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Snakes and how they helped our big brains evolve

Biology / Evolution

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 2

The threat of snakes gave primates superior vision and large brains -- and fueled a critical aspect of human evolution, UC Davis anthropology professor Lynne Isbell argues in a new book.





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'Vicious' Giant Python Invading Florida

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- New studies suggest a 20 foot snake, the African rock python, is making its home in Florida and could soon invade the Everglades National Park.


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Venomous sea snakes play heads or tails with their predators

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In a deadly game of heads or tails venomous sea snakes in the Pacific and Indian Oceans deceive their predators into believing they have two heads, claims research published today in Marine Ecology.


Snake venoms share similar ingredients

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created Dec 20, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Venoms from different snake families may have many deadly ingredients in common, more than was previously thought. A study published in the online open access journal BMC Molecular Biology has unexpectedly discovered three- ...


Study of isolated snakes could help shed light on venom composition

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While studying a way to more safely and effectively collect snake venom, University of Florida researchers have noticed the venom delivered by an isolated population of Florida cottonmouth snakes may be changing in response ...


Northwest salmon recovery plan may include breaching dams

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a case closely followed by environmental and business interests, a rewritten plan for restoring endangered and threatened wild salmon runs on the Columbia and Snake rivers in Washington state and Idaho includes studying ...


A 12-foot (3.65m) Burmese python that was captured in the backyard of a home in south Miami, Florida

Florida grapples slippery giant snake invasion

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Florida homes and swamps more used to dealing with dangerous critters like alligators now face a more foreign invader -- giant pet snakes escaped into the wild whose numbers are growing at an alarming rate.


Report documents the risks of giant invasive snakes in the US

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Five giant non-native snake species would pose high risks to the health of ecosystems in the United States should they become established here, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report released today.


Salmon migration mystery explored on Idaho's Clearwater River

Salmon migration mystery explored on Idaho's Clearwater River

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Temperature differences and slow-moving water at the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in Idaho might delay the migration of threatened juvenile salmon and allow them to grow larger ...


Indoor plants found to release volatile organic compounds

Indoor plants found to release volatile organic compounds

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Potted plants add a certain aesthetic value to homes and offices, bringing a touch of nature to indoor spaces. It has also been shown that many common house plants have the ability to remove volatile organic ...


Northwestern United States could face more tamarisk invasion by century's end

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If the future warming trends that scientists have projected are realized, one of the country's most aggressive exotic plants will have the potential to invade more U.S. land area, according to a new study published in the ...



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