Jul 27 2011

Cancers Might Be Newly Evolved Species

Tag: Health,Humans,Invasive Animal Species,Parasites,Science and Technology,Weird News — Jennifer Viegas @ 4:55 pm
Cancerous tumors are parasitic organisms, new species, that depend on their host for food, says a new study.

Jul 19 2011

Giant, Toxic Weed Poses Health Risk

Tag: Environment,Gardening,Invasive Animal Species,Outdoors,Plants,Poison — Emily Sohn @ 11:48 am
The giant hogweed can cause third degree burns and blindness -- and it's spreading fast.

May 03 2011

Turtle Power to the Rescue

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animals,Cats,Extinct Animals,Extinction Cycles,Food,Food and Culture,Food and Lifestyle,History,Human Behavior,Invasive Animal Species,Mammals,Plants,Wild Birds,Wildlife Conservation — Tim Wall @ 11:28 am
A non-native species of tortoise is proving a good substitute for extinct native seed dispersers in Mauritius.

Jan 04 2011

Invasion Slows Evolution

Tag: Animals,Crustaceans,Evolution,Extinct Animals,Extinction Cycles,Fossils,Invasive Animal Species,Marine Life,Mass Extinction,Oceans,Paleontology,Wildlife Conservation — Tim Wall @ 4:54 pm
A biodiversity crisis as a result of invasive species may have capped the Devonian - not a mass extinction event.

Dec 16 2010

Vultures Diversify On Islands, Die On Mainland

Tag: Animals,Evolution,Humans,Invasive Animal Species,Religion and Spirituality,Wild Birds,Wildlife Conservation — Tim Wall @ 6:04 pm
The Canary Islands are a refuge for vultures.

Nov 24 2010

Most Spanish Zoos at Risk of Animals Escaping

Tag: Amphibians and Reptiles,Animal Behavior,Animals,Human Behavior,Humans,Invasive Animal Species,Mammals,Marine Life,Plants,Rodents,Snakes,Wild Birds,Zoos and Aquariums — Jennifer Viegas @ 8:19 pm
Some animals, particularly invasive species, could wreak havoc on the local environment if they escaped.

Aug 03 2010

Prey Fish Turns Predator

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animals,Climate Change,Current Events,Fish,Invasive Animal Species,Marine Life,Oceans — Teresa Shipley @ 2:56 pm
The bearded goby is eating its jellyfish predators off the coast of Africa.

Jul 20 2010

Prey Fish Turns Predator

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animals,Climate Change,Current Events,Fish,Invasive Animal Species,Marine Life,Oceans — Teresa Shipley @ 5:20 pm
The bearded goby is eating its jellyfish predators off the coast of Africa.

Jul 13 2010

Combating Lake Tahoe’s Invasive Clams With Rubber Mats

Tag: Animals,Invasive Animal Species,Science and Technology,Weird News,Wildlife Conservation — Zahra Hirji @ 2:10 pm
Scientists are using an unorthodox method for dealing with Lake Tahoe's Asian clam infestation: suffocating them with mats.

Apr 14 2010

Cockroach Ancestor Predates Dinosaurs

Tag: Extinct Animals,Fossils,Insects and Arachnids,Invasive Animal Species,Photography,Science and Technology,Video,Weird News — Jennifer Viegas @ 2:12 pm
If it seems like cockroaches have been around forever, they nearly have. Check out this 300-million-year-old cockroach ancestor that lived several million years before the world's first dinosaurs emerged. (Credit: Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum) A new ...
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