A shipwreck and an 800-year-old ‘made in China’ label reveal lost history
Nearly a thousand years ago, a ship sank in the Java Sea near Indonesia. Cargo recovered from the ocean floor -- including the equivalent...
Small birds almost overheat while feeding their young
For decades, researchers have thought that access to food determined the brood size of birds. Now, biologists have discovered a completely new explanation: the...
Scientists’ new way to identify microscopic worm attacking coffee crops
The plants which produce one of the most popular drinks in the world, coffee, are targeted by a microscopic worm, but scientists are fighting...
Forest loss in one part of US can harm trees on the opposite coast
If a whole forest disappears, new research shows, this has ricocheting effects in the atmosphere that affect vegetation on the other side of the...
Worm-eating mice reveal how evolution works on islands
When animals are isolated on islands, they can evolve into strange new species found nowhere else on Earth. But what's the cut-off -- how...
Hippo waste causes fish kills in Africa’s Mara River
Ecologists have long known that agricultural and sewage pollution can cause low oxygen conditions and fish kills in rivers. A new study reports that...
Self-driving car has taken a leap towards automatic 24/7 driving
VTT's robot car, Marilyn, sees better than humans in foggy, and even snowy, conditions, and can now navigate without stopping -- including in bad...
Monitoring lava lake levels in Congo volcano
Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is among the world's most active volcanoes, with a persistent lava lake as one of its...
China’s program ‘riskiest environmental project in history,’ researcher warns
A global expert on infrastructure says that China's plan to crisscross half of the Earth with massive transportation and energy projects is environmentally the...
Savanna chimpanzees suffer from heat stress
An international team of scientists has studied the physiological parameters of savanna and rainforest chimpanzees and compared their water and energy budgets as well...