Scientists recently discovered the 290 million-year-old fossil of a “frogamander”, which links modern frogs and salamanders and may provide the answer for the long debate about amphibian ancestry. Details about the evolution of frogs, salamanders and earthworm-like caecilians are still sketchy for scientists but this discovery will hopefully set the record straight.
Filed under: News on May 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »
A new study shows that the poisonous gases coming from the ocean may have not triggered the world’s greatest mass extinction. The world lost about 90% of the ocean species and 70% of its land species 251 million years ago, when the Permian period came to an end.
Scientists suspect that the high levels of hydrogen […]
Filed under: News on March 25th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A woman from Michigan was killed Thursday in the Florida Keys by a stingray that flew out of the water and struck her in the face. Judy Kay Zagorski was simply sitting in a boat, driving at 25 mph, when she spotted the stingray that jumped out of the water into her boat. According […]
Filed under: News on March 21st, 2008 | 12 Comments »
In New Zealand or any other areas for that matter, dolphins usually swim next to humans or play with each other. This time, they decided to do something different, a story that will make us smile and think about these adorable creatures.
People sawMoko, a bottlenose dolphin swim to two stranded whales and guiding them back […]
Filed under: News on March 12th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The country notorious for its whale hunting activies is prepared to invest up to $1.93 billion in an international fund that will encourage the use of renewable energy in developing countries. According to the Nikkei financial daily, the total fund of $4.82 billion will be made up by Japan, the United States and Britain.
Filed under: News on March 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »
According to researchers, the oldest known bird fossils from New Zealand were recently unearthed from an isolated stretch of beach on the Chatham Islands.
The fossils represent possibly four new species of seabirds dating back to the late Cretaceous period, around 65 million years ago.
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This comprehesive map is shows the tremendous impact man had on the marine environment, affecting 41% of the world’s ocean, no area remaining completely untouched. Presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the map takes into account the impact 17 different activities have on the marine life, […]
Filed under: Green gas effect, News on February 16th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sony, Nokia and 10 other global corporations said they would step up and give their support to put a halt to global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
According to the “Tokyo Declaration” released on Friday by the dozen companies partnering with conservation group WWF for emission reductions, by involving their business […]
Filed under: News on February 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
