Larvae of longhorned beetles develop primarily in woody tissue, which is difficult for most organisms to digest. However, longhorned beetle larvae possess special enzymes to break down the various co… [+6530 chars]
Article body copy Have you ever looked at a seal and thought, Is that the same seal I saw yesterday? Well, there could soon be an app for that based on new seal facial recognition technology. Known … [+3515 chars]
Animals that live in groups tend to be more protected from predators. That idea might be common sense, but it's difficult to test for some species, especially for wild populations of fish that live i… [+5424 chars]
The beloved pooch snoring on your couch or sticking a snoot under your arm at dinner time came from a much wilder origin. At some point, dogs diverged from gray wolves under the guidance of domestica… [+4900 chars]
Article body copy Have you ever looked at a seal and thought, Is that the same seal I saw yesterday? Well, there could soon be an app for that based on new seal facial recognition technology. Known … [+3515 chars]
Port and Starboard are two maritime menaces, tearing up and down South Africa's coast in prime great white shark territory. The pair of killer whales, or orcas, are easily identified by their flopped… [+3213 chars]
High in the Himalayas, a new telescope is set to observe the night sky. The contraption has a 4-meter (13-foot) lens, but heres the kicker: its made of liquid mercury, a material seldom used for astr… [+2498 chars]
Someday, a swarm of cellphone-size robots could whisk through the water beneath the miles-thick icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus, looking for signs of alien life. Packed … [+5388 chars]
Summer is here and with it? Sunshine – and some serious moonshine (of the visible variety, of course). This upcoming month, look up in anticipation of the biggest and brightest event of the year, the… [+1149 chars]
Ever since NASA Mars Perseverance Rover first landed in February 2021, it has been collecting rock samples, analysing the terrain and trying to find evidence of former microbial life on the planet. H… [+2005 chars]
ANKARA Scientists continue to draw attention to the importance of closely monitoring and understanding near-Earth asteroids with the aim of reducing the possibility of collisions that could cause gr… [+3654 chars]
