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Category: Ecology

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One tree likes seabird poop, the next prefers fresh air.

Posted on February 20, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

Off the west coast of Peru, seabirds deposit thick layers of guano that accumulates on the ground because of the lack of rain. Guano has…

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    Hitting the jackpot — a new vertebrate family endemic to West Africa

    Posted on February 19, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    Biological classification arranges taxa according to their degree of relationship; several species may be grouped in a genus, several…

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      Environment-related morphological changes can confuse scientists

      Posted on February 14, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      For many years, morphology-based classification has served us so well, and still forms a basis of what we are viewing the biological world…

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        The never before revealed history of the Mediterranean pipefish Syngnathus abaster: secrets found in its maternal inherited DNA.

        Posted on February 6, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        Mitochondrial DNA studies shows the occurrence of three well-defined groups of pipefish populations – which independently evolved in a…

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          Tropics are main source of global mammal diversity

          Posted on January 29, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          Ever since the nineteenth century scientists have recognised that some regions contain more species than others, and that the tropics are…

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            DNA Barcoding unveils a “ray of sunshine” in products sold to consumers

            Posted on January 28, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            “Ray” or “Skate” is the common name under which a number of different species of rays (cousins to sharks) fished from the Northeast…

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              Lost world discovered in Australia

              Posted on January 20, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              A James Cook University-National Geographic expedition to Cape Melville in north-east Australia has found three vertebrate species new to…

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                Reptiles give birth, then lay eggs, then give birth again

                Posted on January 18, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                The ancestor of snakes and lizards likely gave birth to live young, rather than laid eggs, and over time species have switched back and…

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                  Tropical pipefish dresses up like it’s southern seadragon relatives

                  Posted on January 5, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  Seadragons are known for their elaborate appendages that help them blend in with their kelp and algae habitats. But an evolutionary tree…

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                    Sea Star Meltdown

                    Posted on January 2, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    Sea Star Meltdown A shocking trend has emerged in the world’s premiere ecosystem for sea star biodiversity. The coastline of British…

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