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Five-million-year-old saber-toothed cat in newly discovered genus discovered in Florida
ScienceDaily: Zoology News14 Mar 2013 | 11:09 amA new genus and species of extinct saber-toothed cat has been discovered in Polk County, Florida. The 5-million-year-old fossils belong to the same lineage as the famous Smilodon fatalis from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, a large, carnivorous apex predator with elongated upper canine teeth. Previous research suggested the group of saber-toothed cats known as Smilodontini originated in the Old World and then migrated to North America, but the age of the new species indicates the group likely originated in North America. -
Swarm intelligence: New collective properties of swarm dynamics uncovered
ScienceDaily: Zoology News15 Mar 2013 | 6:59 amA new study of animal swarms uncovers some new features of their collective behavior when overcrowding sets in. Swarming is the spontaneous organized motion of a large number of individuals. It is observed at all scales, from bacterial colonies, slime molds and groups of insects to shoals of fish, flocks of birds and animal herds. Now physicists have uncovered new collective properties of swarm dynamics. -
Zoo Ushers In Spring With New Programs
Zoology News11 Mar 2013 | 12:08 pmThe Chattanooga Zoo is looking forward to ushering in the spring with a variety of new programs and partnerships. -
Statistical Analysis of Quantitative Genetics
Zoology: Journals, Blogs, News and Stories - Recentrss_feed13 Mar 2013 | 6:14 am ISBN : 978-81-224-2039-5Publication Year : 2007Edition : 1stPages : 256Price : Rs. 295.00 Binding : HardboundABOUT THE BOOKThis book deals with the problems of students, teachers and researchers associated with the subject of genetics, plant and animal breeding.Basic concepts necessary to explain statistical measures and analysis of data are also incorporated. Path analysis, heritability, repeatability, genotypic and phenotypic correlations, analysis of breeding experiments by Hayman’s approach and otherwise, combining ability analysis for Griffing’s… -
Biology of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) spawning below a dam on the Richelieu River, Quebec: behaviour, egg deposition, and endocrinology
MedWorm: Zoology1 Mar 2013 | 11:03 pmCanadian Journal of Zoology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page 175-186, e-First articles. (Source: Canadian Journal of Zoology)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Find the best Christmas presents and January Sales in the UK with this simple shopping directory.
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ScienceDaily: Zoology News
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Swarm intelligence: New collective properties of swarm dynamics uncovered
15 Mar 2013 | 6:59 amA new study of animal swarms uncovers some new features of their collective behavior when overcrowding sets in. Swarming is the spontaneous organized motion of a large number of individuals. It is observed at all scales, from bacterial colonies, slime molds and groups of insects to shoals of fish, flocks of birds and animal herds. Now physicists have uncovered new collective properties of swarm dynamics. -
Dinosaur-era climate change study suggests reasons for turtle disappearance
14 Mar 2013 | 11:43 amDramatic climate change was previously proposed to be responsible for the disappearance of turtles 71-million-years ago, because they were considered to be "climate-sensitive" animals. Results of this research, however, show that the disappearance of turtles came before the climate cooled and instead closely corresponds to habitat disturbances, which was the disappearance of wetlands. -
Five-million-year-old saber-toothed cat in newly discovered genus discovered in Florida
14 Mar 2013 | 11:09 amA new genus and species of extinct saber-toothed cat has been discovered in Polk County, Florida. The 5-million-year-old fossils belong to the same lineage as the famous Smilodon fatalis from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, a large, carnivorous apex predator with elongated upper canine teeth. Previous research suggested the group of saber-toothed cats known as Smilodontini originated in the Old World and then migrated to North America, but the age of the new species indicates the group likely originated in North America. -
Fluorescent neural cells from monkey skin mature into several types of brain cells in monkeys
14 Mar 2013 | 9:46 amFor the first time, scientists have transplanted neural cells derived from a monkey's skin into its brain and watched the cells develop into several types of mature brain cells, according to a new study. After six months, the cells looked entirely normal, and were only detectable because they initially were tagged with a fluorescent protein. -
What do American bullfrogs eat when they're away from home? Practically everything
14 Mar 2013 | 8:16 amA control program on southern Vancouver Island provided the carcasses of over 5,000 adult and juvenile invasive alien American bullfrogs. Examination of their stomach contents confirms that bullfrogs eat virtually any organism that can fit into their large mouths, whether it be under water, at the surface, on land, even when it can defend itself with stingers, spines, or claws. So native ecosystems beware!
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Zoology News
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Zoo Ushers In Spring With New Programs
11 Mar 2013 | 12:08 pmThe Chattanooga Zoo is looking forward to ushering in the spring with a variety of new programs and partnerships. -
Sunday Favorites: The Bass Lab Legacy
9 Mar 2013 | 10:16 pmWhen John Foster Bass Jr. and his wife, Else Bass, established the Bass Biological Laboratory and Zoological Research Supply Facility Co. -
Ocean Eats, Reefs Illuminated and More Set for Amnh's 2013 Milstein Science Series
5 Mar 2013 | 6:11 pmThe American Museum of Natural History presents the 2013 Milstein Science Series, weekend family-friendly programs sponsored by the Paul and Irma Milstein Family. -
South American Cat or Dog?
21 Feb 2013 | 9:09 amDr. Karl Shuker has a great new post up at Shuker Nature. And here's the opening paragraphs to give you a taste of what it's all about "Certain of South America's alleged mystery cats may in reality be of canine rather than feline identity. -
LaRue: Wild path as cop, grocery store manager led to running PLU nursing program
17 Feb 2013 | 10:21 pmTerry Miller, dean of the School of Nursing at Pacific Lutheran University, emphasizes clinical work in training of students.
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Zoology: Journals, Blogs, News and Stories - Recent
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Statistical Analysis of Quantitative Genetics
rss_feed13 Mar 2013 | 6:14 am ISBN : 978-81-224-2039-5Publication Year : 2007Edition : 1stPages : 256Price : Rs. 295.00 Binding : HardboundABOUT THE BOOKThis book deals with the problems of students, teachers and researchers associated with the subject of genetics, plant and animal breeding.Basic concepts necessary to explain statistical measures and analysis of data are also incorporated. Path analysis, heritability, repeatability, genotypic and phenotypic correlations, analysis of breeding experiments by Hayman’s approach and otherwise, combining ability analysis for Griffing’s… -
Charlotte's Spider facts - The Cobalt Blue.
rss_feed13 Mar 2013 | 6:10 amToday on Charlotte’s spider facts….a really beautiful spiderThe Cobalt BlueShe’s incredibly beautiful, but don’t touch!Cobalt Blue (Haplopelma lividum)Quick stats:Type: Deep burrowerSize (approx): 6″? Female, 1″ unsexedFeeding: Large crickets, roaches, zoophobasEnclosure: ½ of a 10 gallon aquarium, small jarSubstrate: 8-10″ deep bed-a-beast/peat/vermiculiteFurnishings: Cork bark shelter, plastic water dishTemp/Humidity: 80-84°F, 80% HumidityTemperment: Exceptionally aggressive and secretiveRecieved on: 05/14/2000,… -
Home sweet home!
rss_feed13 Mar 2013 | 6:07 amI’m back in Melby B folks!I’ve just returned from a trip to French Island, volunteering to help with some research on the endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoots. And yes, I have been handwriting several blog posts as promised and they’ll be posted up here shortly!The trip up to French Island was an interesting one. I’ve never ventured to that side of town by myself before, especially on public transport! I had to catch a tram, train, train and a ferry to get there; and in total it was roughly a 2 hour commute.French Island in the scheme of things! I had… -
For the Hihi, you really are what you eat...
rss_feed10 Mar 2013 | 12:09 amAn appropriate post to mark the end of pancake-gorge-fest and the start of Lent? Perhaps not: in this case, the sexiness of male hihi (Notiomystis concta) has everything to do with what they ate – but as nestlings, not adults!Cambridge PhD student Leila Walker, in collaboration with Dr Becky Kilner and Dr John Ewen at ZSL, hand-fed hihi chicks a normal diet, or one supplemented with carotenoids, pigments found in plant cells which occur naturally in the hihi diet of nectar, fruit and invertebrates. Boosting intake of carotenoids in nestlings resulted in brighter plumage as… -
London Museums You Never Knew Existed: Grant Museum of Zoology (UCL)
rss_feed10 Mar 2013 | 12:09 amEarlier this week I decided to visit a museum I’d seen on my walks around London but never dared venture into; for some reason its attachment to University College London made it seem mythical, mystical almost, like some Hogwarts-like space, the preserve of the intellectual, the student, the researcher, the educator. Add to that its weird and fanciful opening hours (1pm – 5pm Monday to Saturday) and it seemed something of a mystery, but one until now that I didn’t fancy cracking.I’m glad I did. The museum is small and approachable; when you walk in…
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MedWorm: Zoology
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Biology of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) spawning below a dam on the Richelieu River, Quebec: behaviour, egg deposition, and endocrinology
1 Mar 2013 | 11:03 pmCanadian Journal of Zoology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page 175-186, e-First articles. (Source: Canadian Journal of Zoology)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Find the best Christmas presents and January Sales in the UK with this simple shopping directory. -
A Museum Chapel for Microscopic Biodiversity
1 Mar 2013 | 5:58 am[caption id="attachment_655" align="alignnone" caption="Installing the Micrarium. Photo: (C) UCL, Grant Museum of Zoology/Robert Eagle"] [/caption]Animals with backbones (vertebrates) make up only 4% of the species on our planet. Yet when you walk into a natural history museum, they're all you see. The dinosaur skeletons stretching across a ballroom? Vertebrates. Dioramas starring posed buffalo, lions, or zebra? Vertebrates. The endless cases of delicate stuffed birds? You guessed it: vertebrates. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed) -
Salmon consumption by Kodiak brown bears (Ursus arctos middendorffi) with ecosystem management implications
28 Feb 2013 | 11:03 pmCanadian Journal of Zoology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page 164-174, e-First articles. (Source: Canadian Journal of Zoology) -
Differential characterization of emerging skin diseases of rainbow trout – a standardized approach to capturing disease characteristics and development of case definitions
28 Feb 2013 | 8:00 pmAbstract Farmed and wild salmonids are affected by a variety of skin conditions, some of which have significant economic and welfare implications. In many cases, the causes are not well understood, and one example is cold water strawberry disease of rainbow trout, also called red mark syndrome, which has been recorded in the UK since 2003. To date, there are no internationally agreed methods for describing these conditions, which has caused confusion for farmers and health professionals, who are often unclear as to whether they are dealing with a new or a previously described condition. This… -
Transmission dynamics of pancreas disease (PD) in a Norwegian fjord: aspects of water transport, contact networks and infection pressure among salmon farms
28 Feb 2013 | 8:00 pmIn this study, we included all records of PD by subtype 3 (SPDV3) in the study population from the first reported in August 2006 to the last reported in November 2009. Using logistic regression analyses, we found that contact network by water transport explained better transmission of PD than contact networks defined by ownership or close distance to infected farms. Hydrodynamic modelling can be a valuable tool to forecast the spread of PD and thereby take actions to reduce the transmission. Knowing the risk of getting infected, it is important to avoid water transport from infected farms…
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ZSL Latest News
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Increased protection for sharks and rays
15 Mar 2013 | 4:35 amSix species of endangered shark and both types of manta ray will benefit from protection from trade following a decision at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) yesterday. -
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo's first Fire Walk a roaring success
14 Mar 2013 | 2:35 amZSL Whipsnade Zoo host their first ever Fire Walk. -
Illegal trade of body parts threatens tiger survival
12 Mar 2013 | 5:15 amAn unprecedented increase in poaching and the international trade of tiger body parts is threatening the survival of wild populations of Amur and Sumatran tigers. -
Hope For Cheetahs With Global Focus On Illegal Trade
11 Mar 2013 | 4:45 amCheetahs are being taken from the wild and smuggled across international borders to be sold as pets, the world’s largest convention on wildlife trade heard on Friday. -
Zoo’s Mother’s Day surprise
8 Mar 2013 | 3:30 amFirst calf for yak mum aged 11
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ScienceBlogs
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Sounding the alarm on “nightmare bacteria” CRE [The Pump Handle]
Liz Borkowski14 Mar 2013 | 4:36 pmLast week, CDC Director Thomas Frieden opened a press briefing by saying, “It’s not often that our scientists come to me to say that we have a very serious problem, and we need to sound an alarm.” What scientists found, and reported in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, is that a growing proportion of Enterobacteriaceae (a family of bacteria known for causing hospital-acquired infections) are resistant to carbapenems, a type of antibiotics that’s typically been the last line of attack against stubborn infections. Frieden explained why these… -
If a spider is in an Oreo Cookie, then evolution is true! [Greg Laden's Blog]
Greg Laden14 Mar 2013 | 4:22 pmYou know about the Atheists Nightmare, right? Also known as the Evolutionists Nightmare. No? It goes like this: That’s pretty darn convincing. Until someone opens up some closed thing and there is some new species in there, then EVOLUTION IS MADE UP!!!1!!! Well, it turns out, Evolution is True. Some guy on the internet opened up an Oreo Cookie and inside was a new organism that could only be there IF IT EVOVED IN SIDE THE COOKIE!!1!! Look here’s a picture: PROOF THAT EVOLUTION IS TRUE: This spider evolved inside this Oreo Cookie! A fake you say? A falsehood you say? Sorry, but… -
Godwin’s Law? [Stoat]
William M. Connolley14 Mar 2013 | 1:15 pmRefs * Powering Down Google Reader -
Minnesota Same Sex Marriage Bill [Greg Laden's Blog]
Greg Laden14 Mar 2013 | 9:07 amThe Republican dominated Minnesota Legislature got almost nothing done over the last two years that they were in power. But they did manage to put two boneheaded constitutional amendments on the ballot for last November, one to restrict voting rights in a way that Republicans would have a better chance of winning, the other making it unconstitutional for same sex couples to marry. Same sex marriage was already illegal in the state, but the GOP saw the handwriting on the wall and knew that this legal restriction would not last, so they imposed the amendment on us. Both of those amendments were… -
Minnesota Progressive Project: New Layout and a Petition [Greg Laden's Blog]
Greg Laden14 Mar 2013 | 8:55 amAs you know, I write now and then for the Minnesota Progressive Project. I should do more there, I know, and I try. But anyway, the MPP has a new blog layout which preserves the Kos-esque diary thingie but loads faster and is easier to navigate, with a few cool “discoverability” features that link readers to writing about key issues and candidates. Please go check it out. While you are there check out the right sidebar for a place to click to sign a petition to encourage our state legislature to support same sex marriage by passing a bill that is right now before them.
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Reptile Apartment
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Sweetwater Slaughter: Texas Rattlesnake Roundup
John F Taylor9 Mar 2013 | 4:09 amReptile Apartment - "It's not a desire; it's an obsession to share our knowledge with those interested in herpetoculture." In the time it takes to read this article, two animals will lose their life for entertainment. I woke at 4am this morning. Nothing unusual there. From what Becky tells me I am usually writing in my sleep anyway. Then it happened, while surfing the social networks a friend contacted me to let me know the Sweetwater Jaycees Annual rattlesnake roundup was occurring THIS WEEKEND! I know what you’re thinking, what’s the harm in a ‘roundup’ right? -
Calcium & Reptiles
John F Taylor27 Feb 2013 | 6:06 pmReptile Apartment - "It's not a desire; it's an obsession to share our knowledge with those interested in herpetoculture." Vitamin and mineral supplementation is something that is and has been ‘guessed’ at for as long as we have been keeping reptiles. Type in the search string calcium supplementation reptiles and out of the top ten search results you get only two that deal with dosage and related subjects. The rest are online stores or websites that sell calcium. We all know, or should know, that there are hundreds of sources of calcium available to the reptile… -
Substrates: Getting your hands dirty!
John F Taylor31 Jan 2013 | 8:18 amReptile Apartment - "It's not a desire; it's an obsession to share our knowledge with those interested in herpetoculture." Before getting into the article proper, I would like to set a couple of things straight here; there is a seeming misunderstanding or really a bastardization of what a vivarium is or isn’t. A vivarium according to the dictionary definition is “a place where live animals are kept under natural conditions for study, research, etc.” Paludarium Did you catch the wording there? Under natural conditions. This means that both plants and animals from the…