QUESTION ARE DINOSAURS HOT OR COLD BLOODED-NEW STUDY SAYS NOT?

Using a study by scientists that compared  growth rate  of living and extinct species ,growth rings ,bone size to calulate those of dinosaurs.This linked it to metabolic rate-measure of energy use that divides warm and cold blooded animals.This study is trying to put dinosaurs in middle category-not hot or cold which is worth debating -Journal Science.

New Species of Gecko Found on Phuket

PHUKET: Invaded by tourists, overrun by developers, Phuket seems to be a place where nature has a less than even chance of survival. But even on Phuket, there are surprises.

A new species of striped gecko has been found on the island, among a total of 367 new species discovered in Southeast Asia in 2012-2013, according to a report by the read more

3 New Species of Weird, Endangered Fish Discovered in India, U.S and Colombia

“It’s a strange world. Let’s keep it that way.”—Warren Ellis

You can find some pretty weird things when you go poking around in holes in remote parts of the globe. The past month brought three examples of that rule of thumb as scientists announced the discovery of three extremely strange and endangered newfish species.

The first of these new species, and probably the most bizarre, comes from southwestern India. Dubbed Kryptoglanis shajii, this 10-centimeter catfish packs four rows of sharp, nasty teeth and looks like something designed by the late Swiss surrealist artist, H. read more

This bird is a brand new species discovered by zoologists at Trinity College

RESEARCHERS FROM DUBLIN’S Trinity College have discovered a new species of bird on a chain of islands off Indonesia.

The group of zoologists made the discovery of the previously unrecognised bird, which they are proposing be called the Wakatobi flowerpecker, after the group of islands it was found on.

Despite looking similar to the grey-sided flowerpecker from mainland Sulawesi, Wakatobi flowerpeckers are significantly larger and genetically distinct.

The genetic data from the Trinity study revealed that the two flowerpecker species did not mix or interbreed, which in turn suggests that they do not cross the 27km stretch of ocean between them.

These findings, just published in the open access journal PLOS ONE, suggest that the lack of research and particular absence of genetic analyses performed on similar birds has likely led to a significant underestimation of the number of species in the Sulawesi region     read more    .http://www.thejournal.ie/trinity-college-researchers-discovered-new-bird-species-1499190-Jun2014/

3D-printed skeletons for your mythology museum

Animal skulls, dinosaur skulls, biology specimens -- all of these are wonderful things, but they leave a serious gap in the skeletons-as-art market: unicorns. Also jackalopes, fairies, chupacabras, centaurs... well. You get the idea.

That's where artist and designer Brian Richardson comes in -- and to fill this gap, he has created his own collection of skeletons, called Mythic Articulations, taken straight from the pages of myth and legend.

"About a year ago I decided I wanted a bird skeleton, for no particular reason. Just something neat to have," he explained to CNET.

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"I had just learned about 3D printing, so I learned 3D modeling over the next few months and printed one. After that I made a few other 'real' animal skulls and a few plants, and then decided out of the blue to make a Chupacabra Skeleton. I've always had an interest in cryptozoology, and mythology, so that's where the idea came from. I had opened my Shapeways READ MORE

Eight new species of snakes discovered in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR: Eight new species of snakes were discovered in a survey conducted for the first time in four districts of Chhattisgarh by forest department and Nova nature welfare society, a wildlife NGO. 

While state is known for having rich species of snakes and reptiles, initial survey was conducted in Gariyaband, Baloda Bazaar, Dhamtari and Raipur districts and others like Jashpur may be surveyed in near future, confirmed a forest official. 

Talking to TOI, Moiz Ahmed snake expert of .. 

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New Species Of Cavefish Found In Southern Indiana

An eyeless, pigment-less fish that lives in southern Indiana caves has been identified as a new species.

The Hoosier cavefish live north of the Ohio. It was originally thought to be the same species as a cavefish living south of the Ohio River in Mammoth Cave, but the two fish actually have different DNA.

Louisiana State University professor Prosanta Chakrabarty described the animal in a study published this week in the journal ZooKeys. He says this kind of DNA discovery has never been seen in cavefish before.

“The one from Indiana, the new one, has a functional rhodopsin gene so it still makes the proteins and everything it needs for vision, but it’s not actually doing anything because there are no eyes,” Chakrabarty says.

The fish’s scientific name is Amblyopsis hoosieri, named in part by the University of Kentucky researcher who discovered the species, Matthew Niemiller. He’s also a native Hoosier.READ MORE