POLICYEcologist claims the killing of wildlife in Africa “was his job”. In a new report revealing the sharp decline of elephant populations, one name was brought to the forefront--Ron Thomson.
In a first-of-its-kind observation, researchers from the University of New Hampshire Space Science Center have documented a unique event that occurs in clouds before a lightning flash happens.
The overall health of humans as well as wildlife are threatened by the widespread pollution of pesticides and antibiotics in the streams all across Europe.
Paleontologists all over the world continue to search for dinosaur remains. Usually, the remains will be a discovery of tracks that were preserved on stones or on caves. However, remnants of soft tissues in the body like the skin or the muscles are very rare. Oftentimes, the ones they find are not well-preserved and couldn't distinguish whether it's from dinosaurs or not. In fact, only 1% of most of the discoveries show traces of the skin.
Scientists have discovered a species of underwater creature that had 45 tentacles. (Photo : Elissa Martin, Division of Invertebrate Paleontology, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.
MIT scientists develop a method in decreasing carbon footprint The manufacture of plastics, iron, and steel requires large amounts of energy. In addition to being the biggest source of global energy consumption.
Spring is in the air! As the weather becomes warmer, flowers begin to bloom and along with it comes honey bees. However, you don't have to be scared of these tiny creatures, even if they happen to appear in a swarm. This only means that the weather has become warm and will continue to be so.
Despite sustained effort in keeping the use of plastic bags low, people have overlooked the fact that they may only be cleaning up 1% of the total plastic used.
University of Adelaide researchers were inspired by everything from chocolate biscuits and Doctor Who aliens when choosing names for 10 new species of wasps.
An international consortium has sequenced the entire genome of durum wheat--the source of semolina for pasta, a food staple for the world's population, according to an article published today in Nature Genetics.