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In the early 2000s, researchers found that holding their breath for days helps insects stay aliveMore than twenty years after those early studies attracted attention, scientists continue investigating how insects breathe, survive, and a...
Scientists looked inside cockroach DNA, and found something they never expectedCockroaches harbor ancient bacterial DNA, a new study reveals. Researchers discovered thousands of tiny DNA fragments from Blattabacterium ...
Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility may be emptied soon-here's what a top official says about the closureAlligator Alcatraz, the Everglades detention center in Florida, faces imminent closure. A state official indicates detainees might be relea...
Canada’s first West Nile case in 2025; what to watch for and how to stay safeCanada has confirmed its first locally acquired West Nile virus case in Toronto, affecting an adult with no travel history. The virus sprea...
N. Korea's latest weapon? Bombarding South Korea with noiseResidents of South Korea's Ganghwa Island are facing nightly torment from North Korea's relentless barrage of unsettling sounds, including ...
Travel planning 101: 52 places you must visit in 2024Planning your next holiday? Consider adding these destinations to your itinerary for the perfect vacation.
As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleanerAs people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. Smog stopped ch...
Can creating genetically engineered mosquitoes could save millions of lives?Google's Linus Upson wants to 'start a biology project involving genetically engineered mosquitoes that would help wipe out other mosquitoe...
A ban on the use of crops with transgenic traits is unscientific and India needs new technologies to raise farm yieldsBoth yield-enhancement and yield-stabilisation are critical for feeding a global population of over seven billion, and still increasing.
Yamuna Bio-Diversity Park in DelhiDifferent kinds of flowers make it an ideal hub for butterflies, bees, wasps and many other nectar loving insects. It’s easy to see them bu...