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Toxic Toads Killing Australian Crocs
Nov. 18, 2008 — Toxic cane toads are killing alarming numbers of Australia’s freshwater crocodiles as the alien pests hop inexorably across the continent, research showed Tuesday.
The warty amphibians, which have poisonous sacs on their heads, have cut the number of crocodiles in some Northern Territory rivers by more than half, said Professor Keith [...]
Wanted: Polar Bear Pics for Science
Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News
Nov. 17, 2008 — If you have taken one or more photographs of polar bears in the wild, noting the date and location of the images, you can participate in the largest-ever study to identify individual bears by their “whisker prints.”
Like human fingerprints, the size and arrangement of the spots near [...]
Ocean Census Reveals Sea Creature Colonies
Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press
Nov. 10, 2008 — A city of brittle stars off the coast of New Zealand, an Antarctic expressway where octopuses ride along in a flow of extra salty water and a carpet of tiny crustaceans on the Gulf of Mexico sea floor are among the wonders discovered by researchers compiling a [...]
Elephants ‘Phone’ Friends With Rumbles
Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News
Sept. 30, 2008 — Human friends and relatives keep tabs on their loved ones by phone when they’re apart, and now new research shows elephants do nearly the same thing with rumble vocalizations that can transmit over one and a half miles.
The finding helps to explain how elephants almost always find their [...]
New Iguana Species Revealed
Sept. 17, 2008 — A new species of Pacific iguana has been uncovered by Australian and U.S. researchers, but already its future is looking grim.
In a paper published online in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, the team shows there are three living species of Brachylophus iguanas, not two as indicated in current [...]
Colossal Squid Was Docile Blob, Not T-Rex of Sea
Aug. 21, 2008 — New Zealand’s mysterious colossal squid, the largest of the feared and legendary species ever caught, was not the T-Rex of the oceans but a lethargic blob, new research suggests.
The 1,090-pound female, accidently hauled in by a fishing boat in the Antarctic last year, was an overweight breeding machine, [...]
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