Science

On Tuesday, a humpback whale was rescued after it became entangled in crab pot gear off the Washington coast. Staff from Cascadia Research worked with the Coast Guard and National Marine Fisheries Service to free the whale, which was trapped near Grays Harbor. Read More »

A new plant species with an unusual lifestyle – it eats nickel for a living – has been discovered, according to a recent study. Scientists from the University of the Philippines, Los Baños have discovered Rinorea niccolifera, a plant species that accumulates up to 18,000 ppm of the metal in its leaves without poisoning itself, according to Edwino Fernando, lead ... Read More »

Space debris – a pressing problem for humanity – has moved out of the sphere of the movies and is now under consideration by a Congress panel. If you have watched Gravity, you will be familiar with Sandra Bullock’s tense two-hour battle against space debris. Now people working on the real-life problem of space debris would like to extend the ... Read More »

Most people are aware that climate change affects the temperature of weather patterns, but not everyone knows that it also elevates sea levels and plays a big role in crop production. The rising levels of carbon dioxide will affect the nutritional value and content of basic foods, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Harvard University. Read More »

NASA’s lunar space probe has captured a beautiful image of the Earth rising above the edge of the moons surface, from a distance. Made famous by the Apollo 8 mission of 1968, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was launched in 2009 to map the surface of the moon. The 2014 Earthrise picture was created by combining different images taken from various ... Read More »

Sen—A team of researchers has identified for the first time a star directly related to the Sun, one almost certainly born from the same cloud of gas and dust. The find, led by astronomer Ivan Ramirez of The University of Texas, will help astronomers look for other solar siblings. It could lead to an understanding of how and where our ... Read More »

14 new species of dancing frogs were discovered in the Western Ghats of southern India by the scientists/biologists. These tiny acrobatic amphibians (frogs) were found by Indian biologists. The Indian Dancing frogs are scientifically known as Micrixalidae and their family comprises a single genus Micrixalus. Name of the species has been derived by their style of unusual kicks used to ... Read More »

A rare megamouth shark was caught off the coast of Japan last month and cut open in front of 1,500 onlookers. The shark is on display at the Marine Science Museum in Shizuoka City, Japan, after it was caught off the coast of Japan last month at a depth of nearly 800m, according to WPTV. Read More »

A COMMONLY used insecticide is responsible for destroying honey bee colonies in the wintertime, a study shows. Researchers say they have found a link between hive health and dietary exposure to clothianidin, one of the developed world’s most popular pesticides. Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a disease affecting bees which results in them abandoning their hives and eventually dying. Read More »

International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) celebrates and brings attention to bird migration, one of the most important and spectacular events in the Americas. IMBD began in 1993 and is now hosted at more than 600 sites from Canada to Argentina. Environment for the Americas, with the collaboration of international sponsors and partners, fosters bird conservation education in the Western Hemisphere ... Read More »

In Morocco, there are spiders that know how to do cartwheels. They can cartwheel down sand dunes, and also up sand dunes, which is more than a little bit remarkable. The scientist who found them, Ingo Rechenberg (a professor at the Technical University of Berlin), does what you do when you find an animal with a unique and ingenious mode ... Read More »