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Species

Type: Keyphrase
Name: Species
description: An interbreeding group of organisms that is reproductively isolated from all other organisms, although there are many partial exceptions to this rule in particular taxa. Operationally, the term species is a generally agreed fundamental taxonomic unit, based on morphological or genetic similarity, that once described and accepted is associated with a unique scientific name.
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 14 hours ago - 22 Documents
Three ancient crocodile species found (AAP)
A six-metre long crocodile with three sets of fangs - like wild boar tusks - roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers report.While this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away another newly found type of croc with a wide, ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 14 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 9 Documents
Statistical Analysis Shows Hobbits are New Human Species
 Cast of a Homo floresiensis skull Courtesy of Ryan Somma/American Museum of Natural History Researchers have confirmed that Homo floresiensis is a genuine ancient human species and not a descendant of healthy humans dwarfed by disease. Using statistical ... [Scientific Computing - 23 hours ago]
First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 4 Documents
Found: Dino-Munching Crocodiles Who Swam in the Sahara
A thrilling set of ancient crocodile fossils have been unearthed in northern Africa. AAt a news conference organized by the National Geographic Society, which sponsored the research, scientists announced that the fossils represent 5 species; 3 new species ... [Discover Magazine - 3 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Biology)
Endangered Tuna Plated In Sushi Restaurants
While most of us would never willingly consume a highly endangered species, doing so might be as easy as plucking sushi from a bento box. New genetic detective work from the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural ... [Red Orbit - 11 hours ago]
Entities: Species, Thunnus, DNA
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea - Click to view image in its original context
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
Extinction by overfishing … thanks to an 80-year-old mistake
An 80-year-old mistake could lead to the first extinction of a marine fish species by commercial fishing , new research has found.The European common skate, long classified as Dipturus batis, has been on the World Conservation Union’s Red List of Threatened ... [Greenbang - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents
Light Shed on Mysteries of Deadly Jellyfish
The craybdea branchi is a box jellyfish native to the South African coast. Credit: Brent ViljoenThis image captures the courtship behavior of the box jellyfish Copula sivickisi. The male (top) and female (bottom) engage in a complex mating ritual unique ... [LiveScience.com - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)
Biodiversity loss is Earth's 'immense and hidden' tragedy, Darwin's 'natural heir' warns
Problem of biodiversity loss has been 'eased off centre stage' by focus on climate change, according to Prof Edward Wilson, the ecologist described as 'Darwin's natural heir' The diversity of life on Earth is undergoing an 'immense and hidden' tragedy ... [Guardian.co.uk - 9 hours ago]
First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 4 Documents
Scientist: 'Don't Give Up' On Stopping Asian Carp
Two carp species from Asia — the silver and the bighead (pictured) — could overwhelm the native fish if they enter the Great Lakes. New tests show they may be a few miles from Lake Michigan.M. Spencer Green/APTwo carp species from Asia — the silver and ... [NPR - 3 hours ago]
Entities: DNA, Species, Silver
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 Documents
Creationist-Kootied Origin Comes to the Twin Cities [Greg Laden's Blog]
Some guy named David (but he would not give his last name) and his friends were handing around Ray Comfort's tricked-out version of Darwin's Origin of Species on the University of Minnesota Campus today. Thanks to my former student Becky for sending me ... [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 7 hours ago]
First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 Documents
Gerbils with borders
A new study from the University of Haifa finds that animals on either side of the Israel-Jordanian border exhibit different characteristics and behaviors:Thefirst study inspected the reptile population and revealed that thenumber of reptiles is similar ... [Foreign Policy Magazine - 6 hours ago]
Entities: Jordan, Israel, Species
First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Biology)
Sushi DNA Tests Reveal Fraud
A biologist walks into a sushi bar and orders some tuna. What does he get? Escolar, a nasty fish with buttery flesh that can cause bizarre episodes of diarrhea, accompanied by a waxy intestinal discharge.It’s not a joke. It happened five times to the ... [Wired News - 6 hours ago]
First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Biology)
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Howarth says he is no climate sceptic and will not debate the science of climate change. "I believe the climate is constantly changing, because the world is a living organism. The world is in a warming period. Human begins are a fantastically adaptable species and will adapt."
Why is green business decades away? Better ask the business people [Sydney Morning Herald - 1 hour ago]
...important cause of (carbon emissions is eating beef,' Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said during a speech on Thursday, his office told AFP. "My formula is stop eating beef. This would stop the emission of methane" said the vegetarian minister...
Shun beef to stop climate change: Indian minister [The New Nation - 3 hours ago]
'There will be organic molecules within the repository,' explains Evans. "These could arise from decontamination agents such as EDTA [ethylenediaminetetraacetate] or picolinic acid; intermediate level waste contains a large amount of cellulose in the form of tissues or lab coats or bench tops. Cellulose degrades over time to form organic species that can complex with the radioactive species."
Nuclear waste research resurfaces [RSC - 4 hours ago]
...Unambiguously he writes, "creationists are not the heralds of a coming paradigm shift; they are the rotting detritus of the old regime of unreason." Elsewhere, on Gene Expression, Razib Khan crunches some numbers which show that 10-20% of people in certain Muslim countries believe in evolution, versus...
The Buzz: The Great Debate [Page 3.14] [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 7 hours ago]

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Survival Of Darwin's Theories [Investors Business Daily - 1 hour ago]
Why is green business decades away? Better ask ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 1 hour ago]
Mosquitoes Employ Active Hearing [Softpedia - 1 hour ago]
Jellyfish-Sting Antidote on the Way [Softpedia - 1 hour ago]
News in Brief #20 [BirdLife International - 2 hours ago]
Where humans go, pepper virus follows [Science News Online - 2 hours ago]
Private Climate Conversations on Display [New York Times - 2 hours ago]
UNFPA releases state of the world population 20... [Hindustan Times - 2 hours ago]
Balls warning over creationism in schools [Times Online - 3 hours ago]
Shun beef to stop climate change: Indian minister [The New Nation - 3 hours ago]
Bishops Approve 'Marriage: Love and Life in the... [Catholic Online - 3 hours ago]
Scientist: 'Don't Give Up' On Stopping Asian Carp [NPR - 3 hours ago]
Found: Dino-Munching Crocodiles Who Swam in the... [Discover Magazine - 3 hours ago]
Saving the single cysteine: New antioxidant sys... [Genetic Engineering News - 4 hours ago]
Grupo Salinas Is a Proud Sponsor of La Ciudad d... [Street Insider - 4 hours ago]
Creationism could be taught in schools under To... [Times Online - 4 hours ago]
Fruit farming drive begins [The Hindu - 4 hours ago]
Nuclear waste research resurfaces [RSC - 4 hours ago]
Its curtains on International Childrens Film Fe... [The Hindu - 4 hours ago]
Hot news that old extinction story is back [Times Online - 5 hours ago]
Wired to Connect [Care2 - 5 hours ago]
Extinction Rates Higher In Open-Ocean Settings ... [Red Orbit - 5 hours ago]
Biothane Lab Testing [Water Online - 6 hours ago]
Big Picture: The Banks That Prevent—Rather Than... [Discover Magazine - 6 hours ago]
Ancient Crocodiles Roamed Sahara with the Dinos... [Softpedia - 6 hours ago]
When Giant Crocodiles Swam the Sahara [AOL - 6 hours ago]
Sushi DNA Tests Reveal Fraud [Wired News - 6 hours ago]
Source: Asian carp may have passed barrier [UPI - 6 hours ago]
Will the natterjack toads go nuclear? [Telegraph - 6 hours ago]
Fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles [Times of India - 6 hours ago]
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Biodiversity, Habitat, Endangered Species, [more]
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Face to faith: The real challenge to the biblic... [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 2 hours ago]
The real challenge to the biblical literalism held dear by creationists is in the Bible itselfAn academic conference in Louisville, Kentucky, provided me with an ...
PLoS Genetics Publishes Maize Genome Collection [Public Library of Science - 3 hours ago]
2009 PLoS Genetics Maize Genome Collection PLoS Genetics is pleased to announce the launch of the 2009 Maize Genome Collection. Maize is an important crop in many ...
History? It's history | Andrew Martin [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 4 hours ago]
If the past is another country, Ed Balls has just confiscated the passports of our schoolchildrenEd Balls has announced that primary school history is to be subsumed ...
Trudie Styler: Do We Want To Be The Generation ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 5 hours ago]
The following post was originally delivered at the UN General Assembly's meeting on climate change on Thursday, November 19th. It has been 20 years ...
Tulsi Tanti: COP15 is in danger of being hot air [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 5 hours ago]
I am a natural optimist; as entrepreneurs tend to be. But I fear that the international excitement in the run up to COP15, with supporters and naysayers ...
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Audio/Video

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'When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs' [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 5 hours ago]
Origins in Oxford [Mefeedia Video Tag : evoluti - 11/19/2009]
Back From the Brink: Siamese Crocodiles [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/18/2009]
Back From the Brink: Siamese Crocodiles [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/18/2009]
Polio Vaccine, Mesothelioma, SV-40, Smallpox, H... [Mefeedia Video Tag : canc - 11/18/2009]
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