11-year-old boy finds pink grasshopper
9-13-2009 |
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An 11-year-old boy has found a rare pink grasshopper in a nature reserve in England. The grasshopper is thought to be a ...
Lost world found in Papua New Guinea
9-8-2009 | 8
A team of scientists has discovered over 40 unidentified species in a lost world contained inside a kilometre deep crate...
Arctic ice melt rate doubling
9-4-2009 | 21
A new study released this week by the WWF has stated that a quarter of the world's population is likely to be affected b...
Strange jellies of the icy depths
9-3-2009 | 2
Details are emerging about life forms that survive in a lost world beneath the waves, a range of unusual jelly-like crea...
Mouse set to be 'evolution icon'
8-29-2009 | 4
The tiny deer mouse is set to become an icon of biology in that it provides a perfect example of natural selection in ac...
Upwards lightning caught on film
8-25-2009 | 7
Scientists have succeeded in photographing the rare phenomenon of "upwards lightning", also known as "gigantic jets" the...
Science can't improve on bat's bizarre nose
8-24-2009 | 6
Scientists have been conducting a new study in an attempt to understand how the noses of horseshoe bats operate in produ...
Antarctic glacier 'thinning fast'
8-15-2009 | 14
A vast Antarctic glacier is thinning four times faster than it was a decade ago British scientists have revealed, with t...
Giant 'meat-eating' plant found
8-13-2009 | 16
Botanists have discovered a new species of giant carnivorous plant in the Philippines. The plant is so large that it is ...
Killer whales visit 'social clubs'
8-13-2009 | 7
It has been revealed that Killer whales visit their own type of social clubs much the same way as humans do with congreg...
Dogs as intelligent as two-year-old child
8-10-2009 | 21
New research conducted by animal psychologists has found that dogs are capable of a similar level of intelligence to tha...
Dolphins 'talk' to each other with tail slaps
8-5-2009 | 11
Scientists have found that dolphins are able to communicate with one another through the slapping of their tails in what...
Jellyfish may help keep planet cool
8-1-2009 | 2
Jellyfish and other similar marine creatures could be helping to curb the effects of global warming by stirring up the o...
Deadly jellyfish invade UK beaches
7-30-2009 | 6
A number of deadly Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish have been washing up on British beaches. Growing up to 15 feet in len...
New creatures in an age of extinctions
7-29-2009 | 2
In an age when entire species are continuing to disappear from Earth's natural habitats on a regular basis there is stil...
Almost extinct tortoise mates aged 90
7-23-2009 | 7
One of the last remaining Galapagos giant tortoises left in the world has delighted conservationalists when a number of ...
Big cat fears as horse is attacked
7-22-2009 | 28
Fears have been raised in Scotland after a horse was mauled by a puma a short distance from a holiday park on Friday. Fa...
Dog translator transforms barks into words
7-21-2009 | 20
A Japanese toymaker firm has produced what it is claiming to be a talking gadget that can recognise a dog's emotions by ...
Just 1,000 tigers left in India
7-19-2009 | 19
The number of tigers left in India has fallen significantly in recent times with the government admitting that nobody ha...
New branch of archaeology established
7-17-2009 | 5
A new branch of archaeology has been established to better understand human evolution by studying the material culture o...
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