Day: February 19, 2016

New Sound and Climate Response: Deep-Water Fish Sound at Feeding Could Give Learnings While we’ve been able to hear dolphins, whales and other marine mammals’ underwater sounds for quite some time, scientists recently picked up a distinct new sound using…

Ancient Bronze Age Wheel Discovered in UK’s ‘Pompeii’ Near Peterborough An area near Peterborough, England has been called “like Pompeii.” An intact wheel from likely 1100-800 B.C. was recently uncovered there, and will tell us more about human transportation, access…

‘Pit Bulls’ Often Misidentified At Shelters, Study Finds Animal shelter staff often misidentify dogs as pit bulls, solely based on appearance. As a result, they are less likely to be adopted. Source: Natures Talk Show via Nature World News ‘Pit…

FDA to test foods for controversial herbicide Amid controversy and conflicting studies, the FDA will test food for glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the world. Source: Science News FDA to test foods for controversial herbicide Science News

Invasive Species: Florida’s Feral Monkeys Are Not Disturbing Ecosystem, Study Confirms In recent years, Florida wildlife officials have been concerned the growing population of rhesus macaques living in Silver Springs State Park. They feared the nonnative animals were taking a…

Without a ban on trade in old ivory, elephant killing continues Samuel Wasser has been working to track down where poached ivory comes from. But to stop the killing, he says, a ban on the ivory trade is necessary. Source:…

Easter Island: Ancient Civilization Not Destroyed By War, Study Confirms It has long been thought that Easter Island’s early Rapa Nui civilization collapsed due to lack of a lack of resources that eventually led to war. This theory was based…

Space Telescope: NASA Plans WFIRST, Telescope With 100 Times Hubble’s Scope In new telescope news, China is well along in a project to build the world’s largest radio telescope, which is called FAST. The project is also displacing 9,000 people…

Tigers: Thailand’s Better Poaching Patrol Increases Tigers After Thailand’s Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary beefed up patrols for poachers starting in 2005, tiger populations grew substantially. This is an outstanding conservation success, say researchers, but they also warn that continued…

Sea Butterfly: Tiny Marine Snails “Fly” Underwater Like Winged Insects [VIDEO] Tiny marine snails known as sea butterflies appear to “fly” underwater much like winged insects do when taking to the sky – representsing a remarkable example of convergent evolution,…