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Dwarf Crocodile Consumes Crab

Dwarf crocodiles split into three species

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created Dec 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

You'd think that if scientists were to discover a new species, it would be in some remote, uncharted tropical forest, not a laboratory in New York. But a team from the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics ...





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Magnets might dissuade crocodiles from settling in neighborhoods

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created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Magnets taped to the heads of captured crocodiles could keep them from returning to South Florida neighborhoods where they're not wanted, state wildlife officials said Monday.


Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia (AP)

Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight - at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia.


Business is booming at Ismail Dauda's crocodile tannery in northern Nigeria

Skin demand threatens Nigeria crocs

Biology / Ecology

created May 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Business is booming at Ismail Dauda's crocodile tannery in northern Nigeria, but environmentalists fear soaring demand for skins could be driving the reptiles to extinction.


Cosmic Dance Helps Galaxies Lose Weight

Cosmic Dance Helps Galaxies Lose Weight

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study published this week in the journal Nature offers an explanation for the origin of dwarf spheroidal galaxies. The research may settle an outstanding puzzle in unders ...


From the egg, baby crocodiles call to each other and to mom

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created Jun 23, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

For the first time, researchers have shown that the pre-hatching calls of baby Nile crocodiles actually mean something to their siblings and to their mothers. The calls—which are perfectly audible to humans and sound like ...


Mapping the crocodile genome

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The first ever genetic linkage map for a non-avian member of the Class Reptilia has been developed. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have constructed a first-generation genetic linkage map for th ...


XMM-Newton uncovers a celestial Rosetta stone

XMM-Newton uncovers a celestial Rosetta stone

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray telescope has uncovered a celestial Rosetta stone: the first close-up of a white dwarf star, circling a companion star, that could explode into a particular ...


Erie County home to plant never before recorded in Pa.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) scientists have discovered a plant in Erie County that has never been recorded in Pennsylvania.


Invisible matters: How dwarf galaxies may lose their light

Invisible matters: How dwarf galaxies may lose their light

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study seeking to answer the question of why some galaxies are extremely dark compared with others may eventually help to explain the formation of all galaxies, according to researchers ...


New stars from old gas surprise astronomers

New stars from old gas surprise astronomers

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created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence of star birth within a cloud of primordial gas has given astronomers a glimpse of a previously unknown mode of galaxy formation. The cloud, known as the Leo Ring, appears to lack ...



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