Bsal Genes Sequenced By Scientists Sheds Hope To Save Salamanders From Extinction

Medicine & Technology Mar 29, 2017

Researchers joined their efforts together to sequence the genes of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) or the "amphibian plague" which is accountable for the declining of the salamander and newt's population as well as the increasing rate of their deaths.

Bird Fossil Discovery: Scientists Found Second Specimen Of Eoconfuciusornis

Mar 28, 2017

This new bird fossil specimen from the rich early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, which is approximately 131 to 120 million years old. It is cited as Eoconfuciusornis that are the oldest and the most primitive member of Confuciusornithiformes.

Blind Catfish Finally Gets It's Official Name After 40 Years Of Discovery

Feb 26, 2017

Drexel scientists finally to eyeless fish which is not more than an inch long. the specimens were caught between 1978 and 1979 from the river of Ontario.

Microbes, Sponge Oldest Organism And Species Alive Today For Over 120 Thousand And 760 Million Years Old

Feb 21, 2017

Organisms like the cyanobacteria and blue-green algae were believed being around for billions of years where life started. Hence, there is no discovery yet of the oldest of all living organism or species on the planet, these recent discoveries are the leads.

Rock-Forming Element Found On Mars

Dec 23, 2015

NASA's roaming robot machine Curiosity discovered an enormous amount of the most abundant minerals under the land surface of Mars.

Manipulating a Cockroach is Now Possible, Biologists say

Oct 27, 2015

The possibility of controlling a cockroach is now at hand.

Blue Walking Fishzilla Discovers in Himalayas

Oct 07, 2015

There are a lot of species in the world that has never been discovered and continues to evolve over the time.

Discovery Sparks Interest—NASA’s Mission to Mars Gets Its Own New Show

Dec 18, 2014

Often in the media, it’s what’s new and fresh that brings in the ratings. But what about looking for something potentially millions of years old? What if it wasn’t on this planet even? Peak your interest yet? Well, if so, you may just be in luck, because after decades of researching and scoping out the fourth planet from our sun, Mars, NASA has announced today that it has collaborated with the Discovery Channel to show a never-before-seen view of the Red Planet. And it airs tonight, Dec. 18!

Explaining How Rare ‘Fallstreak Hole’ Appeared Down Under

Nov 05, 2014

People may not be too observant to what’s happening around them, or what strange things are happening above them in the cloudy skies, but when a “hole punch” cloud filled with rainbows appears just overhead it can definitely be a viral phenomenon.

Mammoth Fossil Trapped In Reservoir—Archaeologists Try to Unearth Rare Skeleton

Oct 28, 2014

Researchers from Idaho State University pray that a new discovery uncovered near American Falls Reservoir in their home state of Idaho may only be part of a whole, yet to be seen. Earlier this month, in the course of surveying an excavation site while working for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the university alongside avid fossil hunters uncovered a portion of a Columbian era mammoth skull complete with tusks. And the team believes the entire rare skeleton may also be buried in the reservoir.

The Home That Cults Built—Storm God Temple Found in Israel

Oct 15, 2014

After excavating a large complex found in the Israeli archaeological site of Tel Burna, archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be a 3,300 year-old complex, once run and inhabited by an ancient cult.