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DNA study sheds new light on horse evolution

DNA study sheds new light on horse evolution

Biology / Evolution

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ancient DNA retrieved from extinct horse species from around the world has challenged one of the textbook examples of evolution - the fossil record of the horse family Equidae over the past ...


Abundance of a look-alike species clouds population status of a million dollar fish

Biology / Ecology

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The prized white marlin, sought by anglers in million dollar prize tournaments and captured incidentally in commercial fisheries, is among the most overfished marine species under international management and the subject ...


Probing Question: What are wildlife corridors?

Probing Question: What are wildlife corridors?

Biology / Ecology

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Imagine that an unknown force hacks your city into two chunks. Because of this new barrier, you can’t get from your home to your office or the grocery store. Suddenly, your access to critical resources is ...


 Killer catfish? Venomous species surprisingly common, study finds

Killer catfish? Venomous species surprisingly common, study finds

Biology / Plants & Animals

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Name all the venomous animals you can think of and you probably come up with snakes, spiders, bees, wasps and perhaps poisonous frogs. But catfish?


Early carnivorous dinosaurs crossed continents

Early carnivorous dinosaurs crossed continents

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Did the first dinosaurs wander across continents or stay put where they first evolved? The first dinosaurs evolved 230 million years ago when the continents were assembled into one landmass called Pangea. ...


Introns: A mystery renewed

Introns: A mystery renewed

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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The sequences of nonsense DNA that interrupt genes could be far more important to the evolution of genomes than previously thought, according to a recent Science report by Indiana University Bloomington and ...


Asian carp raises fear and loathing on Great Lakes

Biology / Ecology

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(AP) -- After nearly four decades as a fishing guide on the Great Lakes, Pat Chrysler has seen enough damage from invasive species to fear what giant, ravenous Asian carp could do to the nation's largest bodies of freshwater.


Canna can: Ornamental eliminates pollutants from stormwater runoff

Canna can: Ornamental eliminates pollutants from stormwater runoff

Space & Earth / Environment

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Rapid population growth and urbanization have raised concerns over stormwater runoff contamination. Studies on watersheds indicate that excess nutrients, specifically nitrate-nitrogen and soluble reactive ...


Fossils shake dinosaur family tree

Fossils shake dinosaur family tree

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists have unearthed a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur in New Mexico, settling a debate about early dinosaur evolution, revealing a period of explosive diversification and ...


Researchers learn why invasive plants are spreading rapidly in forests

Researchers learn why invasive plants are spreading rapidly in forests

Biology / Ecology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Invasive plants are advancing into Eastern forests at an alarming rate, and the rapid spread has been linked by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences to forest road ...



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