News tagged with green lizard

When did the feather take flight?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some 125 million years ago--more recently than once thought possible -- the molecular structure of the modern feather began to take form, according to molecular dating research by scientists ...

Biology / Evolution

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

First lizard genome sequenced

(PhysOrg.com) -- The green anole lizard is an agile and active creature, and so are elements of its genome. This genomic agility and other new clues have emerged from the full sequencing of the lizard's genome ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

A new parasite has been discovered in black green lizards from the Iberian Peninsula

An international team of scientists has discovered a new acarine species (Ophionyssus schreibericolus) that lives off black green lizards from the Iberian Peninsula. This involves the first recording of the O ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Scientists construct, to maintain complementary DNA libraries of first lizard genome sequence

Scientists at Indiana University Bloomington's Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics are credited with constructing the cDNA libraries for the first-ever genome sequence of a non-bird reptile, the North American ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Restoration as science: case of the collared lizard

In a time when a five-year grant is considered a long-term grant, Alan R. Templeton, PhD, a professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has managed to follow some of the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists list top 10 new species

(PhysOrg.com) -- Glow-in-the-dark mushrooms, a batfish flat as a pancake that appears to hop in the water, Titanic-eating bacterium, and a T. rex leech with enormous teeth are among the new species from 2010 ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Leaping roach, 'T-rex' leech among new species

A jumping cockroach, a glow-in-the-dark fungus, a rust-eating bacterium and a leech named "T-rex" were among the top 10 new species discovered in the world last year, US scientists said Monday. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The wrong sites for solar

Is it possible that solar energy - clean, renewable, virtually infinite - could have a downside? As it's being pursued on our public lands, yes.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (7) | comments 12

Cambodian scientist discovers new species of blind and legless lizard

First on record in Cambodia and the first reptile to be both discovered and formally described in a scientific journal by a Cambodian national.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

First image of protein residue in 50 million year old reptile skin

(PhysOrg.com) -- The organic compounds surviving in fifty million year old fossilized reptile skin can be seen for the first time today, thanks to a stunning infra-red image produced by University of Manchester ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

MU researcher works to save one of the world's most endangered birds

The Tuamotu Kingfisher is a multicolored, tropical bird with bright blue feathers, a dusty orange head, and a bright green back. The entire population of these birds – less than 125 – lives on one ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New research offers clearer picture of cold snap's effect on Everglades

Just over a year ago, a killer freeze dropped iguanas from trees, turned pythons into snake-sicles and left Mayan cichlids and other tropical fish bobbing like bloated corks in lakes and canals.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

With cloud computing, the mathematics of evolution may get easier to learn

An innovative, educational computing platform developed by University at Buffalo faculty members and hosted by the cloud (remote, high-capacity, scalable servers) is helping UB students understand parts of ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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