ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Tropical Soils Are Highly Sensitive to Climate Change

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 08.13.2020 09:20 AM

Tropical soils play a significant role in the Earth's natural carbon cycle. Scientists measure how much worse carbon emissions have gotten in recent years by keeping track of soil temperatures.

Tear Study Can Help With Conservation of Species

08.13.2020 08:40 AM

Animal tears are found to be very similar to human tears, with a few biological differences depending on the environment. Researchers hope to develop better eye treatments as well as find ways to help conserve several bird and reptile species.

Vials Of Bacteria That May Cause Plague Missing From TX University

Some Bacteria Have Incomplete Ribosomes, a New Study Reports

08.13.2020 07:20 AM

A team of Russian scientists determines which proteins can be safely lost in the ribosome, a macromolecular machine found within all living cells.

Rare “Boomerang Earthquake” Recorded for the First Time

08.12.2020 11:44 AM

An instance of the rare boomerang earthquake has been observed, and it is much weirder than first expected.

Fiordland Penguin "Mr Munro" Meets Female Companions

3.36 Million Year Old Fossils From an Ancient Crested Penguin Found in New Zealand

08.12.2020 11:06 AM

A team of US and New Zealand researchers have reported finding a 3.36 million-year-old fossil belonging to an ancient crested penguin.

5 Beautiful and Rare Butterflies That Might Go Extinct Soon

08.12.2020 10:00 AM

Butterflies have colorful and beautiful wings which makes them the common motif in the visual and literary arts, which signifies freedom, beuty, and spring.

Google's Largest Earthquake Detection Network Begins in California

08.12.2020 09:30 AM

Google has recently announced that its Android devices will start providing people with timely and helpful earthquake information, starting with California.

Friendly Sharks? A New Study Shows They Also Make Friends With Other Sharks

08.12.2020 06:40 AM

Sharks are often pictured as the beasts in the sea who seems to operate alone and seldom interacts with their species just for the purpose of mating. But, scientists may have been wrong all this time.

Nanotechnology Turns House Bricks Into Batteries Paving Way to Becoming Literal Powerhouses in the Future

08.12.2020 06:00 AM

The new technology uses the porous property of fired red bricks by filling them with tiny nanofibres of a conducting plastic that stores electric charge.

How Do Bees Drink Nectar Exactly?

08.11.2020 22:56 PM

Scientists had previously thought that honeybees only extract nectar in one way. Video recordings revealed that bees extract nectar in two distinct ways for maximum efficiency.

These 4 Animals Possess Specialized Senses

08.11.2020 12:44 PM

Previous studies have already established how animals "sense" the environment around them in an entirely different way from how humans do. To learn more about these natural curiosities, here are four animals with specialized senses.

New Species of Shrimp Discovered in Panama’s Coiba National Park

08.11.2020 10:24 AM

Marine biologists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have discovered a number of new species in Panama's Coiba National Park, including new genera and a new species of shrimp.

U.S. Fish And Wildfire Service Destroy Six Tons Of Confiscated Ivory

Singapore Destroys Nine Tons of Ivory Tusks On the Eve of World Elephant Day

08.11.2020 10:02 AM

Singapore have started destroying confiscated ivory on Tuesday, a day before the World Elephant Day. The contraband came from more than 300 African elephants.

WATCH: Crickets Have An Unusual Way of Dispersing Orchid Seeds

08.11.2020 08:00 AM

A researcher from the Kobe University Graduate of Science in Japan has found evidence of how crickets disperse seeds for the orchid Apostasia nipponica.

Alan Turing's Math Equations Used to Understand Bird Behavior

08.11.2020 07:00 AM

Alan Turing's mathematical equations, developed over six decades ago, have helped researchers understand why birds segregate themselves across a landscape.