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The Mammoth cave in the Unkrainean Crimea is a niche that we ourselves must have used temporarily but the cave communities of animals are often hidden away underwater and in...

On Apr 18, 2012 by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Island diversity using hosts

The Cape Verde islands are a volcanic mass rising from the mid-Atlantic, 570km from the African coast. Seabirds are able to colonise the cliffs and also use them in transit...

On Apr 18, 2012 by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Bonaparte the bird-like dinosaur - Bonapartenykus ultimus

The classic theropod dinosaurs developed into birds, as well as bird-like groups before the Cretaceous period, but these small (0.5 up to 2.6 metre) animals survived the longest, till the...

On Apr 13, 2012 by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Amazonian Solutions from 1200 A.D.

The circular mounds are the raised beds referred to in the text, enabling farmers to take advantage of drainage, fertility and increased moisture content; Credit Stephen Rostain The famed black...

On Apr 11, 2012 by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

The Ice Age Elephant - Mammuthus primigenius

Illustration of a Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) The frozen and preserved remains of a shaggy monster that lived in Siberia at -40°C 10,000 years ago have been uncovered; they are...

On Apr 07, 2012 by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Largest feathered dinosaur discovered in China - Yutyrannus huali or 'beautiful feathered tyrant'

Yutyrannus huali is a newly-discovered early Cretaceous dinosaur from the rich Chinese fossil beds. He is the great granddaddy of Tyrannosaurus rex and could well have handled himself, don't you...

On Apr 05, 2012 by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Burgess Shale - Life and death as they knew it

Burgess Shale-type fossils from the Greater Phyllopod Bed of the Burgess Shale (Walcott Quarry Member), photograph taken in cross-polarized light. The fine details of soft-bodied anatomy are preserved as thin...

On Apr 04, 2012 by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Water fleas swap infection for reproduction

Daphnia infected/uninfected; Credit: Georgia Tech/Meghan Duffy A water flea trades reproduction against resistance to a deadly parasite, scientists have discovered. The Daphnia dentifera zooplankton, which lives in freshwater, allows sporadic...

On Mar 29, 2012 by Adrian Bishop 0 Comments

Fishy modelling

Ever entered a race with barracuda. Now you can find out why not! - Barracuda Image via Shutterstock Using muscle modelling and more standard hydrodynamics, it seems computers have caught...

On Mar 28, 2012 by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Capsule to combat radioactive drinks

Scientists develop capsule that removes radioactive contamination from drinks; Credit: Allen Apblett, Ph.D. Scientists have created a capsule that eliminates radioactive contamination from food and drink. The capsule, which is...

On Mar 27, 2012 by Adrian Bishop 0 Comments

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