NEW FINDINGS
Ancestor of all placental mammals was an insect eater
Placental mammals were early insectivores and lived along with dinosaurs in the Late cretaceous. During cretaceous mass extinction, dinosaurs became extinct and opened...
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This ancient bird hatchling preserved in amber provides insights into early bird evolution
Scientists have recently made an incredible discovery of a piece of amber that contained well preserved remains of an alomost complete bird hatchling....
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What makes poison dart frog resistant to their own poison?
Poison dart frogs store Batrachotoxin, a steroidal alkaloid toxin in their skin glands. A single amino acid substitution is responsible for the resistance...
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New ant species discovered with metal reinforced mouth parts
These predatory ants must have fed on soft bodied animals. When they encounter their prey, their clypeal hairs touch its body. This triggers...
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Starvation turns herbivorous Drosophila into a carnivore
Contents1 Starvation induces cannibalism!2 But how can that happen?3 Can animals sense ‘taste’?4 How do taste receptors work in flies?5 Starvation stops ‘bitter’...
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Fishes singing in chorus recorded; says new research
Fish chorus? Our aquariums feel silent doesn’t mean fishes can’t product sounds. Only thing is, they make sounds that are not audible to...
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New ant species discovered from the stomach of a frog!
New species of ant A new species of ant namely, Lenomyrmex hoelldobleri was discovered from the rainforests of Central and South America by...
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Stingrays can chew their food, like mammals
Contents1 Is chewing a unique mammalian feature?2 Prey capture vs Prey processing3 Experiment and findings4 References Is chewing a unique mammalian feature? Unlike mammals, other...
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Dolphins talk to each other, recorded first time in history!
For the first time in history, scientists have recorded a full-fledged conversation between two bottlenose dolphins. It was known for years that dolphins...
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