ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATERare fossils of giant rodents were found. It has changed the family tree of rodents. There were two almost complete sets of skull rat fossils that were found in South America.
Aside from aerial photography, drones or “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” can be utilized in conducting bird surveys. Ecologists have accomplished a feasibility study using the said device.
A recent study holds the physical phenomenon "ageing" responsible for the prediction of earthquakes but predicting its timing and impact remains inconclusive.
Accounting to the death of millions of marine lives, Lamprey remains one of the most barbaric fish predators. Scientists are trying various innovative ways to combat the ferocious sea evil.
UCSB researchers and colleagues conducted an eight-year-long study of a healthy shark population. A team of scientists investigated the size of an unfished community of reef sharks which will help in getting the clear picture of the shark population.
scientists from the University of Wisconsin and the Northwestern University found the evidence of “Chaotic Solar System”. The team analyzed the 90-Million-Year-Old Sedimentary Rocks In Colorado to prove the theory that was first proposed in 1989.
If joined together, the mounds made by the cathedral termites will stand fourt times over the worl'd tallest building. A new study claims Australian termites migration was quite similar to humans.
NASA research about snow has started. The aircraft SnowEx has completed its first test flights. NASA's mission to see how much water Earth has is on the go.
Mobbing not only saves the birds from its predators but also in the process makes them showcase their courage, strength and defending skills. A new study also associates the behaviour with being sexually attractive to the opposite sex.
scientists found 400 million years old fossil of an extinct worm from Royal Ontario Museum. The specimen had been kept for more than a decade. The extinct gigantic species had more than one-centimeter long jaw that made the immense predator during the period.