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  • July 2008

    • 8 Signs the Animal Kingdom Is in Trouble

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  Jul 21, 08 3:20 PM CDT

      8 Signs the Animal Kingdom Is in Trouble

      Biologists have mounting evidence that human activity is causing real damage to the natural world. LiveScience lists overlooked indications that things are seriously out of whack. Earlier migration: Several bird species are getting their timing wrong. Jellyfish rule: The creatures are hitching rides on ships. More »

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      global warming  • pollution  • migration  • penguin  • scientist  • reptiles  • animals  • jellyfish

  • June 2008

    • Gator Caught—in Chicago?

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jun 21, 08 5:32 AM CDT

      Gator Caught—in Chicago?

      Alligator wranglers may not be the busiest of folks in metro Chicago, but they came through yesterday by yanking a 5-foot unwelcome visitor out of the Chicago River, the Tribune reports. The healthy female, probably a discarded pet, is on her way to a sanctuary in the Southeast. More »

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      Chicago  • animal  • alligator  • reptiles  • Animal Control

  • May 2008

    • Here's Why Platypus Look So Goofy

      newser  |  National Geographic  |  May 7, 08 7:00 PM CDT

      Here's Why Platypus Look So Goofy

      Scientists have decoded the genome of the duck-billed platypus, National Geographic reports, with their findings as interesting as they expected. Research, published in Nature , confirms that the platypus is the earliest living offshoot of mammalian evolution, yet retains many genetic throwbacks to reptilian ancestors thought to have lived 300 million years ago. More »

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      evolution  • genome  • reptiles  • mammals

  • April 2008

    • Tyrannosaurus Rex: Tastes Like Chicken?

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 24, 08 8:01 PM CDT

      Tyrannosaurus Rex: Tastes Like Chicken?

      Dinosaurs are more closely related to birds than reptiles, protein extracted from a Tyrannosaurus rex bone suggests. T. rex collagen, the main protein in bones, is similar to chicken and ostrich collagen but much different than material from alligators and lizards, scientists say. The findings could remap the evolutionary tree according to molecular data rather than bone structure, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      fossil  • birds  • DNA evidence  • dinosaurs  • dinosaur  • reptiles  • bones

    • For Infections, Try Gator-cillin

      newser  |  Cox Newspapers  |  Apr 7, 08 3:28 PM CDT

      For Infections, Try Gator-cillin

      Scientists are trying to harness the power of alligator blood to fight disease, bacterial infections, and even HIV, Cox News reports. Proteins in the reptiles' blood have antibiotic properties thanks to the animals' long evolution and frequent exposure to bacteria; their exceptionally effective immune systems can fight off invaders without previous exposure. "It's pretty exciting," says one gator researcher. More »

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      medical research  • HIV  • antibiotics  • pharmaceutical  • immune system  • MRSA  • alligator  • reptiles

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