The week in Wildlife – in pictures
The best wildlife pictures from around the world, from golden frogs to homebound birdsContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 18, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Eric Hilaire Tags: Wildlife Environment Animals World news Zoology Biology Science Conservation Source Type: news
Scientists to examine the possibility Covid-19 leaked from a Chinese lab
An international team led by Dr Peter Daszak, a British zoologist, will delve into all theories of the virus's origins including that it leaked from a lab in China (pictured, Wuhan Institute of Virology). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Why wait for it?' How to predict a pandemic
Strides are being made towards an open access atlas that could predict where dangerous animal-borne viruses will next appearHow do you predict where a deadly tropical disease such as Ebola, possibly the most virulent in the world, will appear next? Since it first emerged in a small town on the edge of a Congolese forest, it has broken out in seven other African countries, often thousands of miles apart.Sometimes it has spilled out of remote rainforest and then disappeared for years. Other times it has turned up in cities, baffling world bodies and governments that can only try to respond as fast as possible. But actually, ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 16, 2020 Category: Science Authors: John Vidal Tags: Infectious diseases Ebola Zika virus Coronavirus outbreak Microbiology Medical research Science World news Animals Farming Environment Climate change Source Type: news
A new species of spider
(Universit ä t Bayreuth) During a research stay in the highlands of Colombia conducted as part of her doctorate, Charlotte Hopfe, PhD student at the University of Bayreuth, has discovered and zoologically described a new species of spider. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - September 16, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Are aliens hiding in plain sight?
Several missions this year are seeking out life on the red planet. But would we recognise extraterrestrials if we found them?In July, three unmanned missions blasted off to Mars – from China (Tianwen-1), the US (Nasa ’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover) and the United Arab Emirates (Hope). The Chinese and American missions have lander craft that will seek signs of current or past life on Mars. Nasa is also planning to send itsEuropa Clipper probe to survey Jupiter ’s moon Europa, and the robotic landerDragonfly to Saturn ’s moon Titan. Both moons are widely thought to be promising hunting grounds for life in our solar ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 5, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Philip Ball Tags: Alien life Science Mars Space Biology Saturn Jupiter Astronomy Biochemistry and molecular biology Zoology Source Type: news
Book Excerpt from How Zoologists Organize Things
In Chapter 1,“An ABC of Early Classification,” author David Bainbridge explores the theological roots of zoology. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - September 1, 2020 Category: Science Tags: Reading Frames Source Type: news
Opinion: Zoology ’s Racism Problem
A new book explores the history of scientists ’ efforts to classify living things. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - September 1, 2020 Category: Science Tags: Reading Frames Source Type: news
The week in wildlife - in pictures
The pick of the world ’s best flora and fauna photos, including a ring-tailed lemur and a spiky sea cucumberContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 10, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Eric Hilaire Tags: Wildlife Environment Animals World news Zoology Science Biology Germany Japan Italy UK news Scotland Source Type: news
The week in wildlife - in pictures
The pick of the world ’s best flora and fauna photos, including a perky grasshopper and a sleepy turtleContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 26, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Eric Hilaire Tags: Wildlife Environment Animals World news Zoology Biology South Africa Thailand Germany Vietnam Asia Pacific Source Type: news
Fossils of 'big boned' marsupial shed light on wombat evolution
Mukupirna, meaning ‘big bones’, was probably five times the size of living wombatsFossils of a huge, hairy creature with shovel-shaped hands and unusual teeth could hold clues to the evolution of today ’s wombats, researchers say.They say the fossils belong to a new member of a group of marsupials called vombatiforms, and one of the earliest such creatures yet discovered.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 25, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis and Naaman Zhou Tags: Evolution Fossils Zoology Biology Science Australia news World news Source Type: news
Goodbye 'extinction,' hello 'evanescence'? Validating a new paradigm
(University of Chicago Press Journals) Naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier established extinction as a distinct field of science in a series of publications beginning in 1799. He confirmed that fossil species were formerly living species no longer extant, confirming similar conclusions of classical Greek scholars. However, mechanisms thought to control the process remained controversial for two centuries. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 18, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Africa: What Zoologists Should Learn From a Zoonotic Pandemic
[The Conversation Africa] Zoology has an illustrious history; it has triggered paradigm shifts in thinking. One of the best known was Darwin's theory of evolution, based on his observations of the natural world. It became the cornerstone of current zoological research. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 5, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Allosaurus dinosaur suspected to be scavenging cannibal
Dinosaur-on-dinosaur dining habit revealed by scrutiny of fossil bones from Colorado siteAbout nine metres long, with grasping claws and a skull it used like a hatchet,Allosaurus was among the most fearsome dinosaurs of the Jurassic period. Now, it seems, the animal could also have been a cannibal.Fossil researchers have revealed that bite marks found in a cache of dinosaur bones from the Mygatt-Moore quarry, western Colorado, were made by dinosaur-on-dinosaur dining. And the marks on Allosaurus bones had potentially been made by dinosaurs of their own kind.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 27, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Dinosaurs Fossils Zoology Science Research publishing US news Scotland Academics UK news Source Type: news
Camper on Closed Disney World Island Is Charged With Trespassing
Richard J. McGuire told the police that Discovery Island, an 11-acre zoological park with aromatic trees and walk-through aviaries that closed in 1999, looked like a “tropical paradise.” (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Johnny Diaz Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks Trespassing Disney, Walt, World (Lake Buena Vista, Fla) Florida Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Richard J. McGuire Discovery Island Alabama Source Type: news
All Your Coronavirus Questions, Answered
One of the worst symptoms of any plague is uncertainty—who it will strike, when it will end, why it began. Merely understanding a pandemic does not stop it, but an informed public can help curb its impact and slow its spread. It can also provide a certain ease of mind in a decidedly uneasy time. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 pandemic from TIME’s readers, along with the best and most current answers science can provide.
A note about our sourcing: While there are many, many studies underway investigating COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-19, the novel coronavirus that causes the illn...
Source: TIME: Health - April 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TIME Staff Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Explainer Source Type: news
