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Attacked By Bees, Only Way Was Up A Mountain
As his face filled with angry bees, Albert Watson decided to keep climbing. The 69-year-old was about halfway up the rocky slope of Lone Mountain Friday afternoon when he was attacked by the swarm. He figured some stings wouldn’t kill him, but a fall down the mountain might, so he continued to march toward the [...]
Fluttering Both Ways: One-in-10,000 ‘Ladyboy’ Butterfly Is Born Half Male And Half Female
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 [...]
Climate Change To Affect Forest Cover: Govt Report
Climate Change is going to have an adverse impact on India’s forest cover as well as the wheat production in the future, a government report to the United Nations has said. In its second National Communication on Climate Change to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, India has painted a grim picture of [...]
Plants Flower Faster Than Climate Change Models Predict
Scientific models are failing to accurately predict the impact of global warming on plants, says a new report. Researchers found in long-term studies that some are flowering up to eight times faster than models anticipate. The authors say that poor study design and a lack of investment in experiments partly account for the difference. They [...]
Sharing Landscapes With Wildlife May Be Unrealistic
Expecting wild animals to thrive in increasingly fragmented habitats alongside a growing human population may be unrealistic, say scientists. But exactly how people and large mammals like chimpanzees should live together long-term in shared landscapes remains largely unresolved. UK researchers surveyed 134 people in 12 villages across the Hoima District of Uganda to understand how [...]
Connect The Dots About Climate Change
As one of the first to see the sunrise on May 5, 350 Aotearoa will launch a worldwide day of action “Connect the Dots” in New Zealand, highlighting extreme weather events and impacts of climate change, using dots to make the connection on a global scale. Connect the Dots recognises the record-breaking heat waves in [...]
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Attacked By Bees, Only Way Was Up A Mountain
As his face filled with angry bees, Albert Watson decided to keep climbing. The 69-year-old was about halfway up the rocky slope of Lone Mountain Friday afternoon when he was attacked by the swarm. He figured some stings wouldn’t kill him, but a fall down the mountain might, so he continued to march toward the [...]
Fluttering Both Ways: One-in-10,000 ‘Ladyboy’ Butterfly Is Born Half Male And Half Female
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 [...]
Sharing Landscapes With Wildlife May Be Unrealistic
Expecting wild animals to thrive in increasingly fragmented habitats alongside a growing human population may be unrealistic, say scientists. But exactly how people and large mammals like chimpanzees should live together long-term in shared landscapes remains largely unresolved. UK researchers surveyed 134 people in 12 villages across the Hoima District of Uganda to understand how [...]
Neem Tree May Hold Clues For HIV Treatment
An Indian origin researcher has hinted that extracts from neem tree, profuse in tropical and subtropical areas, may thwart the virus from multiplying. Sonia Arora, an assistant professor at Kean University in New Jersey, is delving into understanding the curative properties of the neem tree in fighting the virus that causes AIDS. Her preliminary results [...]
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