The oriental hornet has built-in “solar cells” that generate electricity from sunlight—a first in the animal kingdom, according to a…
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New Head-Bobbing Lemur Found!
The creature’s theatrics—an unusual head-bobbing and a loud, high-pitched call—helped scientists detect the lemur recently in Daraina, a protected area…
The moon as you’ve never seen it before
This “illumination map” was constructed using over 1700 photographs of the same area of the moon’s south pole taken by…
Mozart’s growing influence on food
Although the claim that listening to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s complicated scores can boost your IQ has been debunked, its effect…
World population of endangered gorillas up 26 pct
The number of endangered mountain gorillas in national parks straddling three African countries has risen by 26 percent in the…
UK Govt. launches £4.2m urban tree-planting plan
A £4.2m scheme to plant one million trees over the next four years has been unveiled by the government. It…
Plants Clean Air Pollution Better Than Expected
Plants, especially some trees under stress, are even better than expected at scrubbing certain chemical pollutants out of the air,…
New polio vaccine more effective in reducing disease
A new vaccine against the polio virus has helped reduce the number of cases by more than 90%. Research published…
Tube-Nosed Bat & other Rare Species Found
This tube-nosed fruit bat is just one of the roughly 200 species encountered during two scientific expeditions to Papua New…
Pink Surprise
A young, rosy-hued hippopotamus (pictured) was spotted in September along the banks of Kenya‘s Mara River—and the discovery has two…