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Study finds how virovory is enough to fuel physiological growth
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that a type of Halteria, which are tiny ciliates that live in freshwater habitats all over the world, may consume large quantities of infectious chloroviruses. For the first time, the team's laboratory tests have also demonstrated that a virus-only diet, or "virovory,"
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Rare discovery of dinosaur remains preserved with its last meal: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Microraptor was opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was a generalist carnivore in the ancient ecosystem of dinosaurs.
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Cheetah marking trees are hotspots for communication also for other specie
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Marking trees are important hotspots of communication for cheetahs: Here they exchange information with and about other cheetahs via scent marks, urine and scats.
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Study examines connection between shark nose shape, size, smell sensitivit
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Sharks are known as "super smellers," as they employ olfaction to detect smells associated with finding prey and mates, communicating with their own species, and avoiding predators. Unlike humans, their olfactory system is independent of their respiratory system. Sharks and other fish use gi
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Ancient superpredator got big by front-loading its growth in its youth: St
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Whatcheeria, a six-foot-long salamander-like creature that lived 340 million years ago, was the T. rex of its time: the biggest, baddest predator in its habitat. A new study reveals how they grew to their "giant" size: instead of growing slow and steady throughout their lives like many moder
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Study: Violent sexual predators use dating apps as hunting grounds
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Dating apps are fertile ground for predators in part because there are few means for potential victims to screen possible partners. Dating apps are now an entrenched part of American social life, but there's work to do to ensure users' safety. New research suggests that violent sexual predat
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Tom Hardy to narrate forthcoming Sky original nature series 'Predators'
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 28 (ANI): Hollywood star Tom Hardy is all set to narrate a natural history series for Sky Nature, titled 'Predators', which is co-produced by Netflix.
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Sexual predators hunt children even amid devastating floods in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 5 (ANI): Young children including girls are not safe, even amid the devastating floods in Pakistan, as media reports show that they are being abducted, raped and sexually abused.
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China 'spy vessel' reinforces its attempt to exploit Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 24 (ANI): China's unswerving manoeuvre to dock the Yuan Wang 5, missile and satellite tracking ship at Hambantota port in Sri Lanka despite the country's request to defer the visit of the ship amid security concerns raised by India and the United States might seem lik
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Study reveals how bats communicate and work together for efficient foragin
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): When prey is spread in an unpredictable way over the terrain, several animal species have developed social hunting methods. For the first time, researchers have shown that animals, in this case the common noctule bat, construct a mobile sensory network in or
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Bats communicate and work together for more efficient foraging
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): Social hunting strategies are already well documented in many animal species when prey is distributed in an unpredictable way across the landscape. Researchers have now demonstrated for the first time that animals in this case the common noctule bat join tog
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'Predator' star Jesse Ventura praises 'Prey' Prequel as "thoughtful" and "
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 8 (ANI): Jesse Ventura, who starred in Predator, has nothing but good things to say about Prey, the long-running franchise's prequel, on Hulu.
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