Posts Tagged ‘snakes’
Only lightweight lizards survived killer asteroid
YALE (US) — The asteroid collision widely thought to have killed the dinosaurs also caused extreme devastation among snakes and lizards, including the newly identified Obamadon gracilis. Continue…
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:57 - 3 Comments
Science & Technology - Nov 19, 2012 11:35 - 1 Comment
DNA uncovers identical deadly sea snakes
U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — A lethal beaked sea snake is actually two separate species that have evolved to look exactly alike, report researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 26, 2012 11:18 - 0 Comments
Fear makes scary stuff appear to loom
EMORY (US) — Fear can make threatening objects appear more looming than they actually are, a recent study finds. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 14, 2012 10:28 - 6 Comments
Spiders infest Guam after native birds disappear
RICE (US) — The spider population on Guam has exploded after the loss of native forest birds, researchers report. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 16, 2012 11:46 - 1 Comment
Big momma python breaks state records
U. FLORIDA (US) — Scientists have found a record-breaking 87 eggs in a 17-foot-17-inch Burmese python—the largest snake ever discovered in Florida. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 26, 2012 10:33 - 6 Comments
‘Missing link’ snake slithered near T. rex
YALE (US) — Researchers have identified the most primitive known snake, and they say it descended from terrestrial rather than marine ancestors. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 30, 2012 14:37 - 0 Comments
Extinct giant turtle found near monster snake
U. FLORIDA (US) — Researchers have named and described a new extinct giant turtle species from the same Colombian mine where they discovered Titanoboa, the world’s largest snake. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 14, 2012 12:25 - 0 Comments
Trait lets snakes chow down on toxic newts
U. VIRGINIA (US) — Six snake species on three continents have developed a similar trait to resist the poison of their highly toxic prey. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 31, 2012 13:56 - 0 Comments
Snake-like robot slithers to the rescue
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Researchers have used the way snakes move as inspiration for machines that could conduct energy-efficient rescue missions. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 3, 2011 14:11 - 0 Comments
Fatty acids give pythons big, strong hearts
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Fatty acids in the blood of feeding pythons promote heart growth, a finding that may have implications for human heart disease. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 19, 2011 10:22 - 1 Comment
Big croc shared river with 42-foot snake
U. FLORIDA (US) — A new 20-foot extinct crocodile species discovered in the same Colombian coal mine may have given Titanoboa, the world’s largest snake, a run for its money. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 3, 2010 11:13 - 1 Comment
Snake caught in the sauropod-eating act
U. MICHIGAN (US)—The remains of an extraordinary fossil unearthed in 67-million-year-old sediments from Gujarat in western India provide a rare glimpse at an unusual feeding behavior in ancient snakes. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 23, 2009 9:25 - 0 Comments
Sneaky snake fakes out fish prey
VANDERBILT (US)—The tentacled water snake from southeast Asia has found a way to startle its prey so that the fish turn toward the snake’s head to flee instead of turning away. The fish’s reaction is so predictable that the snake aims its strike at the position where the fish’s head will be instead of tracking its actual movement. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 8, 2009 8:58 - 0 Comments
Slithery science of snake movement
NYU (US)—Snakes use both friction generated by their scales and redistribution of their weight to slither along flat surfaces, according to new research. The findings run counter to previous studies that have shown snakes move by pushing laterally against rocks and branches. (more…)
