Numerous monocles popped from experts' eye sockets when a research team announced the discovery of living algae inside cells of equally-alive salamanders. Arguably, this is the most advanced type of symbiosis ever discovered in vertebrates. The discovery was made in the common spotted salamander, which wasn'... |
5 April 2011
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The secret to preventing aging may lie in the limestone caves of southern Europe, a group of scientists believes. At this location, they found the olm, or proteus (Proteus anguinus), a species of salamanders that really stands out from the crowd. These blind creatures, which were once considered to be baby dragons du... |
21 July 2010
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A new research has shown that the cells that remain in the limb stumps of salamanders do not, in fact, revert to their most basic state, the embryonic one. Rather, they “downgrade” to a certain point, but that point is far above the embryonic state. Thus, they can recover a lot faster, and contribute to g... |
2 July 2009
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Naturalists have been finally able to understand one of the most puzzling aspects of species' evolution, namely why rare traits seem to persist in the general population over a long time. According to recent investigations, this happens because the natural predators of those species have the tendency to avoid ca... |
13 May 2009
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The number of amphibious creatures in the ponds in Yellowstone Park is severely declining, Stanford scientists say. They place this phenomenon on global warming, which keeps drying up the fishless ponds that were the perfect habitat for frogs and salamanders to lay their eggs. New surveys showed that the number of la... |
29 October 2008
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