Articles from October 2008
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Wildlife News Roundup - October 2008 · 31 Oct 2008
In this issue of Wildlife News Roundup, we find out about the evolutionary origins of bats, the social life of sabertooth cats, and the purpose of the first feathers. There's news that climate change poses grave threats...
Beavers Help to Reduce Effects of Droughts · 25 Oct 2008
Beavers are key members of the wetland communities they inhabit, especially in times of drought. Scientists from the University of Alberta, Canada, found that when beavers and their dams are present in a habitat, that habitat was...
Study Unveils New Grouper Species · 25 Oct 2008
Genetic studies have revealed that the goliath grouper is not a single species as scientists once thought, but is in fact two distinct species. Researchers from the University of Hawaii, the Wildlife Conservation Society, Smithsonian Tropical Research...
Quahog Clam Seeks Refuge in Polluted Water · 25 Oct 2008
Oxygen-deprived coastal waters, known as dead zones, are not as devoid of life as scientists once thought. Coastal dead zones form where nutrient pollution is severe. When water runs off of agricultural lands, it transports dissolved nutrients...
New Species of Ancient Vertebrate Discovered · 19 Oct 2008
A team of vertebrate paleontologists have recently described a previously unknown prehistoric amphibian, Kryostega collinsoni. The animal is estimated to have lived about 240 million years ago in Antarctica and belongs to a diverse group of prehistoric...
