ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

326-Million-Year-Old Car-Sized Millipede Is The World's Largest Arthropod, Study Says

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 12.21.2021 22:16 PM

Scientists have found the remains of a giant millipede, known as Arthropleura, on a beach in Northumberland in England. It is said to be as big as a car, the biggest ever found to date.

Rare 130-Million Year Old Dinosaur Fossil Egg With Curled Up Embryo Similar to Unhatched Chickens Still Complete Inside Shell

12.21.2021 21:46 PM

The most complete dinosaur embryos, an ancient infant that's tucked into a position that's unusually akin to the present time's unhatched chickens have recently been discovered.

Europe's Most Famous Mummy: How is Ötzi the Iceman 30 Years After His Discovery?

12.21.2021 11:51 AM

Ötzi the Iceman is considered to be "Europe's most famous mummy" that was believed to be murdered in the Alps about 5,000 years ago. Over 30 years since its discovery, did scientists learn anything valuable?

Total Darkness, Thriving Ecosystem Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelf That Existed 6,000 Years Found

12.21.2021 04:02 AM

A new paper recently showed that total darkness, as well as a thriving ecosystem, have been around for thousands of years already.

Himalayan Glaciers Lost 10 Times Ice In the Last Few Decades, Exceptional Melting Rate A Threat to Asian Water Supply

12.21.2021 02:18 AM

Recent research shows that the Himalayan glaciers have retreated by over 40% during the modern age when compared to the size and volume during the Little Ice Age period. The shocking discovery raises threats to the water supplies of hundreds of millions of Asian residents.

Duck Farm in France Culled a Day After 48 Bird Flu Outbreaks Were Declared in French Foie Gras Region

12.20.2021 07:45 AM

A bird flu outbreak was declared in the Landes region in France, the heart of foie gras production. It is the second outbreak in the southwest after an epidemic last year that culled 3 million ducks and geese.

Social Conventions in Baboons Naturally Emerge Like in Humans, Study Shows

12.20.2021 05:31 AM

French researchers from CNRS investigate the emergence of social conventions on non-human primates, particularly in Guinea baboons, to see how it may also be important to animal societies.

10 Most Wanted Lost Birds: Can You Help Scientists Find Them?

12.20.2021 04:56 AM

These ten bird species haven't been spotted in ten years or more, according to experts, and the bird-watching community may be able to assist in the search.

Remains of Mammoths Uncovered at a Site Where Cave-Dwellers Dined 215,000 Years Ago

12.20.2021 04:42 AM

Archaeologists believed that the site where they unearthed remains of mammoths at a quarry near Swindon and spotted a Neanderthal ax was a massive buffet 250,000 years ago.

Disruption of Earth's Magnetic Field Sent Auroras Toward the Equator 41,000 Years Ago

12.20.2021 02:22 AM

Earth's magnetic field tilted about 41,000 years ago causing the Laschamp event in which the lessened magnetic pull that sent auroras wandering toward unexpected places on Earth,

Comparable Information on Carbon Sequestration in Forests Around the World

12.19.2021 11:58 AM

The Forest Flux service, which has been developed under VTT's leadership and utilises field surveying and satellite images, provides accurate and comparable information on the ability of forests to bind carbon.

Population of Tiny Bark Beetles are Booming: A Bad News for the Pine Trees in the Sierra Nevada

12.19.2021 01:49 AM

How can something so small as bark beetles destroy something so big? Climate change has caused the insect population to bloom and now threatens more pine trees in the Sierra Nevada.

1,300-Legged Millipede Discovered in Australia; Study Reveals New Species is a Record Breaker

12.18.2021 23:00 PM

A new millipede discovered by principal biologist Bruno Buzatto, from the Perth, Australia-based Bennelognia Environment Consultants, lives up to the real meaning of its name which literally means a "thousand feet."

New Source of Organic Phosphorus Identified, Could Play Vital Role in Phytoplankton and Microalgae Growth

12.18.2021 01:42 AM

In a groundbreaking study a collaboration of scientists have discovered that organic phosphoros transported from land via bioaerosols fertilize marine ecosystems and help phytoplankton grow and photosynthesize.

Engineered Robot Scares Invasive Mosquitofish, Saves Freshwater Fishes and Tadpoles

12.17.2021 04:00 AM

A joint collaboration between engineers and biologists from Italy, US, and Australia created robots to mimic the natural predator of the invasive mosquitofish that has plagued endemic freshwater fish and tadpoles.

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