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It should be easy to guess from the fact that one wing is pink and the other blue – but this is an ultra-rare ‘ladyboy’ butterfly, which is born half male and half female. The amazing insect, known as a gynandromorph, stunned scientists after it emerged from its chrysalis with a pink wing on its [...]
Have you ever wondered why plants never get sunburnt? This is because plants make “sunscreen” in their leaves, say researchers who claim to have finally solved the mystery after a 15-year research. Ultra-violet rays — the most powerful part of the sun’s rays — can damage both humans and plants. But plants rarely show signs [...]
Perhaps the notion of a “normal” winter or any other season is nothing more than an artifice to protect us from the taunts of the weather gods. Normal, we discover, is not a constant. It changes with where you live and how long you have lived. My formative years in England brought February walks alongside [...]
Development is squeezing animals into smaller pockets of land, and without sufficient planning and protection, individual animal populations could find themselves increasingly isolated. To address this issue, researchers have been reestablishing and protecting connections on the landscape for many years, from building highway crossings to maintaining swaths of forest. These wildlife corridors are designed to [...]
Every star twinkling in the night sky plays host to an average of 1.6 planets, a new study suggests. That implies there are some 10 billion Earth-sized planets in our galaxy. Using a technique called gravitational microlensing, an international team found a handful of exoplanets that imply the existence of billions more. The findings were [...]
Tackling a challenge has always fueled the ambition of Allison Hosford. The latest project for the lady of Two Pond Farm off Weaver Road in West Milford is to offer a year-long workshop journey about life on the farm. The program begins on Feb. 18. It is designed by Hosford to give participants an inside [...]
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