... resistant to ionizing radiation, surviving and continuing to reproduce after doses of gamma radiation much greater than that tolerated by any other animal species studied to date.read more
... in and around Emas National Park, a protected area with the largest concentration of threatened species in Brazil.
The researchers analyze feces found by the dogs to learn about where and how the ...
Thousands of new plant and animal species were discovered in 2007, though only 10 were bizarre enough, lethal enough or just plain cool enough to garner spots on a new Top-10 list.
... "official" permanent registration identifications to new animal species.
Hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute, ... 1.8 million or so known animals, plants, and fungi, both marine and terrestrial). ...
... protection against strains of pandemic flu in many animal models, including primates," says David B ... rapidly reached protective levels in all three animal species.
"The synthetic DNA vaccines designed ...
... indicate wider changes at the biome level that will potentially change conditions for many plant and animal species, in addition to ecosystem services to humans," says Patrick Gonzalez, a researcher ...
... that got through the space trip without any trouble may in fact have incurred DNA damage, but that the animals managed to repair this damage.
"All knowledge involving the repair of genetic damage is ...
... can learn from each other," said Andersen. "Experiments which cannot be performed in women can be done in animal species," he noted, pointing out that much of the progress in humans has come as a ...
... fathers that provide poor homes for their offspring.
"It is becoming increasingly apparent that females in many animal species choose to mate with multiple partners as a safeguard against choosing a ...
Hundreds of new kinds of animal species surprised international researchers systematically exploring waters off ... groups.
Despite the large number of new species already discovered, Dr. Caley believes ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have determined climate change 8 million years ago in what's now Pakistan forced most animal species in that area into extinction.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, tropical plant and animal species living in some of the warmest places on Earth ... ft) uphill shift would move these species into territory completely new to them, beyond ...
Twenty-one animal species, including the cheetah, three dolphin families and an Egyptian vulture, were added to the list of those in danger of extinction by a UN conference that ended Friday.
New species of flowering plants called proteas are exploding onto the scene three times ... exactly why such large numbers of plant and animal species live in these Mediterranean hotspots. They are places ...
... just four years, the Isle of Wight, otherwise known as "Dinosaur Island," has yielded the remains of 48 new animal species, including eight new dinosaurs, six dino-era ...
