Ecology & Zoology

Plants Make Sounds During Stress

Scholars at Tel Aviv University have recorded and analyzed click-like sounds distinctly emitted by plants. The sounds are similar to the popping of popcorn and emitted at a volume similar to human speech, but frequencies human ears don't detect. The r ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2023 - 12:14pm

Ancient Tibetans Thrived In One Of Earth’s Most Inhospitable Environments Thanks To Dairy Foods

New research shows that dairy products have made life easier for thousands of years. Even in places that are a challenge for anyone, like the Tibetan Plateau- the “roof of the world.” Genetic engineering due to natural selection at several genomic loci ce ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2023 - 4:52pm

Epidemiologists Correlate Male Alcohol Consumption To Birth Defects In Mice

Alcohol is a legitimate class 1 carcinogen that is prized by most of the world. While claims of health benefits were always suspect epidemiology, so were claims that even a glass of wine during pregnancy would cause birth defects. The dose still makes the ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 17 2023 - 2:18pm

Prenatal High-Fat Diets Linked To Preference For Salty Food- In Female Rats

Many women eat healthier during pregnancy, but that may mean whatever version of 'healthy' is trending in any given year. Sugar-free, low-fat, gluten-free, paleo, organic, it all has proponents, it all has suspect epidemiology papers claiming it ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 26 2023 - 2:49pm

Giraffes In East Africa Are Geographically Isolated- That Doesn't Mean They Are Endangered

One way to keep a healthy genetic population is a diverse enough group that there can be a random exchange of material. If that is a big factor, then geographically isolated giraffes on preserves may be at future risk. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 19 2023 - 2:08pm

Strawberries: Two Science Reasons They're Bigger And Better This Year

Environmental Working Group, the Extinction Rebellion of affordable produce, is always in a war on strawberries- unless they only contain pesticides their organic industry corporate donors use or sell. For the scientifically literate, those with at least t ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 17 2023 - 10:03am

Beekeepers Are Wrong About Overwinter Hive Behavior

Honeybees in man-made hives may have been suffering the cold unnecessarily for over a century because commercial hive designs are based on erroneous science, my new research shows. ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 25 2023 - 5:02am

Weekend Science: Carp Sense Geomagnetic Fields

Czech researchers have hypothesized that carp in large tubs at Christmas markets possess a capacity to sense geomagnetic fields.  ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 28 2023 - 9:52am

Want More Milk? Name Your Cow, Says Study- And They're Serious

Name it and the milk will come, say scientists at Newcastle University.  It's not "Field of Dreams" it's Milk of Dreams.   Or whatever analogy you want to use for a correlation-causation fantasy that leads to a conclusion that a cow wit ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 27 2024 - 11:08am

Why Some Female Whales Live So Long: Menopause

Humans and five whale species are the only mammals known to go through menopause. Why is unclear but a new study sought answers. Scientists found that females of short-finned pilot whales, false killer whales, killer whales, narwhals and beluga whales and ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 13 2024 - 2:16pm