News tagged with raptor
Poisonous prehistoric 'raptor' discovered in China
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of University of Kansas researchers working with Chinese colleagues have discovered a venomous, birdlike raptor that thrived some 128 million years ago in China. This is the first ...
Good dentistry may have saved the dinosaurs
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Dec 14, 2009 |
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Infectious diseases can be transmitted by sneezing, touching, or - for Tasmanian devils - biting each other on the face, a habit that may have driven the dinosaurs to extinction through the transmission of a protozoan parasite.
Study explores violent world of raptors
Nov 25, 2009 |
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A journey that started with a box of bird feet carried three Montana State University graduate students into the gruesome world of raptors and led to their findings being published in a prominent journal.
Montana man gets 60 days for dinosaur bones theft
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Jun 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A commercial fossil hunter, whose discovery of the world's best-preserved dinosaur brought scientific acclaim, will serve 60 days in jail for stealing raptor bones from private land.
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Inside the First Bird, Surprising Signs of a Dinosaur
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Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The raptor-like Archaeopteryx has long been viewed as the archetypal first bird, but new research reveals that it was actually a lot less “bird-like” than scientists had believed.
Extinct New Zealand eagle may have eaten humans
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Sep 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sophisticated computer scans of fossils have helped solve a mystery over the nature of a giant, ancient raptor known as the Haast's eagle which became extinct about 500 years ago, researchers said Friday.
Raptor: An Electric Car Nearly Anyone Would Want to Drive
Jul 09, 2009 |
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I love my Prius, it's true. But sometimes, I look at the Dodge Charger (I'm watching Burn Notice this summer) and think, "What a cool car." And when we think of cool cars, it's hard to keep the image of a ...
Competition may have led to new dinosaur species in Grande Prairie area
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May 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a gruesome feeding frenzy that played out 73 million years ago in northwestern Alberta may also lead to the discovery of new dinosaur species in northwestern Alberta.
Brain deletion of FK506-binding protein enhances repetitive behaviors in mice
Dec 10, 2008 |
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A new study reveals a link between dysregulation of a common signaling pathway and repetitive behaviors similar to those associated with multiple neurological and neurodegenerative disorders including, autism spectrum disorders, ...
Dinosaur whodunit: Solving a 77-million-year-old mystery
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Nov 13, 2008 |
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It has all the hallmarks of a Cretaceous melodrama. A dinosaur sits on her nest of a dozen eggs on a sandy river beach. Water levels rise, and the mother is faced with a dilemma: Stay or abandon her unhatched offspring to ...
Iconic T.rex to be Unveiled at University of Leicester
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Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A cast of a 21-foot long Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur (a rare, sub-adult individual), commissioned from the makers of specimens of T. rex that featured in the film ‘Jurassic Park’ is to go on permanent display ...
AMPK signaling: Got food?
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Apr 24, 2008 |
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A team of scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies think they know how many—if not most—living organisms answer this question. They recently showed that when food supplies dwindle, mammals, ...
Tiny pest-eating insect fights fruit flies
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Dec 06, 2007 |
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Farmers and vineyard owners have a new weapon in their pest management arsenal. A commonly used parasitoid, or parasitic insect that kills its host, has proven to be quite effective in the control of fruit ...
Ecologists discover city is 'uber-forest' for big owls
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Oct 16, 2007 |
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It may be news to its bankers, but Charlotte, the biggest city in North Carolina and a major center of the American financial industry, is actually an old growth forest. At least that’s the way the barred owls see it.
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