Populations adapt as nature and nurture work together
A study of fruit fly larvae leads researchers to conclude that nature and nurture do collaborate in determining the behavior of a population. Researchers...
The business turning sewage sludge into fuel.
When anaerobic digestion takes place, organic materials – think food waste – are broken down by microorganisms in an oxygen free environment, producing biogas.Described...
Harpswell applies for grant to study sea level rise.
HARPSWELL — The town has applied for a $20,000 grant to study ways to protect an easily-flooded portion of Basin Point Road.
The road will...
Picky fruit-eating birds are more flexible
South American birds that are seasonally specialized on particular fruit types are the most flexible in switching to different fruit types in other seasons,...
Warmer temperatures cause decline in key runoff measure
Since the mid-1980s, the percentage of precipitation that becomes streamflow in the Upper Rio Grande watershed has fallen more steeply than at any point...
Not survival of the fittest for Tasmanian devils
Fit and healthy Tasmanian devils are being taken down by deadly facial tumors that are attacking the 'best' animals in the population, according to...
Teleconnection between the tropical Pacific and Antarctica
The higher the seawater temperature in the tropical Pacific, the more likely ice breakup will occur in East Antarctica, according to researchers.
Irreversible ocean warming threatens the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
By the second half of this century, rising air temperatures above the Weddell Sea could set off a self-amplifying meltwater feedback cycle under the...
Global distribution of sea animals
Researchers analyze data about the global distribution of sea animals and develop a Web app.
More natural dust in the air improves air quality in eastern China
Human-made pollution in eastern China's cities worsens when less dust blows in from the Gobi Desert, according to a new study. That's because dust...
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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