Articles Posted in the Plants – Animals Category
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Chimpanzees resolved Esop’s fable: Pour water into a tube to reach a peanut
In Esop’s fable, a raven stones used to raise water from a pitcher to control its thirst.After several experiments, chimpanzees were able to pull a peanut from a tube, using water from a nearby container.…
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Spiders have more legs than they need
After they have collected thousands of female spider in the wild, researchers found that over 10% from the arachnids were missing at least one of the eight legs. “We wondered if it represents a handicap…
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First creature that survives in the underground world
The animal was discovered in the mines in South Africa. Cylindrical worm can survive in water at 48 degrees. The discovery has astonished scientists who until now believed that only single-celled bacteria lives in deep.…
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An otter at the San Diego Zoo, play with the visitors!
Otters are semi-aquatic mammals with long body, smooth and relatively short limbs. Have a length of between 0.7 m and 1.8 m and may reach a weight of 5 kg to 45 kg each. Being…
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What do cats when people not see them
A new study reveals what do cats, either, those from the house, or those stray when people do not notice them. Jeff Horn, a graduate of the department of natural resources and environmental sciences at…
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Coral reefs will disappear due to ocean acidification
Coral reefs worldwide could be the brink of extinction by the end of the century because the oceans are becoming more acidic, scientists warn. New evidence from volcanic fissures suggests a bleak future for the…
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The most spectacular species discovered in the 2011
A spider who weaves a very solid canvas, a sprightly cockroach, a phosphorescent fungi, bacteria devouring rust, and a worm called “tiranozaur”were included in the top 10 of the most spectacular species discovered in the…
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Bee venom – the most sensitive explosives sensors
Parts of the protein in bee venom can be used to detect explosive substances in small quantities. Even a single molecule of nitro-aromatic substance, such as TNT (one of the commonly used explosives to manufacture…
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Lichen could be a fungal equivalent, at least evolutionarily
Lichen — those drab, fuzzy growths found on rocks and trees — aren’t as cuddly and charismatic as kangaroos or intriguing as opossums, but they could be a fungal equivalent, at least evolutionarily. A Duke…
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Rice originated in China, a team of genome researchers has concluded
Rice originated in China, a team of genome researchers has concluded in a study tracing back thousands of years of evolutionary history through large-scale gene re-sequencing. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of…