23rd of May 2013 16:31 GMT
This May 23, researchers at the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University decided to entertain the crowds by releasing 2013's top 10 new species list. The species that made it on this list were all discovered in 2012, and there is little denying that they owe their popularity ...
22nd of May 2013 04:25 GMT
A team of researchers writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences detail a new theory concerning how and why mammoths went extinct. Their theory boils down to the following assumptions: either a comet or a giant meteor caused rapid and drastic changes in our planet's climate. Becaus...
18th of May 2013 02:18 GMT
A female anteater living at a conservation center in Connecticut must now be held accountable for making several zookeepers and wildlife researchers scratch their heads and tip their hats to Mother Nature's miracles. Long story short: this female anteater, named Armani, has recently given birth despite its hav...
16th of May 2013 03:19 GMT
A study suggests that the formation and evolution of coral atolls is a rather complex process, and that Charles Darwin was partly wrong when developing his theory on the matter at hand. Long story short, back in 1842, Charles Darwin announced that, according to his investigations, coral atolls (i.e. coral reefs sha...
16th of May 2013 02:44 GMT
Water believed to be at least 1.5 billion years old has been discovered by a team of researchers, who detail their findings in an article published this past May 15 in the scientific journal Nature. The water was found in a mine located at about 2.4 kilometers below the Earth's surface in Ontario, Canada. Gi...