Male birds attract females with their lavish plumage and crooning birdsongs, but a new study suggests the birds are not singing to a mute audience. Seventy-one percent of female birds sing, too.
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With Waste Dump Closed, Where To Put Nuclear Leftovers?
Workers are about to re-enter a New Mexico waste dump that was hit by a recent accident. The incident is shaping up to be yet another setback in the quest to find a home for America’s nuclear waste. » E-Mail This
Even After The Floods, The Drought Continues
The storms that drenched California recently did little to combat one of the state’s worst droughts in a century. Farmers in California’s Central Valley say they need “Biblical proportions” of rain. » E-Mail This
Scientists uncover new species of Andean marsupial frog
The term marsupial frog sound like a hoax, but, believe it or not, it’s real. Recently, herpetologists welcomed a new species, known as Gastrotheca dysprosita and described in the journal Phyllomedusa. Unlike mammal marsupials, which typically carry their young in pouches on their torsos and are found primarily in Australia, the Gastrotheca genus of frogs, […]
Climate Change for Dummies
I’ve read enough to know that much of the damage climate change will do is now irreversible, and that we’ve already gone over several tipping points. But when it comes to all the details and numbers – like parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere, or what’s the name of that new greenhouse gas […]
Rhino with bullet in its brain and hacked off horn wanders for days before being put down
Last week, visitors in Kruger National Park came on a horrifying sight of the poaching trade: a rhino, still alive, with its horn and part of its face chopped off. The gruesome photo of the young rhino went viral and sent South African authorities scrambling. Five days after the sighting, South African National Parks (SANParks) […]
Fantastic ancient fauna precedes mammal evolution
Animals of unfamiliar as well as familiar types took up niches in the ancient ecosystems, as birds and mammals developed and, of course, feathered dinosaurs ruled the roost! © The Earth Times. Published on The Earth Times Related Articles Glaucus has a twin!International Day for Biodiversity – 22nd May 2013How did we first walk?The Neander […]
Federal Ruling Grants Critical Habitat to Jaguars in Southwest US
More than 764,000 acres of land in southern Arizona and New Mexico has been federally designated as critical habitat for jaguars, which are endangered and rarely seen in the US.
Chipotle Says There’s No ‘Guacapocalypse’ Looming
Yes, climate change raises the risk that avocados will become extra pricey. But Chipotle says that news reports suggesting it could be forced to drop guacamole from the menu are vastly overstated. » E-Mail This
