Sentences with phrase «nocturnal species»

Native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, pygmy hippos are an elusive, nocturnal species rarely seen in the wild.

Be sure to make a night dive to see the many nocturnal species too.

Top predators such as Angelsharks and Rays are often seen, sometimes just lurking in the edge of the torch beam; while nocturnal species such as golden balearic congers, squid, red - legged octopus, spiny pufferfish, echiurida, and canarian lobsterette can be seen.

Visit a little penguin colony, look for other nocturnal species — Tammar wallabies, Brush Tailed possums, Western Grey kangaroos, with the possibility of other more elusive night creatures such as Boobook or Barn Owls, Stone Curlews or even an echidna out on a night excursion.

On The Night Tour in Drake Bay, Costa Rica, you'll have the opportunity to witness an impressive set of nocturnal species in their natural rainforest habitat, all by the light of the stars and a headlamp.

Glide along serene waterways and watch as the jungle comes alive with nocturnal species.

(Science Daily defined melatonin as a hormone produced by the pineal gland at night, as well as under conditions of darkness in both diurnal and nocturnal species.

This is the expected pattern because nocturnal species need larger corneas to increase the light gathering capacity of their eyes at night.

Marian Stamp Dawkins, an animal behavior expert at the University of Oxford, has championed the idea that aspects of sensory processing can influence the evolution of communication signals; for example, a nocturnal species whose predators are color - blind would not evolve colored warning splotches.

Not exact matches

Last week I wrote about how the solitary, nocturnal Sahamalaza sportive lemur eavesdrops on the alarm calls of several species that occupy the same forests, including the crested coua, in order to avoid predation.

Bat biologists have previously observed the nocturnal mammals feeding on many prey species, but it's hard to measure what the bats prefer.

They found that species that have evolved noxious sprays as a defense, such as skunks, tend to be nocturnal and subject to predation by other mammals, whereas socially vigilant species, such as mongooses, tend to be diurnal and at risk of predation by birds of prey.

Reclusive and mostly nocturnal, these rarely - seen creatures are the subjects of folklore — associated with fire because of some species» brilliant coloring, poisons because of the toxins some produce to discourage predators, and immortality because of their ability to regenerate lost limbs.

Tracking techniques are useful when monitoring nocturnal or reclusive species.

A rare sighting of this elusive and beautiful cat is bringing new insights into the life of a unique species adapted to nocturnal desert life

Previous studies of other Microraptor fossils, citing the presence of a large, bony ring within the creature's eye, suggested that the species was nocturnal.

A new species of nocturnal hermit crab, discovered in the Caribbean, fits the bill.

The study will facilitate understanding of how small, fast - flying, nocturnal animals use social information while foraging, while also collecting valuable data for species conservation.

All hamster species are nocturnal, with morning or evening being the best time for interaction.

That's how the species came to adapt to nocturnal life.

Sugar gliders are small tree - dwelling nocturnal marsupials, and, until very recently, have not been classified as a companion animal species.

Besides these beautiful species, nesting colonies of tropical waders like the beautiful white ibis («Cocos») and the nocturnal boat - billed herons («Coopers») are found here.

You'll investigate changes in the climate and what they mean for these species while trying your hand at a variety of research techniques, including bird surveys, lizard surveys, frog surveys, and nocturnal wildlife spotting.

Among the species killed in the spill was the Xantus» murrelet, a nocturnal seabird that nests on only 12 islands — including Anacapa — along the West Coast of North America.

The reclusive, nocturnal animals could surely vanish from southern Asia with hardly anyone noticing (there are other species in Africa).

Yes, it is 2011, soon to be 2012, and the Dinosaurs, the most successful species to ever populate the earth (for approximately five hundred million years) were not extinguished due to their inability to evolve and grow with natural changing conditions, but were simply eliminated by a one - in - a-million extra-terrestrial event over a short period of time (one to three years), as were all forms of sun reliant life with the exception of a few ocean dwelling species, subsurface ground dwelling worms, plant life like lichens and other mindless species able to lie dormant for extended periods of time, as well as nocturnal, ground dwelling little rodents that ate roots, dead or alive, (from which we so - called superior life forms evolved).