Snakes can control blood flow in their “spectacles”, scientists have found. The animals are known for their lack of eyelids, and instead have a transparent scale covering their eyes for protection.
Tag: Wildlife
Young parrotfish explore, while adults stay at home
Young parrotfish rapidly expand their coral reef home range but only until they reach adulthood, scientists have found. Researchers in Australia mapped the movements of individuals from very young juveniles to mature adults.
Dolphin-inspired radar could help detect roadside bombs
British engineers have taken inspiration from dolphins for a new type of radar that could help detect roadside bombs more easily.
Dino impact also destroyed bees, says study
Scientists say there was a widespread extinction of bees 66 million years ago, at the same time as the event that killed off the dinosaurs.
First venomous crustacean found
Experts have found the first venomous crustacean – a centipede-like creature that lives in underwater caves. The blind “remipede” liquefies its prey with a compound similar to that found in a rattlesnake’s fangs.
Meeting the mammal that survived the dinosaurs
From: Jeremy Hance, MONGABAY.COM So, here I am, running in a forest at night over 2,000 miles from home. This forest—dry, stout, and thorny enough to draw blood—lies just a few miles north of a rural town in the western…
Search urged for UK’s ‘Missing’ badgers
By Helen Briggs Conservationists are calling for an investigation into plummeting badger numbers in the run up to the cull.
Monkeys ‘take turns in conversation’
By Victoria Gill Marmoset monkeys take it in turns to “talk” in a pattern very similar to human conversation, according to scientists.
Supporters in new push for scaled back Antarctic reserve
By Matt McGrath A bloc of countries has issued a joint call for the creation of marine reserves in Antarctica.
Elephants ‘understand human gesture’
By Victoria Gill African elephants have demonstrated what appears to be an instinctive understanding of human gestures, according to UK scientists.
‘Early birds’ find worms for dinner
By Ben Aviss
US government shutdown runs afoul of hunters
Chicago – Hunters hoping to bag their limit on federal land joined a chorus of frustrated citizens urging a halt to the US government shutdown Monday.
Researchers find two subspecies of Bryde’s Whales
Researchers attempting to define populations of a medium-sized and poorly understood baleen whale say that saving the whales often means knowing – sometimes on a genetic level – one group of whales from another. A group of scientists from Wildlife…
Owl recorded in Oman could be a new species
By Victoria Gill
Should otters be controlled to protect fish stocks?
During the 1970s the survival of otters was threatened by a loss of habitats and they were rare in most parts of Britain.
Could tourists’ hunger for whales threaten the species?
Over the last two years international visitors to Iceland have increased by an average of 20 percent per year.
Forest fragmentation triggers ‘ecological Armageddon’
By Mark Kinver
Europe’s key animals ‘making a comeback’
By Rebecca Morelle
Cameras capture eagle killing deer in Russia
Remote cameras intended to monitor Siberian tigers in Russia instead caught a golden eagle’s fatal attack on a deer, snapping three photos as the massive bird dug its talons into the distressed animal’s back.
Spectacular jaguar attack captured on video
Big cat is observed silently stalking and then attacking and immobilizing alligator-like caiman in Brazilian wetlands; ‘This guy knew his business’
Filmmaker comes face to face with black rhino
Kim Wolhuter makes a shrewd move to defuse a tense situation in footage from Discovery Channel’s new show, ‘Man, Cheetah, Wild’
Zimbabwe elephants poisoned by cyanide
More than 80 elephants have been killed for their ivory by poachers who used cyanide to poison a water hole in Zimbabwe’s largest game park.
Himalayan bird diversity, distribution survey from November
Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) will conduct a training which will focus on surveying bird diversity and distribution in the Himalayas around Yongkola, Mongar in November. The training will emphasize study design, field data collection, statistical analyses…
New spiny rat discovered in ‘birthplace of evolution’
Tufts of harsh, bristly hair and a white tail tip are among the defining features of a new rodent species discovered in Indonesia.
Crocodile takes to Mexico’s flooded streets
A crocodile has been found roaming Acapulco’s streets following heavy flooding in Mexico.
Beluga whales create art in Japan aquarium
Beluga whales at an aquarium near Tokyo are learning how to paint pictures as part of an autumn art programme for visitors, an official said Wednesday.
Tourism may be last hope to save Bengal Tiger
It’s an adrenaline rush you won’t find in any zoo. In the jungles of Northeast India, ABC News “Nightline” is in hot pursuit of one of the world’s most exotic and mysterious beasts: the great Bengal tiger.
Shy male birds keep closer ‘friends’
By Ella Davies
A threat to survival of white-bellied herons in Bhutan
While Bhutan plays a pioneering role to protect the critically endangered White-bellied heron, an endangered bird species across the world, with the establishment of the Punatshangchhu hydro project, ornithologists from Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN) say the habitat…
Short-haired bumblebee nests in Dungeness
A species of bee reintroduced to the UK after becoming extinct has nested for the first time in a quarter of a century.