News tagged with rare creature

Bermuda says rare national bird born on reserve

(AP) -- A fuzzy fledgling of Bermuda's national bird, spotted on a secluded offshore sanctuary this week, may help bring the rare creature back from the brink of extinction.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Tiny primate 'talks' in ultrasound

One of the world's smallest primates, the Philippine tarsier, communicates in a range of ultrasound inaudible to predator and prey alike, according to a study published on Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Satellite tracking reveals sea turtle feeding hotspots

Satellite tracking of threatened loggerhead sea turtles has revealed two previously unknown feeding 'hotspots' in the Gulf of Mexico that are providing important habitat for at least three separate populations of the turtles, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The night after Christmas sky show

T'was the Night after Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New species of 'spiral poo worms' found in the Atlantic

They could be mistaken for exotic blooms, but the colorful creatures captured in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean actually belong to a family of recently discovered acorn worms.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Seeking a pot of geological gold

Researchers are moving a step closer to solving one of the greatest murder mysteries of all time. It happened roughly 200 million years ago, marking the boundary between the Triassic and Jurassic periods, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Experiments explain why almost all multicellular organisms begin life as a single cell

Any multicellular animal, from a blue whale to a human being, poses a special difficulty for the theory of evolution. Most of the cells in its body will die without reproducing, and only a privileged few will ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Bigger, scarier weapons help spiders get the girl (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you're a red-headed guy with eight bulging eyes and a unibrow, size does indeed matter for getting the girl.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

'Skin bones' helped large dinosaurs survive, new study says

Bones contained entirely within the skin of some of the largest dinosaurs on Earth might have stored vital minerals to help the massive creatures survive and bear their young in tough times, according to new ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Whales in the desert: Fossil bonanza poses mystery

(AP) -- More than 2 million years ago, scores of whales congregating off the Pacific Coast of South America mysteriously met their end.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 19, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 8

Harm not those strangers that pollinate, study warns

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an irony of nature, invasive species can become essential to the very ecosystems threatened by their presence, according to a recent discovery that could change how scientists and governments ...

Biology / Ecology

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