Moth got dark due to Industrial Revolution in camouflage strategy
The peppered moth developed its dark, black form during the Industrial Revolution – this genetic mutation was an evolutionary camouflage move given that during...
Snails use two neurons to make decisions may help design robot brains
Snails use just two neurons to make decisions, say scientists, who believe their findings should help engineers when designing the ‘brains’ of robots based...
Baby fish hooked on plastic stunts growth and raises mortality rates
Baby fish (larval fish) are hooked on plastic, specifically microplastic particles, which stunt their growth and significantly raise mortality rates. The developing juvenile fishes,...
Dogs first domesticated in east and west Eurasian continent separately
Dogs were first domesticated from separate wolf populations that existed in the east and west of the Eurasian continent, a new study has found....
16 billion dollars to save Great Barrier Reef secret document reveals
Saving the Great Barrier Reef will cost an estimated AU$16 billion, according to a secret Queensland Government modelling document. The money would have to...
Ground level traffic lights to save mobile phone addicts from being run over
Ground level traffic lights will be introduced at some crossings in New South Wales, Australia, to see whether the number of mobile phone addicts...
Fatter birds get more sex study finds
Not to mention, the birds that look best behind glasses of water with those extra curves.
Fatter birds get more sex – at the end...
Moon has water that came from asteroids during early evolution
There is water inside the Moon, and most of it came from asteroids (not comets) during its early evolution, between about 4.5 billion and...
Milky Way weighs 700 billion Suns new study estimates
The Milky Way – our galaxy – weighs the equivalent of the mass of 700 billion Suns, says Gwendolyn Eadie, a PhD candidate in...
Bumblebees know flowers are near because their hairs vibrate
Bumblebees know flowers are near because they have tiny hairs that vibrate, responding to electric signals from the flowers. This biological ability to perceive...