Variations in the behavior of different groups of the apes cannot be explained by genetics or environment alone – according to a study. Behavioral surveys of the roughly 370 gorillas in U.S. zoos are made. The surveys showed 48 variations in how…
Gorillas Pass Along Different Traits Socially, Not Genetically: Study Read More »
Eight million people live on six major river deltas across the world. They are awaiting a complete lush with rising sea levels, sinking land and storms. Hurricane Katrina’s ravaging New Orleans is enough of an example, to show just how dangerous living.
Deltas Disappearing, Endangering Half a Million Lives Read More »
When a predator approaches, African elephants stomp and trumpet to inform other distant elephants, and they feel the prevailing danger from the rumbling ground! A team of scientists recently confirmed on this nature of elephants.
Elephants can detect..
Elephants Hear Warnings With Their Feet! Study Read More »
President Bush is prioritizing expansion of nuclear energy. To deal with radioactive waste from commercial power plants, he on Saturday renewed his push for the expansion, and sought support for plans to revive nuclear fuel reprocessing.
To accelerate a.
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Drought is searing high in parts of South Africa. Mercilessly killing dozens of hippopotamuses and other wild animals in Kenya and neighboring Tanzania, it does not seem to soften its cruelties. The phenomenon has disrupted the annual migration of…
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Suburbias are creeping on the northern fringe of metropolitan Detroit. Keith Carabell has been fighting for two-decade to build condominiums on the property. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments on it. John Rapanos, a Michigan…
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While some scientists are busy studying Alaska’s Augustine Volcano, as it erupts and sends a plume of ash more than 40,000 feet into the air, others are busy recording rumblings at the volcano’s surface with the instruments on the ground.
Besides…
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Urbanization has spread into river floodplains in many regions of US, leading to cataclysm threats to the dense population that thrive there. Scientists warn that there could be cataclysmic flooding as disastrous as after Hurricane Katrina, due to this…
Earthquake in California Could Cause Another Katrina in Next 50 Years! Read More »
It was last month; eight dead whales were found washed ashore along the Sea of Cortez. But, what is the mystery behind this death? Mexican authorities are investigating this mystery. The death was an unusually large number, suggesting someone or…
What is Killing All Those Whales?… Scientists Still Pondering Read More »
It can lead to the curtailment of national governments’ power. It is under a draft treaty between the EU and US that Britain could lose its ability to impose environmental taxes, restrictions and safeguards on airlines.
The text of the draft “open…
'Open Skies' Air Treaty Threats Global Warming Read More »