By day, insects provide the white noise of the South, but the night belongs to the amphibians. In a typical year, the Southern air hangs heavy from the humidity and the sounds of wildlife.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 17, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Germany's chemicals sector complained Wednesday that business got off to a sluggish start this year, but it has not given up hope for a recovery in demand later.

Technology - Business

May 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —More than a century ago, an estimated 180,000 female Atlantic sturgeon arrived from the coast in the spring to spawn in the Delaware River and fishermen sought their caviar as a lucrative export ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 06, 2013 not rated yet 2

As pneumonia continues to limit recovery of the once nearly extinct bighorn sheep population in the western United States, a research team including scientists from Penn State's Huck Institutes of the Life ...

Biology - Ecology

May 03, 2013 not rated yet 0

Global sales of tablet computers surged by 142.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 as more and more consumers chose small-screen devices over PCs, research figures showed.

Technology - Business

May 02, 2013 1.7 / 5 (3) 0

Zynga shares fell on Wednesday after the pioneering social games firm hit quarterly earnings targets but revealed the number of players had ebbed.

Technology - Business

Apr 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

The world's biodiversity is currently in rapid decline, with human-mediated global change being a principal cause. Europe is no exception, and the Natura 2000 network provides an important conservation tool for biodiversity on a E ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 18, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

A new study on extinction risk has shown that proportions of plant and animal species being classified as threatened on national Red Lists are more closely related to socioeconomic pressure levels from the ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 16, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Activists warned Thursday that wild populations of Southeast Asia's striking Tokay Gecko were in danger of being over-hunted for use in traditional medicine in China and other countries.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 11, 2013 not rated yet 1

Millions of birds die in the US each year as they collide with moving vehicles, but things have been looking up, at least in the case of cliff swallows. Today's swallows are hit less often, thanks to shorter ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 4

Small tablet computers are marketplace hits, with economically-priced devices powered by Google's Android software taking share from Apple iPads, according to International Data Corporation.

Technology - Business

Mar 12, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 2

(Phys.org) —The effect that global warming will have on plants is now better understood thanks to advanced modelling provided by The University of Queensland's (UQ) Professor Graeme Hammer, one of Australia's leading crop ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 04, 2013 2.9 / 5 (10) 7 |

(Phys.org) —The number of sharks killed each year in commercial fisheries is estimated at 100 million, with a range between 63 million and 273 million, according to the research "Global Catches, Exploitation ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 04, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A federal appeals court has rejected the state of Alaska's attempt to remove polar bears from the threatened species list.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 04, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 4

The $1.0-trillion (750-million-euro) global mobile industry predicted Monday a boom in subscribers to four billion people by 2018 as the world's largest mobile fair opened in Barcelona, Spain.

Technology - Telecom

Feb 25, 2013 not rated yet 0