Odd Creatures: Earth & Climate
November 20, 2024
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Nov. 19, 2024 — Researchers study how Champatis roll and bounce down inclines. The authors released a heap of the seeds down an inclined plane while a camera recorded their descent to analyze their speed and the ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — A newly discovered pterosaur fossil is shedding light on the evolutionary journey of these ancient flying reptiles. This complete specimen, named Skiphosoura bavarica, provides crucial insights into how pterosaurs transitioned from early, smaller ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Through the intricate study of lava tubes -- caves formed following volcanic eruptions when lava cools down -- an international team of researchers has uncovered clues about Earth's ancient environments that could be significant in the search for ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama ...
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Nov. 14, 2024 — 'Cool' white lights -- such as those in modern car headlights -- endanger moths by causing them to fly erratically, new research ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have discovered meter-high chimneys on the floor of the Dead Sea. These are formed by the spontaneous crystallization of minerals from groundwater with an extremely high salt content ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Engineers have invented a protective coating for concrete pipes that could help drastically reduce the formation of fatbergs in ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, according to new research in Japan. It was previously thought that combining ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — Coral larvae reduce their metabolism and increase nitrogen uptake to resist bleaching in high temperatures, according to a new ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. Researchers have now made the southernmost discovery of amber in the ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — A new study on titan arum -- commonly known as the corpse flower for its smell like rotting flesh -- uncovers fundamental genetic pathways and biological mechanisms that produce heat and odorous ...
Nov. 8, 2024 — New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by warming ocean waters over the last ...
Nov. 8, 2024 — Highland deer mice and their lowland cousins ventured on a simulated seven-week ascent to 6,000 meters. By tracking how the mice responded to cold stress and progressively lower oxygen levels, the ...
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Nov. 8, 2024 — Tool use isn't unique to humans. Chimpanzees use sticks as tools. Dolphins, crows, and elephants are known for their tool-use abilities, too. Now a report highlights elephants' remarkable ...
Nov. 8, 2024 — A research team has discovered two remarkable species of bacteria in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from the Gulf of Mexico. These previously unknown symbionts of the corals have an extremely ...
Nov. 7, 2024 — A new study reveals that two strains of pathogenic fungi unexpectedly divide insect victims amongst themselves rather than aggressively compete for ...
Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — Researchers used biologging technology to analyse movements, activity patterns and eating habits of two species of Southern Ocean albatrosses to see how they responded to extreme weather. The study ...
Nov. 5, 2024 — Scientists are repurposing their research about bacteria-powered biobatteries into a new idea for artificial plants that can feed off carbon dioxide, give off oxygen and even generate a little ...
Nov. 4, 2024 — The unique properties of baseball's famed 'magic' mud, which MLB equipment managers applied to every ball in the World Series, have never been scientifically quantified -- until now. ...
Oct. 31, 2024 — Echolocating bats have been found to possess an acoustic cognitive map of their home range, enabling them to navigate over kilometer-scale distances using echolocation ...
Alcohol Consumption Among Non-Human Animals May Not Be as Rare as Previously Thought, Say Ecologists
Oct. 30, 2024 — Anecdotes abound of wildlife behaving 'drunk' after eating fermented fruits, but despite this, nonhuman consumption of ethanol has been assumed to be rare and accidental. Ecologists now ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — Researchers used laser-guided imaging to uncover vast unexplored Maya settlements in Campeche, Mexico, revealing more than 6,500 pre-Hispanic structures, including a previously unknown large city ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — In the largest predation event ever recorded, researchers observed capelin shoaling off the coast of Norway, where a swarm of cod overtook them, consuming over 10 million fish in a few hours. The ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — A groundbreaking, nine-year study has revealed that elephants approaching small-scale farms in Kenya avoid beehive fences housing live honey bees up to 86% of the time during peak crop seasons, ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — Weddell seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica, may look like couch potatoes when they are resting on ice. However, these seals, which are the southernmost population of the southernmost living mammals, are ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — The Triassic-Jurassic Extinction, 201.6 million years ago, has been considered by some to have been a fairly slow-burn event, driven by rising temperatures and ocean acidification. A new study says ...
Oct. 25, 2024 — What is the 'most Canadian' animal? Spoiler: it's not the beaver, or the moose. A new study ranks species of terrestrial vertebrates in Canada by their level of Canadian evolutionary ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — New Zealand's native stoneflies have changed colour in response to human-driven environmental changes, new research shows. The study provides arguably the world's most clear-cut case of ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — New research shows that a large, ubiquitous mobile genetic element changes the antagonistic weaponry of Bacteroides fragilis, a common bacterium of the human ...
Oct. 23, 2024 — The transition from water to land is one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth. Now, a team of roboticists, palaeontologists and biologists is using robots to study how the ...
Oct. 23, 2024 — The new mammal lived in Colorado 70 to 75 million years ago -- a time when a vast inland sea covered large portions of the state, and animals like sharks, turtles and giant crocodiles ...
Friday, November 8, 2024
- Elephant Turns a Hose Into a Sophisticated Showering Tool
- Deep-Sea Corals Are Home to Previously Unknown Bacteria With Extremely Small Genomes
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Insect-Killing Fungi Find Unexpected Harmony in War
- DNA Evidence Rewrites Story of People Buried in Pompeii Eruption
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- How Gophers Brought Mount St. Helens Back to Life in One Day
- Research Reveals How Stormy Conditions Affect Albatrosses' Ability to Feed
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Monday, November 4, 2024
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- Alcohol Consumption Among Non-Human Animals May Not Be as Rare as Previously Thought, Say Ecologists
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
- Have We Found All the Major Maya Cities? Not Even Close, New Research Suggests
- Oceanographers Record the Largest Predation Event Ever Observed in the Ocean
- Beehive Fences Are Highly Effective in Reducing Human-Elephant Conflict, but Researchers Warn of Future Risks
- Weddell Seals in the Antarctic Strategically Time Their Most Extreme Dives to Maximize Foraging
- Dinosaurs Thrived After Ice, Not Fire, Says a New Study of Ancient Volcanism
Friday, October 25, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Human Actions Likely Cause Insect Color Change
- Gut Bacteria Transfer Genes to Disable Weapons of Their Competitors
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- 'Paleo-Robots' To Help Scientists Understand How Fish Started to Walk on Land
- Paleontologists Discover Colorado 'swamp Dweller' That Lived Alongside Dinosaurs
- With 'electro-Agriculture,' Plants Can Produce Food in the Dark and With 94% Less Land, Bioengineers Say
- Researchers Use the Sounds of Healthy Coral Reefs to Encourage Growth of a New Species of Coral Larvae
Monday, October 21, 2024
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Soil's Secret Language: Researchers Decode Plant-to-Fungi Communication
- Microplastics Detected in Dolphin Breath
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- Out-of-This-World Simulation Key to Collecting Moon Dust
- Echoes from the Past: A Geological Mystery Unravelled on Easter Island
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- Seven New Frog Species Discovered in Madagascar: Sounds Like Something from Star Trek
- Tube Sock-Like Skunk Covers More Ground Than Deer, Impacted by Winter Weather, Study Finds
- Simulated Mission to Mars: Survey of Lichen Species
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Friday, October 4, 2024
- Pterosaurs Needed Feet on the Ground to Become Giants
- Scientists Uncover Auditory 'sixth Sense' In Geckos
Thursday, October 3, 2024
- Zooplankton Play Limited Role in Cleaning Contaminated Water
- Nanostructures in the Deep Ocean Floor Hint at Life's Origin
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- Iron Nuggets in the Pinnacles Unlock Secrets of Ancient and Future Climates
- Most Tropical Lightning Storms Are Radioactive
Monday, September 30, 2024
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- Humbug Damselfish Use 'motion Dazzle' To Evade Predators
- These Tadpoles Have Discovered a Unique Way of Not Contaminating Their Water Supply: Not Pooping
Monday, September 23, 2024
- All-Night Lights Change the Behavior of Fish, Even Into the Next Generation
- Human Urine Could Be Used as Eco-Friendly Crop Fertilizer
Thursday, September 19, 2024
- Breakthrough Study Predicts Catastrophic River Shifts That Threaten Millions Worldwide
- Engineers 3D Print Sturdy Glass Bricks for Building Structures
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Monday, September 16, 2024
Thursday, September 12, 2024
- How El Nino and Mega Ocean Warming Caused the Greatest-Ever Mass Extinction
- Climate-Change-Triggered 2023 Mega-Landslide Caused Earth to Vibrate for Nine Days
- Powered by Renewable Energy, Microbes Turn CO2 Into Protein and Vitamins
Monday, September 9, 2024
Friday, September 6, 2024
Friday, August 30, 2024
- New Species of Antarctic Dragonfish Highlights Its Threatened Ecosystem
- Doughnut-Shaped Region Found Inside Earth's Core Deepens Understanding of Planet's Magnetic Field
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Thursday, August 29, 2024
- Scientists Discover How Starfish Get 'legless'
- Land-Sea 'tag-Team' Devastated Ocean Life Millions of Years Ago Reveal Scientists
Friday, August 23, 2024
- Two Epicenters Led to Japan's Violent Noto Earthquake on New Year's Day
- Innovative Field Experiments Shed Light on Biological Clocks in Nature
Thursday, August 22, 2024
- Creature the Size of a Dust Grain Found Hiding in California's Mono Lake
- Fighting Coastal Erosion With Electricity
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Chalk-Based Coating Creates a Cooling Fabric
- Pilot Study Uses Recycled Glass to Grow Plants for Salsa Ingredients
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Friday, August 16, 2024
- Hailstone Library to Improve Extreme Weather Forecasting
- New Research Shows Unprecedented Atmospheric Changes During May's Geomagnetic Superstorm
Thursday, August 15, 2024
- Blind Cavefish Have Extraordinary Taste Buds
- Scientists Condition Crocodiles to Avoid Killer Cane Toads
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Friday, August 9, 2024
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
- Individuals Vary in How Air Pollution Impacts Their Mood
- When Mammoths Roamed Vancouver Island
- Fishing Is Causing Frightened Fish to Flee When They Should Flirt
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
- Smell Reports Reveal the Need to Expand Urban Air Quality Monitoring, Say Researchers
- Scientists Devise Method to Secure Earth's Biodiversity on the Moon
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Thursday, July 25, 2024
- Climate Change Will Bring More Turbulence to Flights in the Northern Hemisphere, Study Finds
- A Recipe for Zero-Emissions Fuel: Soda Cans, Seawater, and Caffeine
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
- The Ocean Is Becoming Too Loud for Oysters, Research Finds
- Whale Shark Tracked for Record-Breaking Four Years
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Monday, July 15, 2024
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- Lion With Nine Lives Breaks Record With Longest Swim in Predator-Infested Waters
- Whale Remains Tracked to Highlight Sustainable Disposal Benefits
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
- First Local Extinction in the US Due to Sea Level Rise, Study Suggests
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals Oceanic Seabirds Chase Tropical Cyclones
Monday, July 1, 2024
- Organic Material from Mars Reveals the Likely Origin of Life's Building Blocks
- Everybody Needs Good Neighbors: Resident Quolls Help Newcomers Settle in at Mulligans Flat
- Sixty-Million-Year-Old Grape Seeds Reveal How the Death of the Dinosaurs May Have Paved the Way for Grapes to Spread