Spiders from 8 families prey on fish
Spiders from five different families prey on small fish in the wild, according to a systematic review published June 18, 2014 in the…
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Whale and tuna are equally efficient as swimmers
A large gray whale and a much smaller skipjack tuna each propels itself through water. Which is the more efficient swimmer? It has been…
Forest loss starves fish
Debris from forests that washes into freshwater lakes supplements the diets of microscopic zooplankton and the fish that feed off them –…
Scientists reveal why life got big in the Earth’s early oceans
Why did life forms first begin to get larger and what advantage did this increase in size provide? UCLA biologists working with an…
3.5 billion-year-old microbial mats in sedimentary rock found in Australia
Evidence of 3.5 billion-year-old bacterial ecosystems found in Australia Washington, D.C.— Reconstructing the rise of life during the…
Farside of the moon is like thick crust pizza with craters
55-year old dark side of the moon mystery solved The Man in the Moon appeared when meteoroids struck the Earth-facing side of the moon…
New species of nocturnal primate has a toxic bite
An international team of scientists studying the elusive nocturnal primate the slow loris in the jungles of Borneo have discovered an…
Mummy-making wasps discovered in Ecuador
Some Ecuadorian tribes were famous for making mummified shrunken heads from the remains of their conquered foes. Field work in the cloud…
If all human-related deforestation of the tropics were to stop, the forests could absorb the equivalent of one-fifth of global emissions
Reducing deforestation in the tropics would significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere – by as much as…
Increasing ocean temperatures means less zooplankton and therefore less fish
Phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass will decrease 6 percent and 11 percent due to climate change Sea surface temperature is expected to…