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18 May City of gonads jellyfish

“City of Gonads” jellyfish discovered

Sporting a reproductive “skyline,” a new species of jellyfish is like nothing else known under the sea, a new study says. Shaped like flying saucers, both males and females of the new jellyfish have gonads

11 May desertification

UN warns of the economic impact of nature loss

The “alarming” rate at which species are being lost could have a severe effect on humanity, conservationists warned today. Targets set eight years ago by governments to reduce biodiversity loss by 2010 have not been

9 May Largest beaver dam

Largest beaver dam discovered in Canada

A Canadian ecologist has discovered the world’s largest beaver dam in a remote area of northern Alberta, an animal-made structure so large it is visible from space. Researcher Jean Thie said Wednesday he used satellite

22 Apr SDO's Ultraviolet Sun, NASA

NASA reveals new stunning images of the Sun

More than three months after being hurled into orbit, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory is snapping some breathtaking images of the Sun, the first of which NASA released this afternoon. The mission designers have to be

19 Apr Lizard with double penis

Scientists find new species of lizard with double penis

Scientists have discovered a species of giant lizard as long as a full-grown man is tall and endowed with a double penis. The secretive but brightly-coloured beast, a monitor lizard, is a close cousin of

12 Feb Source: BBC

Do fast elephants walk or run?

With their awkward, lumbering gait, elephants moving at high speed are not the most graceful of animals – but are they walking or running? Now scientists believe they have an answer: new research confirms that

7 Dec Hemiceratoides hieroglyphica

Moth that drinks bird tears

Tears have several important functions. In all land animals, they clean and lubricate the eyes. And in some places, they are also a source of nutrition. A German scientist has discovered that a moth on

6 Nov Albatross chicks choking on plastic on Midway Atoll

Albatross chicks choking on plastic on Midway Atoll

These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full

7 Oct Golden Path.

Why do leaves change colour in the fall?

Ever wander what makes the trees change colour? As if they were magically transformed by Bob Ross? Leaves process water and carbon dioxide with the help of phontosynthesis. These nutrients are processed into glucose (building