(PhysOrg.com) -- Insects produce much smaller quantities of greenhouse gases per kilogram of meat than cattle and pigs. This is the conclusion of Dutch team of scientists at Wageningen University, who have joined forces with ...
Environment
Jan 11, 2011
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They are dark, sometimes forbidding landscapes molded by volcanic eruptions or subterranean streams, but caves are also home to a host of creatures strangely adapted to the underworld.
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2010
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A US woman with the Twitter name @theashes who was bombarded by messages about cricket was offered a free flight to Australia and started selling her own commemorative T-shirt Monday.
Internet
Nov 29, 2010
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Segmentation, the repetition of identical anatomical units, seems to be the secret behind the diversity and longevity of the largest and most common animal groups on Earth. Researchers from CNRS and Universite Paris Diderot ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 16, 2010
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Tracing the success of individual wild insects in leaving descendants is now possible according to new research by University of Exeter biologists using a combination of digital video technology, tagging and DNA fingerprinting.
Plants & Animals
Jun 3, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the animal kingdom, sexual signals often are manifested as displays of bright coloration or, in the case of crickets, as loud song.
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2010
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Just because cricket moms abandon their eggs before they hatch doesn't mean they don't pass wisdom along to their babies. New research in the American Naturalist shows that crickets can warn their unborn babies about potential ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2010
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Google announced Wednesday its videosharing website YouTube will stream all Indian Premier League cricket matches live in a deal that highlights the Internet giant's broadcasting ambitions.
Internet
Jan 20, 2010
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An orchid researcher based on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean and collaborating with researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) has used motion sensitive night cameras to capture the first known occurrence ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 12, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist Jonathan G. Lundgren, while exploring corn fields at night, has found a very different group of predators than the ones that feed during the day. It turns ...
Ecology
Oct 31, 2009
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