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03/06/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Dead Sea secrets revealed: Scientists explain why salt crystals pile up in the Dead Sea

For a couple of decades now, scientists and researchers have noticed a peculiar phenomenon occurring in the depths of the Dead Sea: salt snow. Scientists first noticed it in 1979 – they observed salt crystals forming on the surface of the famed lake, before “snowing” down and piling up on the lake bed. The deposits […]

02/27/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Researchers “shed light” on plants’ circadian clocks: Findings could be used to improve future crops

Every person has a circadian clock, an invisible internal mechanism synchronized with solar time. This “clock,” according to the National Sleep Foundation, drives a person’s circadian rhythm, which regulates daily sleep-wake cycles. As it turns out, even plants have one, too. First discovered in 1729 by French geophysicist and chronobiologist Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan after […]

02/27/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Great Barrier Reef on brink of 3rd major coral bleaching in 5 years, scientists warn

Scientists and conservationists make an alarming statement: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is on the brink of another major coral bleaching. As per official records, this will be the third bleaching event happening in the reef system within the last five years. “Bleaching” is a phenomenon wherein coral polyps expel the zooxanthellae or algae living inside […]

02/24/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Worst extinction since the dinosaurs: Total biomass of flying insects down by a staggering 76%, warn German researchers

We are in the middle of an extinction phase. The animals in danger of extermination? Flying insects. This is according to entomology enthusiast Martin Sorg, president of the Amateur Entomology Society of Krefeld, who, over the last 37 years, collected 80 million insects from the German countryside. And while the Society’s collection is considered a […]

02/09/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Scientists explore Atlantis Massif in the Atlantic Ocean to find out how creatures survive on alien water worlds

Deep in the middle of the Northern Atlantic Ocean lies an underwater mountain that, at its highest, rises to be nearly 2,300 feet below the surface. This mountain, known as the Atlantis Massif, after the fabled city that sunk into the ocean, is filled with underwater chimneys that spew minerals and hot water into the ocean. This […]

02/09/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Bee warfare: Domesticated honey bees spread viruses on plants, driving wild bumblebees to extinction

If you’re buying your honey from domestic apiaries and suppliers, there’s a high chance that you are contributing to the continued eradication of wild bumblebees, according to scientists. According to a group of scientists from the University of Vermont (UVM) and the University of Florida, a spillover of viruses from domesticated honey bees (Apis mellifera) […]

02/04/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Carnivorous pitcher plants have an occasional taste for vertebrates, study finds

While the northern pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) is well-known for consuming insects and other invertebrates as supplementary food, a recent study published in the journal Ecology points out that about one in five pitcher plants in Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park has upgraded its menu to include juvenile salamanders. While Asiatic pitcher plants such as the Philippines’ Nepenthes attenboroughii are […]

02/03/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Amazing study reveals bees can connect symbols to numbers: Insects COMPUTE

Research has established that bees understand the concept of zero and are capable of doing basic math. Now, a recent research conducted by scientists from the RMIT University in Australia suggests that bees are also capable of being trained to connect symbols to numbers in order to receive food. This experiment used a carrot and stick reward system to […]

02/02/2020 / By Michael Alexander

A nose for numbers: Elephants can “count” food using their sense of smell, study says

When it comes to function, elephant trunks are the Swiss army knives of the natural world. Bristling with over 150,000 individual muscle units, an elephant’s trunk is used for a wide variety of activities: sucking up water for drinking, blowing out dust for baths, picking up objects, sending out warnings and even using them to greet […]

02/01/2020 / By Ethan Huff

New deep-sea mining operation of rare earth minerals will be catastrophic for our oceans

The next great frontier in resource extraction is located deep beneath the waters of our world’s great oceans. But experts warn that the reckless dredging of our delicate, underwater ecosystems could be the straw that finally breaks the camel’s back, environmentally speaking. In an in-depth piece he wrote for The Atlantic, Wil S. Hylton warns about the impending launch of […]

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