animals

Earliest animal footprints ever found, discovered in Nevada

harminka — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:17:05 -0500

The fossilized trail of an aquatic creature suggests that animals walked using legs at least 30 million years earlier than had been thought.

How sled dogs run 1,100 miles through harshest conditions

harminka — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:46:16 -0500

Dogs are often called “man’s best friend,” and rightly so. Consider, for example, that they never interrupt us when we talk, are always happy to see us when we arrive home, and provide comfort when we are lovesick.

Researchers find animal with ability to survive climate change

harminka — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:17:47 -0500

Queen's researchers have found that the main source of food for many fish - including cod - in the North Atlantic appears to adapt in order to survive climate change.

Gene linked to common ailment in labrador retrieversidentifed

harminka — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:00:16 -0500

Researchers at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine have identified a gene in Labrador retriever dogs highly associated with the syndrome of exercise-induced collapse (EIC).

Animals adapt their vocal signals to social situations

harminka — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:45:25 -0500

A special August issue of the Journal of Comparative Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association, presents a host of studies that investigate the way that animals adapt their calls, chirps, barks and whistles to their social situation.

Veterinarians adapt human tests for monkeys

harminka — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:52:17 -0500

A medical test developed to detect an overload of iron in humans has recently been adapted to screen for the condition in some distant relatives: diminutive monkeys from South America, according to veterinarians at the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Spiders who eat together, stay together

harminka — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:30:22 -0500

The ability to work together and capture larger prey has allowed social spiders to stretch the laws of nature and reach enormous colony sizes, UBC zoologists have found.

Great white's mighty bite revealed

harminka — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:12:17 -0500

Using sophisticated computer modelling techniques they have also calculated that the bite force of the great white's extinct relative, the gigantic fossil species Carcharodon megalodon (also known as Big Tooth) is the highest of all time, making it arguably the most formidable carnivore ever to have existed.

Rosella research could re-write ring theory

harminka — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:29:34 -0500

New research has uncovered how different crimson rosella populations are related to each other – a discovery which has important implications for research into how climate change may affect Australia’s biodiversity.

Montauk Monster, Is It Reality?

admin_huliq — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:32:29 -0500

Montauk, a town heavily featured in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the town where Kumail proposed to me, apparently has a dead monster on its hands. Picture after the jump, and get ready, it’s a bit intense.

Lost 44 Pound Cat Found, Now In Animal Shelter

admin_huliq — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:08:48 -0500

Meet Princess Chunky - all 44 pound cat. Princess Chunky is just two pounds shy of the 1987 Guinness World Record for overweight cats as she has only 44 lb.

Uncertain future for elephants of Thailand

harminka — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:07:50 -0500

Worries over the future of Thailand' s famous elephants have emerged following an investigation by a University of Manchester team.