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London, March 8 (ANI): One of the world’s experts on biodiversity has warned that humans are driving animals and plants to extinction faster than new species can evolve.
According to a report in the Guardian, the expert in question is Simon Stuart, chair of the Species Survival Commission for the International Union for the Conservation of [...]

Washington, September 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Plant Biology have discovered a key missing link in the so-called signaling pathway for plant steroid hormones.

Many important signaling pathways are relays of molecules that start at the cell surface and cascade to the nucleus to regulate genes.

This discovery marks the first such [...]

Washington, August 26 (ANI): A new research has determined that global warming threatens the existence of tropical species, the ecosystem and its by-products.

The research was done by herpetologist Laurie Vitt, curator of reptiles and George Lynn Cross Research Professor at the University of Oklahoma’s Sam Noble Museum of Natural History.

Vitt has studied [...]

Washington, August 20 (ANI): NASA-funded research has found that humans not might be walking on Earth today if not for the ancient fusing of two microscopic, single-celled organisms called prokaryotes 2.5 billion years ago, which reveals a new pathway for the evolution of life on Earth.

By comparing proteins present in more than 3000 different prokaryotes [...]

Washington, July 9 (ANI): The restoration of a 2,000-year-old bronze sculpture of the famed ancient Greek athlete Apoxyomenos may help modern scientists understand how to prevent metal corrosion, discover the safest ways to permanently store nuclear waste, and understand other perplexing problems.

That’s the conclusion of a new study on the so-called “biomineralization” of Apoxyomenos.

Best known [...]

Sydney, May 30 (ANI): Australian researchers have said that ancient refuges could be the key to saving the country’s unique biodiversity under threat from climate change.

According to a report by ABC News, the researchers are mapping areas they believe could remain untouched, despite climate change, in an effort to save species from extinction.

Areas known as [...]

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
OSLO (Reuters) – Some European birds will have to fly further as global warming shifts their breeding grounds northwards in the biggest challenge to the tiny migrants since the Ice Age, scientists said on Wednesday.
Some types of warbler would have to add 400 kms (250 miles) to twice-yearly trips up to [...]

Washington, Mar 24 (ANI): Researchers at University of Liverpool have shown how a single-celled organism, living freely in the environment, could be a source of Salmonella transmission to animals and humans.

Salmonella are microscopic living creatures that can contaminate almost any food [...]

London, March 23 (ANI): A team of scientists is planning to dig up ice dating back more than 100,000 years in Greenland, to shed light on how global warming will change the world over the next century.

According to a report in The Times, the ice, at the bottom of the [...]

Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): Former Cuban President Fidel Castro is again using the Internet to let the White House know just what concerns Havana, raising a list of grievances with Washington going back five decades.

Castro asked President Barack Obama whether he is familiar with the damage caused by US policy of germ and bacteriological [...]

Washington, Jan 13 (ANI): Scientists have found faeces from giant extinct birds, buried beneath the floor of caves and rock shelters for thousands of years in New Zealand, which reveal a treasure trove of information about the country during prehistoric times.
Jamie Wood, from the University of Otago, discovered more than 1500 faeces (coprolites) in remote [...]