#Can Backpacking Flies Rescue Queensland's Farmers?(Op-Ed) This article was published originally at The Conversation.
of sea snake goes without a drink for months on end gradually dehydrating before refueling with freshwater
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and fruits but they will also munch on eggs small insects caterpillars small animals and even young snakes.
They can smash nuts with rocks insert branches into crevices to capture food and use large branches to club snakes.
covering a total of nearly 13 hectares, in the northern states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Coahuila and Tamaulipas.
In Sonora where Monsanto has begun planting, transgenic maize is kept 500 metres away from conventional maize fields,
A fire at a research centre in S £o Paulo, Brazil, has destroyed a leading collection of dead snakes.
contained around 80,000 preserved snakes and thousands of spiders and scorpions that were used for biomedical research.
Left turn saves snails from snakes: Nature Newsevolutionary advantage often makes for show-stopping stuff a cheetah's speed, for example,
however, it's simply down to a poor fit with a snake's jaw. Some species of Satsuma snail have shells that coil to the left, Â
because the snakes that prey on them have specialized jaws for feeding on the molluscs'right-coiling ancestors,
thanks to the fact that common snake predators that can easily eat dextral snails struggle to consume the sinistral ones.
Hoso and his colleagues first looked at how effectively the snake Pareas iwasakii preys on Satsuma snails.
They found that the snakes, which have more teeth on the right side of their jaws than the left,
Comparing the global distributions of both snakes and snails, the researchers found that sinistral snail species have evolved more often in areas in
We knew the snakes had trouble picking up sinistral snails, says Menno Schilthuizen, an evolutionary ecologist at the National Museum of Natural history of The netherlands in Leiden,
But Masaki has shown the snake might actually speed up the fixation of sinistrality, suggesting this is a very plausible speciation mechanism.
although not as well understood as for insects mammals birds and even in snakes. The recent study published in the Journal of Zoology shows that for crocodiles almost a quarter of the fruits consumed were of the âÂ#Âoefleshyã¢Â# kind.
Virgin births sometimes occur among hammerhead sharks turkeys boa constrictors and komodo dragons. But nearly all animals engage in sex at some point in their lives.
even if it means less land for the rattlesnakes. Starz Your concern seems to be with the way the magnetic field in space affects that of the core
Cechetti an engineer at the water-sports-equipment manufacturer Cobra International is always hunting for techniques to make surfboards stronger and lighter.
You want your poop to be soft like a snake one of them advises. Rhinehart says he still poops on Soylent just much less.
Literally every insectivorous animal in the northeast--songbirds carnivorous birds (hawks owls) opossums foxes cats shrews snakes spiders and even dogs--will gorge on cicadas.
and snakes he explains. Like other placental mammals we humans lost our yolk somewhere along the line
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anything inherently dangerous which includes venomous animals (snakes lizards) huge animals (hippos elephants) and animals that would prefer to murder you than let you pat them on the head (big cats bears baboons) are outlawed all.
The Diamondback Moth invaded Canada a long time ago and brought with it an appetite for crops such as cabbage and canola.
Young designed and performed experiments to see which wasp is better at controlling Diamondback Moth populations under various conditions.
Burmese pythons devastate local wildlife in the Everglades. These are invasive species: nonnative animals and plants carried by people into new locations that take hold disrupting
In a previous study the researchers found that mast cells produce enzymes that can detoxify components of snake venom
Pre-immunization with a low dose of venom from the Russell's viper also protected mice from a higher dose of venom from this snake which is one of the big four species responsible for most snakebite
#Timber rattlesnakes indirectly benefit human health: Not-so-horrid top predator helps check Lyme diseasethe scientific name of the timber rattlesnake Crotalus horridus is a sign of the fear
and loathing this native North american viper has inspired. But research by a team of University of Maryland biologists shows the timber rattlesnake indirectly benefits humankind by keeping Lyme disease in check.
The team's findings to be presented today in a talk at the annual conference of the Ecological Society of America highlight the potential benefits of conserving all species--even those some people dislike.
Human cases of Lyme disease a bacterial illness that can cause serious neurological problems if left untreated are on the rise.
Timber rattlers are also top predators in Eastern forests and their numbers are also falling so former University of Maryland graduate student Edward Kabay wanted to know
whether the rattlers also play a role in controlling Lyme disease. Kabay used published studies of timber rattlers'diets at four Eastern forest sites to estimate the number of small mammals the snakes consume
and matched that with information on the average number of ticks each small mammal carried. The results showed that each timber rattler removed 2500-4500 ticks from each site annually.
Because not every human bitten by an infected tick develops Lyme disease the team did not estimate how many people are spared the disease because of the ecosystem service that timber rattlesnakes provide.
But Kabay who is now a science teacher at East Chapel hill High school and his research colleagues will talk about the human health implications of their work on Aug 6.
Timber rattlesnakes are listed as endangered in six states and threatened in five more under the Endangered Species Act.
#Snakes devour more mosquito-eating birds as climate change heats forestsmany birds feed on mosquitoes that spread the West Nile virus a disease that killed 286 people in the United states in 2012 according to the Centers
However rising temperatures threaten wild birds including the Missouri-native Acadian flycatcher by making snakes more active according to University of Missouri biologist John Faaborg.
A warmer climate may be causing snakes to become more active and seek more baby birds for food said Faaborg professor of biological sciences in MU's College of Arts and Science.
Increased snake predation on birds is an example of an indirect consequence that forecasts of the effects of climate change often do not take into account.
In the heart of Missouri's Ozark forest cooler temperatures usually make snakes less active than in the edge of the forest or in smaller pockets of woodland.
Since snakes are cold-blooded warmer temperatures make the reptiles more active and increase their need for food.
Previous studies using video cameras found that snakes are major predators of young birds. Over the past twenty years fewer young Acadian flycatchers (Empidonax virescens) survived during hotter years according to research by Faaborg
Faaborg suggested that a likely reason for decreased baby bird survival in hot years was an increase in snake activity.
Also slithering it way onto this year's top 10 is a snail-eating false coral snake as well as flowering bushes from a disappearing forest in Madagascar a green lacewing that was discovered through social media
Snake Sibon noalamina Country: Panamasnail-eating snake: A beautiful new species of snail-eating snake has been discovered in the highland rainforests of western Panama.
The snake is nocturnal and hunts soft-bodied prey including earthworms and amphibian eggs in addition to snails and slugs.
This harmless snake defends itself by mimicking the alternating dark and light rings of venomous coral snakes.
The species is found in the Serranã a de Tabasarã¡mountain range where ore mining is degrading
which covers most of Arizona western New mexico and northern parts of the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua.
They developed the lethal genetic sexing system in two pests the pink bollworm which damages cotton crops and the diamondback moth
#Genome of diamondback moth provides new clues for sustainable pest managementan international research consortium led by Fujian Agriculture Forestry University (FAFU)
and BGI has completed the first genome sequence of the diamondback moth (DBM) the most destructive pest of brassica crops.
The diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) preferentially feeds on economically important food crops such as rapeseed cauliflower and cabbage.
Compared with other sequenced insect species they found that the diamondback moth possesses a relatively larger set of genes
and have the first publicly accessible database of diamondback moth genome. I expect we could translate our achievements into real actions for sustainable pest management in the near future.
The complete genome sequence of diamondback moth is publicly available via visit http://www. iae. fafu. edu. cn/DBM.
#Pythons, lionfish and now willow invade Floridas waterwaysforeign invaders such as pythons and lionfish are not the only threats to Florida's natural habitat.
When Snakes Meet the New jersey Highwayroads are a challenge for northern pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus) in the New jersey Pine Barrens based on the findings that Ward will present at the ESA meeting on Aug 15.
Ward has worked on both substrate experiments--testing how well snakes move across different types of road surfaces
--and landscape-level analyses of how much snake-friendly habitat is actually available for pine snakes without requiring dangerous road-crossings.
He has found that snakes move much faster and with less sinuous movement on sand compared to asphalt and concrete surfaces.
In New jersey the most densely populated state in the country the network of roads can dramatically shape the area of land that snake populations can occupy without facing significant risk of population loss during road crossings.
Roads reduce the number of snakes we can have by creating more small patches of usable habitat in many cases too small to support even a single pine snake Ward said.
and habitat types in the pine snake's historic range in New jersey and identified a total of 3872 habitat patches divided by roads and natural barriers.
Of those only 156 patches were of a large enough size to support a small population of 3-5 adult snakes.
and provide connectivity for snakes and other wildlife to cross them safely. Two years ago the New jersey Air National guard agreed to participate in a pilot study to test the feasibility of using culverts to guide snakes under roads as part of a larger study of northern pine snakes at Warren Grove Gunnery Range.
The New jersey State department of Transportation installed culverts under portions of the Atlantic city Expressway last year.
Newborn Snakes Finding Their Path Through Lifemost reptiles are said great mapmakers Smith a doctoral student in Drexel's Laboratory of Pinelands Research who will present research on northern pine snakes at the ESA
Adult snakes tend to have a good idea of where they are and what is around them
but neonates or newborn snakes don't have those mental maps established when they first emerge from the nest.
Smith is tracking neonate pine snakes to find out where they go and where they stay to get a deeper picture of the species'habitat needs.
He is supplementing that tracking with simple experiments to find out why snakes might go one way or another.
Smith's tracking of neonate pine snakes over two years has shown that the young snakes stay fairly close to the nest in their first year--ranging from 30 to about 250 meters away
Although pine snakes are considered an upland species the neonates moved readily through lowlands and wetlands as well as grassy areas.
Smith has performed also behavioral experiments with neonate snakes to test the hypothesis that their movements could be influenced by social factors.
Sometimes more than one female pine snake will nest in a single burrow Smith said. The neonates may then come out with some siblings and some non-siblings.
if neonate snakes prefer to follow their siblings or unrelated neonates. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Drexel University.
Snakes turtles prairie chickens and other nesting birds are less likely to be destroyed during fall and winter burns as wildlife is often hibernating underground
but Erika Nowak and her team at Northern Arizona University are determined to aid in its recovery recently rescuing several snakes from ash-filled floods in Oak Creek Canyon following the Slide Fire.
She said Oak Creek is one of the few places where the snake numbers are still somewhat healthy
Additionally the ash covers rocks and small holes making it difficult for the snake to hide while hunting.
Though the snakes can survive for some time without food they will eventually starve to death Nowak explained.
The second was to salvage some of the snakes to ensure we had genetic material from them in captivity
Other contributing factors are habitat degradation causing higher water temperatures and decreased water quality and accidental or intentional killing of snakes by humans.
but also collect blood so we can compare blood values from captive snakes to wild snakes to improve our husbandry efforts.
and females and simulating the natural lifecycle of the snakes including hibernation. One female recently was confirmed pregnant
The team hopes the snakes will thrive and continue to breed so they can eventually be reintroduced into the wild in places like Oak Creek.
and has earned common names like crazy worm snake worm and Alabama jumper by flopping and wriggling vigorously when handled.
off Sonora Mexico in the Gulf of california sometime in the last millennium--specifically between the 6th and 19th centuries.
They studied populations of diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) larvae a pest of broccoli and their natural enemies ladybird beetles (Coleomegilla maculata) for six generations.
The results showed that diamondback moth populations were reduced in the treatment containing ladybird beetles and unsprayed non-Bt refuge plants.
and predators diamondback moth populations were reduced but the larvae more quickly evolved resistance to the Bt plants. â#oethese results demonstrate the effectiveness of Bt plants in controlling the pest population the lack of effect of Bt on the predators
Populations of the endangered San francisco garter snake and the threatened California red-legged frog have made airport land their home.
walking ahead to warn off poisonous snakes and alligators. Half the group cut the rice with hand sickles
and black sugarcane are just a few of the crops Keshav Tavre grows on his suburban plot on the outskirts of Mumbai--all of it from a supply of untreated sewage that snakes past his land.
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