A number of new research conducted by specialists at the University of Munich found that species performing migrations in search of food fervent moving long distances with the help of specialized cells, equipped with magnetic properties. Salmon, trout, eels, sea turtles and many species of birds migrates thousands of miles, through focusing on the planet’s [...]
It is a species of bat nectarivor in Ecuador, discovered only in 2005 and has the longest tongue in proportion to its size among mammals.Tongue of this bat is one and half its body length. Bizarre animal will be presented for the first time in an episode of the acclaimed documentary series “Untamed Americas”, produced [...]
Despite appearances, the image is not an alien creature or a red dissected mutant but a copy of Pyuric chilensis, a bizarre creature that lives on the Pacific coast of South America. And if you have not yet heard of it, maybe you might be interested to know that it is sold and consumed, along [...]
A new study by an international team of researchers has reached a disturbing conclusion: increasing ocean can not be stopped in the following centuries, even if the emissions would be reduced significantly. Scientists say that at best, ocean level rise can be slowed. Numerous studies show that emissions of greenhouse gases are the main cause [...]
Scientists have found that a parasitic plant of the genus rafflesia not only feeds the expense of other plants, but “stell” large portions of the host plant DNA, inserting it into their genome, without specialists to know for what Raffflesia use these genes. Rafflesia plants, found in tropical forests in Indonesia are known for their enormous flowers, one species, [...]
Penguins in Antarctica could die from the harsh conditions of finding food, U.S. researchers say. Only 10% of small penguins by researchers mark the return to breed. In the ’70s, the proportion of penguins that return to spawn amounts to 40-50%. Penguins Pygoscelis antarcticus (Chinstrap) are the second largest group in the area, as [...]
Glaciers in the Alps have lost a quarter of the area it covers 40 years ago because of climate change, new research reveals. Between late 1960 and early 1970, ice on Mont Blanc and the surrounding mountains covered an area of 375 square kilometers. By the end of 2000, the area was reduced to 275 [...]
Experts at NASA said they had discovered the extreme north of the planet a natural phenomenon so unexpected, that it might compare with finding a tropical forest than a desert. During the expedition Icescape specialists sampled under the ice one meter thick and found that water here is rich in phytoplankton (microscopic algae) water than [...]
A committee composed of 22 renowned experts recently released a warning about the disastrous effects of human population growth. Phenomenon will not only lead to an unprecedented famine, but also the incalculable losses in sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, water management and forestry. Some areas of our planet are so affected by overcrowding, that [...]
The emergence and evolution of birds has led, in time, to decrease the size of insects, thus allowing a safe evolution of mammals, implicitly, and man. During their history, insects have now aproxiamtiv highest point of evolution 300 million years, the atmosphere was richer in oxygen than the present, and some flying insects reached a [...]