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Research: Wood-eating clams use their feces to dominate habitat
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers didn't know what to make of sunken pieces of wood that were so thoroughly chewed up by clams that the wood crumbled in their hands. It turns out, the super-chewer wood-eating clams had a secret weapon for forcing out other species. The clams, who have special adaptations that let
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525-million-year-old fossil contradicts textbook theory of brain evolution
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain evolved in arthropods, the most species-rich group in the animal kingdom. Combining detailed anatomical studies of the fossilized nervous syste
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Half-a-billion year old fossilised brain of sea creature defies textbook e
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain evolved in arthropods, the most species-rich group in the animal kingdom. Combining detailed anatomical studies of the fossilized nervous system w
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Microscopic organisms discovered in 'flammable ice'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 8 (ANI): A group of researchers studying 'flammable ice' or methane hydrate in the cold and dark depths of the Sea of Japan has found microscopic creatures flourishing amidst living conditions that are immensely inhospitable for harbouring life.
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Lights on fishnets can save turtles, dolphins: Study
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 15 (ANI): While fishnets are used to catch fishes for the seafood business. The fishnets also capture marine animals including dolphins, turtles and other sea creatures that form an indistinctive part of the flora and fauna. Given the fact, a new study suggests, pl
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Study reveals lights on fishnets save turtles, dolphins
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Dec 8 (ANI): Flora and fauna form the essential components of the environment. While underwater species from an indistinctive section of the ecosystem including dolphins and turtles and other sea creatures. Researchers have now come up with a study to save turtles and d
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Engineers draw inspiration from squid skin to create next-gen space blanke
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Apr 29 (ANI): Engineers have developed a next-generation, adaptive space blanket which allows its users to control their temperature. The innovation is inspired by the skin of stealthy sea creatures.
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