News tagged with hermit crabs
Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni: Fossil hermit crab named after Michael Jackson
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Kent State University researcher was part of an international team of paleontologists that recently made a significant discovery in northern Spain. The group discovered a new family, genus ...
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Jan 19, 2012 |
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Social networking helps hermit crabs find homes (w/ Video)
Everyone wants to live in the nicest possible house, ideally with regular upgrades. A recent study by biologists at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences and the New England Aquarium reveals that hermit crabs may ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Tool use in an invertebrate: The coconut-carrying octopus
Scientists once thought of tool use as a defining feature of humans. That's until examples of tool use came in from other primates, along with birds and an array of other mammals. Now, a report in the December 14th issue ...
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Scientists confirm crab's memory of pain
New research published by a Queen’s University Belfast academic has shown that crabs not only suffer pain but that they retain a memory of it.
Mar 27, 2009 |
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Birds frozen in oil: image of a desperate summer
(AP) -- They are the ghastly images of a summer fouled before it started. Squawking seagulls and majestic brown pelicans coated in oil. Click. Gunk dripping from their beaks. Click. Big eyes wide open. Click. ...
Jun 05, 2010 |
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Coconut palms bring ecological change to tropics, researchers say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Those graceful coconut palms swaying in tropical breezes are lowering nutrient levels in the soils and the plants around them, thereby altering the eating habits of animals. Researchers say ...
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Researchers plan DNA sequencing for entire Pacific island
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Florida researchers are collecting marine invertebrates on the French Polynesian island of Moorea as part of a massive effort to inventory the DNA sequence of every living species ...
Dec 02, 2009 |
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New study reveals king crabs go deep to avoid hot water
Researchers from the University of Southampton have drawn together 200 years' worth of oceanographic knowledge to investigate the distribution of a notorious deep-sea giant - the king crab. The results, published this week ...
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Gene decides whether coral relative will fuse or fight
When coral colonies meet one another on the reef, they have two options: merge into a single colony or reject each other and aggressively compete for space. Now, a report in the March 19th Current Biology, a Cell Press public ...
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Crab claws pack strengthening bromide-rich biomaterial
Next time you have an unlucky encounter with a crab's pinchers, consider that the claw tips may be reinforced with bromine-rich biomaterial 1.5 times harder than acrylic glass and extremely fracture resistant, says a University ...
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Microbes compete with animals for food by making it stink
Microbes may compete with large animal scavengers by producing repugnant chemicals that deter higher species from consuming valuable food resources -- such as decaying meat, seeds and fruit, a new study suggests.
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Nov 01, 2006 |
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