Killer whales leave porpoises for dead

Killer whales leave porpoises for deadWildlife experts say they're trying to determine why fish-eating killer whales roughed up harbor porpoises and left them for dead off British Columbia.Two incidents were...

'Horror frog' breaks own bones to produce claws

""Amphibian horror" isn't a movie genre, but on this evidence perhaps it should be. Harvard biologists have described a bizarre, hairy frog with cat-like extendable claws. Trichobatrachus...

The physical impossibility of Noah's Ark

"It was a mighty ark. 140 metres long according to the Bible. However most scientists agree that still would not have been enough to hold the millions of species that have been discovered on earth.As next week's meeting of the UN Convention on Biological...

Barnacles: The big studs of the sea

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSo many questions, I just want to know who pays these Scientists? Anyway why do we care? Sex Researchers and Drug manufacturers of male enhancement drugs thats...

Zoo produced video game makes waves

A new video game designed to teach people about the lives of wolves is making headlines today.  Here is  how the website describes the project:"Learn about wolf ecology by living the life of a wild wolf...

Record Sightings Of ‘Gentle Giant’

"Sightings of Britain’s biggest fish, the basking shark, have reached record levels, according to marine biologists. Big mouth, but harmless do you think Rosie would fit in there Last year, 2,222 of the animals...

Young Slovenian synthetic biologists devise a mutation-independent defense ag...

" HIV-1 virus is one of the most difficult targets for therapy because it hijacks the cells of our immune system and particularly because the virus mutates rapidly, making it drug resistant. Up to 20% of...

Is Cancer Written into our DNA?

Perhaps, this is why People who lead a healthy lifestyle die of Cancer and other ailments contrary to the lifestyle they choose.  Yet, persons who lead an unhealthy lifestyle remain relatively healthy all...

Whale Rescue Effort on Hold

The two injured whales stuck up the Sacramento River have been left to their own devices for the weekend as rescuers switch tactics in their efforts to free the mother and calf. "Efforts to free two humpback...

Biologists convert protein sequences into classical music

Music from protein? On a scale of Doh Re Mi this is pretty cool.""We converted the sequence of proteins into music and can get an auditory signal for every protein," said Jeffrey H. Miller, distinguished professor...

After 200 years, beaver back for bite out of Big Apple

"The first beaver spotted in New York City in more than 200 years has biologists hopeful the Bronx River is making an environmental comeback. Biologists with the Wildlife Conservation Society on Wednesday...

Evolutionism can explain it, but can Creationism?

The four-legged chick.  See photograph.

Calif. biologists find invasive oysters (AP)

" FREMONT, Calif. - Biologists have discovered giant invasive oysters that could threaten efforts to restore native oyster species in San Francisco Bay. Government staffers and volunteers removed 256 of the exotic mollusks last week after searching the mudflats between the...

4 Calif. condor chicks die of West Nile (AP)

" BOISE, Idaho - Efforts to save the critically endangered California condor suffered a minor setback last week when four 3-month-old chicks died of the West Nile virus " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> West Nile virus , biologists said. Their demise leaves...

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