125 million-year-old sneaky flea dined on flying reptiles
By Tia Ghose, LiveScience, Fox News A 125-million-year-old fossil flea has been unearthed in China. The ancient parasite, described on Thursday in the journal Current Biology, had a mouth and body smaller than older fleas, but larger than modern-day pests….
Oppose new dolphin swim facilities in The Bahamas
signatures: 52,552 signature goal: 100,000 Target: Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Alfred Gray Sponsored by: Sam Duncombe, Sonya Alvino – reEarth We want to put an end to the exploitation of this species. Our objection is based upon the…
FAO trains Caribbean people to deal with banana disease
Technicians from different Caribbean Nations will receive training in a workshop that experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will be developing here from the 17 to the 22 of June to deal with the black sigakota that threatens…
Mysterious stone monument lurks beneath the waves of the Sea of Galilee
By April Flowers for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A number of significant archaeological sites are found along the shores of the Sea of Galilee, located in the North of Israel. While conducting a geophysical survey, a team of researchers…
‘Tailing’ spiny lobster larvae to protect them
New tools track planktonic larvae, offer possible solutions to safeguard this $1 billion industry MIAMI –The commercial value of spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in the Caribbean reaches $1 billion annually, thus making it one of the most valuable fisheries in…
US researchers explore deep Caribbean reefs
By DANICA COTO From Bradenton Herald SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Scientists with the Smithsonian Institution have discovered at least one new fish species at a deep reef off Curacao while conducting a yearlong project to gather data on temperature…
Scientist figures out how those big-ass ‘sailing stones’ move themselves across Death Valley
Posted by hipstomp / Rain Noe From Core77 “Racetrack Playa” sounds like the screenname of an online teenager you’re competing against in Need for Speed, but scientists recognize it as the name of a dried-up lake in Death Valley. For…
Cuban Tree Frog’s croaking disturbs other animals, study says
From Nature World The loud croaking of the Cuban tree frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) can disrupt communication of other frogs in the area, a new study has found. Cuban tree frogs are an invasive species in Florida and have threatened the…
Alice Kober: Unsung heroine who helped decode Linear B
By Alex Gallafent From BBC PRI’s The World Linear B is an ancient European Bronze Age script, dating back 3,500 years. When a British architect finally cracked it in the 1950s, he was hailed as a genius – but he…
‘Ice hovercraft’ tracks seen on Mars
BBC Long thin grooves – called gullies – on the surface of Mars may have been made not by water but by blocks of frozen carbon dioxide – dry ice. These blocks seem to have flowed down Martian sand dunes…
