ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEAdult tortoises spend the dry season in the higher regions, then back to the lower and relatively warm areas when the rainy season begins.
Wild fish release chemicals to signal other fish about dangers that are nearby. (Photo : Rankin1958)Fathead Minnows For 30 years, researchers have been aware that some fish would release chemicals into the water.
Thousands of beachgoers in Australia have been stung by jellyfish in recent months Every weekend, a lot of families and group of friends take the opportunity to go to the beach.
Pennsylvania has just voted for the Eastern Hellbender to become an official amphibian. The house voted 191-6 on Tuesday granting honor to the salamander to an amphibian status. It is a nocturnal animal that is not easy to see and it also known by other names; lasagna lizard, snot otter, or the mud devil.
If only people gave up their plastic bag addiction, the world would be a better place to live. What place on earth is safe from plastic? The deepest pits of the Earth, in the ocean, and even in the highest peak, there are elements of plastic.
Microplastics have been found to pollute the air as much as it does the oceans. By now, we are all familiar with the 'evil' that plastics bring to our friends from the ocean.
The possibility of computer games in solving climate change for farmers Climate change affects everyone especially farmers. In order to face the challenges related to climate change, farmers can use scientific research to improve their farmlands through web-based gaming.
Excessive artificial lighting has negative effects on nocturnal animals and on humans as well. (Photo : U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters)Choeronycteris mexicana, Mexican long-tongued bat The 17th of April was declared as National Bat Appreciation Day which is celebrated every year as it is the best time to observe bats that are beginning to come out from hibernation.
A new species larger than a polar bear with large rhinoceros skull and enormous canine teeth The Ohio University's paleontologists have found a new species of meat-eating mammal that is larger than any big cat stalking the world today.
Researchers discovered how the unique vertebrate develops from a fetus to an adult A new study by a team of international researchers presents the original observations of the development of the skull and brain in the living coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae.
Scientists combine efforts to provide data about the global flow of phosporus The significance of phosphorus fertilizers equate to soil nutrification and implies bountiful harvest.