Smart home unit Nest is spun back into Google
Google is taking back Nest, the smart home unit of parent firm Alphabet, as part of an effort by the tech giant to battle rivals like Amazon and its Alexa digital assistant.
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Study first to document multiple paternity in nests, hatchlings of threatened sea turtles
Who's your daddy? No, it's not a TV clip from "The Jerry Springer Show" to identify who the "real" father is. Rather, it is a groundbreaking study of sea turtle nests and hatchlings using paternity tests to uncover "who are ...
Three critically endangered red-headed vulture nests discovered in Cambodia's Chhep Wildlife Sanctuary
Three nests of the critically endangered red-headed vulture were found in January in Cambodia's Chhep Wildlife Sanctuary by conservationists from the Ministry of Environment (MoE), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and ...
Warmer weather is turning turtles on this South Florida beach female
Thanks to warmer temperatures, nearly all of the baby sea turtles hatching on a South Florida beach are turning out female.
As climate warms, more bird nests are destroyed in Finnish farmlands
A new study shows that birds have shifted the time of their breeding much more quickly than Finnish farmers are anticipating their sowing times. This means that more birds are laying their eggs on fields that are still to ...
Scouting the eagles: Proof that protecting nests aids reproduction
Reproduction among bald eagles in a remote national park in Minnesota was aided when their nests were protected from human disturbance, according to a study published today (Jan. 9, 2018) in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
Nest of endangered giant softshell turtle found in Cambodia
Conservationists have found a nest of the endangered Asian giant softshell turtle on a Mekong River sandbar in northeastern Cambodia, while 115 new species of various other animal and plant life have been discovered in the ...
Australian lizards take toll on turtle eggs
Goannas have overtaken foxes as the number one predator of the endangered loggerhead turtle at its second largest Queensland nesting beach.
Desert ants are able to assess the reliability of landmarks as they search for the way home
Cataglyphis fortis desert ants can learn visual or olfactory cues to pinpoint their nest, but only if these cues are unique to specify the nest entrance. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, ...
Feathers have their own scents, and predators know it
In the holey battle of Aussie bushlands, smelly birds get their feathers ruffled.
