Atacama snailfish: This Squishy Deep-Sea Fish ‘Melts’
Snailfish species discovered in Atacama trench.
Picture a fish. No matter what type you picked, you probably imagined a colorful, scaled creature with fins, gills,...
Research: New tool helps forecast when weather will make wildland fires more dangerous —
The weather plays a significant role in how a wildfire grows, how fast it spreads, and how dangerous it can become for firefighters,...
Research: Political actions are required, not additional scientific knowledge —
What are researchers doing? The sixth mass extinction continues and is even accelerating, but conservation scientists, it is claimed, have no solutions to...
Research: Conservation dairy farming could help Pa. meet Chesapeake target —
If the majority of dairy farms in Pennsylvania fully adopt conservation best-management practices, the state may be able to achieve its total maximum...
Research: Sniffing out error in detection dog data —
A new study in the journal Scientific Reports gets to the bottom of it: Why do dogs that are trained to locate poop...
Research: They produce electricity —
While bacteria that produce electricity have been found in exotic environments like mines and the bottoms of lakes, scientists have missed a source...
Research: New plant species discovered in museum is probably extinct —
A single non-photosynthetic plant specimen preserved in a Japanese natural history museum has been identified as a new species. However, it is highly...
Research: Appetite for shark fin soup serious risk to threatened sharks —
Fishing pressure on threatened shark populations has increased dramatically in recent years and it is urgent that consumers reject shark fin products altogether...
Research: Trees reveal the evolution of environmental pollution —
In an article published in the journal Environmental Pollution, Brazilian researchers showed that tree species Tipuana tipu have been successfully employed as a...
Research: Viruses under the microscope —
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infects almost all of the human population, but only very few will show any symptoms during their lifetime: HHV-6...
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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...
