The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite detected hundreds of fires burning in the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola on May 01, 2013. The fires ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 02, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Fruit-eating animals are known to use their spatial memory to relocate fruit, yet, it is unclear how they manage to find fruit in the first place. Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 10, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 0 |

The turtle species Pelusios seychellensis regarded hitherto as extinct never existed. Scientists at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresden discovered this based on genetic evidence. The relevant study ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 04, 2013 3.7 / 5 (9) 0

Chinese fishing boats catch about US$11.5 billion worth of fish from beyond their country's own waters each year – and most of it goes unreported, according to a new study led by fisheries scientists at ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 2

A surprising research discovery in mosquitoes could affect future prospects for malaria control. A team of scientists from West Africa, the United States and the United Kingdom found that the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, which ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 01, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 1

If you own a mobile phone and spend sunup to sundown watching the traffic pass in Ghana's capital, then Iddrisu Mohammed wants you to be his spy.

Technology - Internet

Mar 24, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

About 75 percent of Africa's savannahs and more than two-thirds of the lion population once estimated to live there have disappeared in the last 50 years, according to a study published this week in the journal Biodiversity an ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 04, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—With the help of information technology (IT), Penn State professor Mark Guiltinan makes the world a sweeter place.

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 08, 2012 not rated yet 0

Scientists announced Monday the discovery of a new species of lizard fighting to survive among the sand dunes outside Perth in Western Australia.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 29, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 17

Researchers from the University of British Columbia's Project Seahorse today released the first-ever footage of a little-known seahorse species.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 11, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Researchers from Ghana and the UK have found that contrary to what might be expected, biomass in West Africa has been increasing during the ongoing forty year drought, leading the trees there ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 27, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

The UN food agency on Tuesday warned the unrest in northern Mali means that efforts to contain the threat of desert locusts are being hampered and appealed for $10 million (8.1 million euros) in aid.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 17, 2012 not rated yet 0

A new sensor and software suite sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently returned from West Africa after helping partner nations track and identify target vessels of interest as part of an ...

Technology - Engineering

Jul 10, 2012 not rated yet 0

We all tend to assume that refugees want to go home. But often refugees cannot just return to their home country when conflict ends. Many have spent decades in exile; many second and third-generation refugees have never seen ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jun 18, 2012 not rated yet 0

Tiny microbes are at the heart of a novel agricultural technique to manage harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 15, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0