Musk Vs. Bezos, and How Venus Became Hell in Space
A version of this first appeared as the TIME Space newsletter sent on Aug. 10.
There are now bears on the moon.
No, really. They’re tiny bears—barely half a millimeter in length—but they’re there. And oh yeah, they may be alive. The bears in question are actually tardigrades—a little like worms, a little like insects, with a fat, segmented body, and eight legs ending in tiny claws. Discovered in 1773 by a German zoologist who nicknamed them kleiner Wasserbär, or “little water bear,” they are found pretty much everywhere on Earth because they can live pretty much an...
Source: TIME: Science - August 12, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Space Source Type: news
Tardigrades may have survived spacecraft crashing on moon
Scientists believe the Beresheet ’s unusual cargo may be alive and well on the moonThe odds of finding life on the moon have suddenly rocketed skywards. But rather than elusive alien moonlings, the beings in question came from Earth and were spilled across the landscape when a spacecraft crashed into the surface.The Israeli Beresheet probe was meant to be thefirst private lander to touch down on the moon. And all was going smoothly until mission controllers lost contact in April as the robotic craft made its way down.Beyond all the technology that was lost in the crash, Beresheet had an unusual cargo: a few thousand tiny...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 7, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Science Space The moon Nasa Zoology Biology Source Type: news
Species on the move
(Zoological Society of London) A total of 55 animal species in the UK have been displaced from their natural ranges or enabled to arrive for the first time on UK shores because of climate change over the last 10 years (2008-2018) -- as revealed in a new study published today by scientists at international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London). (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 18, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Bears and wolves to coexist in UK woods for first time in 1,000 years
Bear Wood near Bristol aims to spark debate about rewilding of ancient woodlandsFor the first time in more than 1,000 years native bears and wolves are coming snout to muzzle with each other among towering oaks and ashes in a slice of British woodland.European brown bears, thought to have become extinct in the British wilds in medieval times, and grey wolves – which roamed free until the 17th century – are to coexist in a project called Bear Wood near Bristol.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 16, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Steven Morris Tags: UK news Bristol Animals Conservation Environment Zoology Science Source Type: news
Avian malaria behind drastic decline of London's iconic sparrow?
(Zoological Society of London) London's house sparrows (Passer domesticus) have plummeted by 71% since 1995, with new research suggesting avian malaria could be to blame. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 16, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Let ’s Dive Into the Story of the ‘Ravioli Starfish’ That Looks Like a Stuffed-Pasta Shaped Wonder of the Sea
The newly minted internet star is a starfish that looks like an Italian dinner dish.
The “ravioli” starfish, also dubbed online a “cookie” starfish, was the species most frequently found during a recent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) dive into the Atlantic Ocean off the southeast coast of the U.S. The Plinthaster dentatus, as it’s formally called, is of course not edible.
While it may be strange to see this shape of starfish, it’s a pretty normal sea creature, according to Chris Mah, an invertebrate zoology research associate at the Smithsonian National Museum of ...
Source: TIME: Science - July 11, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Rachel E. Greenspan Tags: Uncategorized Ocean onetime viral Source Type: news
Last Chance to Register: 2019 Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits
The deadline to register for the 2019 Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits event is approaching.
This national initiative, organized by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is an opportunity for scientists from across the country to meet with their federal or state elected officials to showcase the people, facilities, and equipment that are required to support and conduct scientific research and education.
Now in its eleventh year, the event enables scientists, graduate students, representatives of research facilities, and people affiliated with scientific collections to meet with their feder...
Source: Public Policy Reports - July 9, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Help Inform Science Policy, Meet Your Lawmakers This Summer
Registration is now open for the 2019 Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits event.
This national initiative, organized by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is an opportunity for scientists from across the country to meet with their federal or state elected officials to showcase the people, facilities, and equipment that are required to support and conduct scientific research and education.
Now in its eleventh year, the event enables scientists, graduate students, representatives of research facilities, and people affiliated with scientific collections to meet with their federal or state ele...
Source: Public Policy Reports - June 25, 2019 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Rare baby gorilla born at Taronga zoo
Taronga Conservation Society Australia has announced the birth of a Western Lowland gorilla. The female, yet to be named, was born on Thursday 6 June to Frala, an experienced mother, and was sired by Kibali• ‘Gorilla selfie’: DRC park ranger explains photo that went viralContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 21, 2019 Category: Science Tags: Endangered species Zoology Biology Environment Animals Sydney Australia news Source Type: news
