Vacations inspire a passion for preserving sea turtles
By Rebecca Gatewood, Special to the Orlando Sentinel (New Voices) “Work hard and play hard” seems to be my family motto. Fall through spring means demanding work on our farm and in my studies, school plays and church choir. Summer…
Quasars over 1000 times brighter than Milky Way stars
From ZeeNews Washington: Powered by massive black holes at the center of most known galaxies, quasars can emit enormous amounts of energy, up to a thousand times the total output of the hundreds of billions of stars in our entire…
Whale and giant squid found dead
On Tuesday (23) the Department of Environment’s (DoE) Cayman Brac Turtle Patrol discovered the carcass believed to be a pilot whale. The whale was found between 5 and 6am as the patrol was doing their rounds on the south coast…
Study Reveals That Every Dolphin Has A Unique Whistled Name
By Tia Ghose, Livescience, From Business Science Dolphins call to each other using distinctive whistles that serve as names, new research suggests. Each dolphin makes its own unique whistle, and close friends or family will reply with the same sound….
Beavers, the unsung warriors in the fight against climate change
by Kristina Chew From Care2 The number of beavers in North America fell sharply throughout the 20th century, from an estimated 60 to 10 million to 6 to 12 million. The U.S. park service is now seeking to reintroduce them…
Blackfish: the movie SeaWorld doesn’t want you to see
by Alicia Graef from Care2 Blackfish, a new documentary that chronicles the life of SeaWorld’s infamous orca Tilikum and the effects of keeping these apex predators in captivity, is getting rave reviews and making waves. Even so, SeaWorld continues to…
First color detected for planet outside our system
Courtesy of NASA and World Science staff Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope say they have figured out the color of a planet outside our solar system for the first time. It’s cobalt blue, though not at all Earth-like, they…
A 23-million-year old lizard fossil was found preserved in amber
Dina Spector From Business Insider A 23-million-year-old lizard was found preserved in amber in Chiapas, Mexico, Spanish international news agency EFE reports. Amber, or fossilized tree resin, can contain plants and insects that are tens of millions of years old,…
Caribbean lizards suggest evolution more predictable than thought
By Douglas Main, Staff Writer From Live Science If you could rewind time and watch evolution take place all over again, would it happen the same way as it did before? This question has long puzzled thinkers like legendary evolutionary…
Physicists of the Caribbean
This hilarious story from the pen of Rhys Taylor crossed my desk and I hope you find it just as funny. Also visit his other site, too (see below). The exiled life of an astrophysicist Follow the adventures in the…
