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Climate change speeds up microbial change

Climate change speeds up microbial change


Climate change could affect Antarctica`s Dry Valleys more rapidly than previously expected, particularly the microbial c...
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Sharks` remarkable skin boosts swimming

Sharks` remarkable skin boosts swimming


Swimming comes effortlessly to sharks, thanks to their streamlined shapes and coating of razor sharp tooth-like scales.
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Finnish firm to build world`s first bio-refinery

Finnish firm to build world`s first bio-refinery


The demand for biofuels is expected to grow by approximately seven percent a year in the European Union.
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A line of defence for zebras

A line of defence for zebras


Scientists claim to have finally solved the mystery of why zebras evolved their distinctive black and white stripes.
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Chimpanzees learn to mop cage from keepers

Chimpanzees learn to mop cage from keepers


Chimpanzees in a Russian zoo have learned to clean their cages by watching zookeepers.
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Fruit fly genome ‘may become genetic Rosetta stone

Fruit fly genome ‘may become genetic Rosetta stone


Scientists have developed a new community resource that may help in unlocking the mystery behind the genetic basis of traits and diseases.
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Next supercontinent Amasia ‘to form at North Pole`

Next supercontinent Amasia ‘to form at North Pole`


America and Eurasia will crash into each other over the North Pole in 50-200 million years time, scientists have claimed.
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Earth losing roughly 150 bn tons of ice annually

Earth losing roughly 150 bn tons of ice annually


Greenland, Antarctica and global glaciers and ice caps lost roughly 8 times the volume of Lake Erie from 2003-2010.
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Entire genome of Denisovan decoded from finger bone

Entire genome of Denisovan decoded from finger bone


German anthropologists have decoded the entire genome sequence of a Denisovan from a finger bone fossil, a study reveals.
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Giant trees face dire future

Giant trees face dire future


The world`s biggest and most magnificent trees face a dire future - thanks to logging, deforestation, pest invasions and...
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