Research: Modern mahouts taking care of elephants in Myanmar are younger and less experienced...
Asian elephants are endangered, but remarkably, around one third of the remaining 45,000 Asian elephants in the world live in semi-captive conditions, cared...
Research: Arctic sea ice loss in the past linked to abrupt climate events —
A new study on ice cores shows that reductions in sea ice in the Arctic in the period between 30-100,000 years ago led...
Research: NASA finds possible second impact crater under Greenland ice —
A NASA glaciologist has discovered a possible second impact crater buried under more than a mile of ice in northwest Greenland.
his follows the...
Research: Marine snail venom could improve insulin for diabetic patients —
Although moderately mobile, marine cone snails have perfected several strategies to capture prey. Some fish-hunting species release venom into the surrounding water. Within...
Research: New deep sea animal discoveries warrant expanded protections in Costa Rican waters —
A three week expedition off the coast of Costa Rica has just expanded our knowledge of deep sea ecosystems in the region. Led...
Research: Earth’s magnetic shield booms like a drum when hit by impulses —
The Earth's magnetic shield booms like a drum when it is hit by strong impulses, according to new research from Queen Mary University...
Research: Discovery of the oldest evidence of mobility on Earth —
An international and multi-disciplinary team coordinated by Abderrazak El Albani at the Institut de chimie des milieux et matériaux de Poitiers (CNRS/Université de...
Research: The new genus is found exclusively in the recently recognized Seasonally Dry Tropical...
A new species of the Brazil-endemic small genus Mcvaughia is described as part of a extended revision of this unique group. The study...
Research: Toward automated animal identification in wildlife research —
A new automated method to prepare digital photos for analysis will help wildlife researchers who depend on photographs to identify individual animals by...
Research: Research team clarifies the mechanism of gliotoxin, a mycotoxin from the fungus Aspergillus...
It is everywhere -- and it is extremely dangerous for people with a weakened immune system. The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus occurs virtually everywhere...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
