20Jul/19

Dragonflies: Magical Mosquito Marauders

20th July 2019dragonflies, Dragonfly Swarm Project, Life, Ordonata, ScienceCarol Duff

Dragonflies catch their insect prey by grabbing it with their feet. Source: VT

11Jul/19

Giant Pythons Are Eating Florida

11th July 2019Burmese pythons, Everglades, giant pythons, Life, ScienceCarol Duff

Bounty hunters and biologists wade deep into the Everglades to wrestle with the invasion of giant pythons threatening the state’s wetlands Source: VT

11Jul/19

New Discovery: Eighth Lava Lake Volcano

11th July 2019British Antarctic Survey, lava lake, Life, Mount Michael, Saunders Island, ScienceCarol Duff

Satellite data located the persistent pool of liquid rock on top of Mt. Michael on Saunders Island, part of the South Sandwich Islands Source: VT

07Jul/19

Discovery on the Far Side of the Moon

7th July 2019asteroid, crater, GRAIL, Life, Science, South Pole-Aitken basinCarol Duff

The heavy core of a giant asteroid may be buried beneath the moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin Source: VT

07Jul/19

Is a Cataclysmic California Earthquake Inevitable?

7th July 2019earthquakes, Life, San Andreas fault, Science, seismometersCarol Duff

A major earthquake will cause plenty of destruction along the West Coast Source: VT

27May/19

Dinosaur Extinction: Why? How?

27th May 2019dinosaur extinction, Life, marine reptiles, mass extinction, pterosaurs, ScienceCarol Duff

What happened? Source: VT

24May/19

Tower of London: Baby Ravens are Back!

24th May 2019Life, ScienceCarol Duff

The four chicks eat at least once every two hours, feasting on a diet of quail, mice and rats Source: VT

24May/19

Ancient Fungi Were Here A Billion Plus Years Ago

24th May 2019"the hidden kingdom", fungal fossils, fungi, Life, ScienceCarol Duff

Ancient fungus helps rewrite what we know about evolution and the tree of life Source: VT

07May/19

Genetic Diversity: Narwhals Do Not Need It

7th May 2019genetic variation, Life, narwhal, narwhals, population bottlenecks, ScienceCarol Duff

A new study has traced this puzzling phenomenon to a gradual decline in the whales’ population, followed by a rapid increase around 30,000 years ago Source: VT

07May/19

Scallops See Their World Through 200 Eyes

7th May 2019Life, scallop, scallop retina, ScienceCarol Duff

Scallop eyes, which function similar to telescopes, are even more complex than scientists previously knew Source: VT