ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

New Plant Part Discovered: Scientists Studied Weed for More Than 100 Years

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 06.16.2021 06:21 AM

A new plant part was recently discovered, something that scientists have been examining for more than 100 years already.

Thick Blankets of Cobwebs Seen in Australia After Flooding, Mouse Plague

06.16.2021 05:00 AM

Southeastern Australia is beaking blanketed by thick cobwebs after flooding with powerful winds, and a mouse plague that destroyed crops and started house fires.

Local Vietnam Rice Genomes Improve Crop Resilience, Withstands Climate Change

06.16.2021 00:42 AM

A new study by Earlham Institute and International Rice Research Institute confirmed that a local rice genome from Vietnam's agriculture can be an effective solution to greater food demand, and resist climate change.

Insect-Eating Mammals Diving Behavior Revealed in New Study

06.15.2021 10:21 AM

Scientists, through the use of DNA samples to build an evolutionary tree, recently revealed that diving behavior evolved five distinctive times in a group of insect-eating mammals.

Mistaken Bird Fossils Is Actually a Mysterious Small Lizard; Is This the World's Smallest Dinosaur?

06.15.2021 07:52 AM

A re-analysis of the fossils once touted as the world's smallest dinosaur trapped in amber in Myanmar showed that the remains belonged to a mystery small lizard and not of a bird.

Oceanic Microbes Consume Methane 50 Times Faster, Regulating Earth's Temperature

06.15.2021 05:20 AM

Researchers found that oceanic microbes dwelling in carbonate chimney rocks consume methane 50 times faster than those that live in sediment, effectively regulating the Earth's temperature.

Kissing Bugs Found Nebraska, Blood-Sucking Insects May Cause Chagas Disease

06.15.2021 05:00 AM

Entomologists from the Nebraska Department of Agriculture and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Entomology identified, for the first time in the state, as species of kissing bug.

Ozone Pollution Decline Observed During Pandemic Lockdown as Global Emissions Dropped by 15%

06.15.2021 04:17 AM

The pandemic that started last year not just saved even more people from developing COVID-19, but contributed to the ozone population decline, as well.

Lint-Microfibers Found in Clothes Dryers Can be Converted Into Energy Using Pyrolysis Treatment

06.15.2021 01:08 AM

Scientists use pyrolysis treatment and mathematical models to convert lint-microfibers generated in clothes dryers into a sustainable source of renewable energy.

New Bacteria Study Tracks Early Human Migration From Siberia Into the Americas

06.14.2021 23:31 PM

Early migrations of humans to the Americas from Siberia around 12,000 years ago have been traced using the bacteria they carried.

Dog Ejected From Car Went Missing for Days, Was Later Found Herding Sheep

06.14.2021 04:55 AM

Tilly was a family dog who has been missing since she was thrown off the rear window following a car accident. After searching for two whole days, his family found him on a farm herding flocks of sheep.

White Rhino Born in ZooTampa, Species Still Considered Nearly Extinct; Will It Recover Soon?

06.14.2021 03:00 AM

ZooTampa welcomes its new member as a female southern white rhino calf who was born on June 6. This marks the eighth southern white rhino calf born in the zoo.

Bird Tracker: Scientists Develop Electronic Device That Can Track Songbirds’ Movement

06.14.2021 02:50 AM

Scientists recently developed a bird tracker, an electronic device known as a "tag on his back" that can track the movement of birds.

Alpha Males in Animal Kingdom: Can Humans Exhibit "Alpha Male" Behavior?

06.13.2021 09:00 AM

Contrary to popular belief, wolves do not have alpha male dynamics in the pack. However, alpha male behavior is very real in many species in the animal kingdom including in Capuchin monkeys and Bonobo apes.

Ice Shelf Protecting Antarctica’s Largest Glacier Is Breaking Quickly to Pieces [WATCH]

06.13.2021 08:50 AM

The Pine Island Glacier’s ice shelf in Antarctica acts like a cork in a bottle preventing melting ice mass from flowing into the ocean.

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