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30-mln yr old fossilized mega-dung reveals secret ecology of lost world
Washington, July 16 (ANI): A new study of 30 million year old fossil ‘mega-dung’ from extinct giant South American mammals reveals evidence of complex ecological interactions and theft of dung-beetles’ food stores by other animals.
It is a well-known ‘fact’ that were it not for the [...]
Three new Aussie dinos discovered
Sydney, July 3 (ANI): In a new research, paleontologists have unveiled three new Australian dinosaur skeletons in outback Queensland, Australia.
According to a report by ABC News, the two herbivores and one carnivore, excavated from the Winton formation, roamed our land during the Cretaceous period – 98 million years ago.
Palaeontologist and lead author Dr Scott Hocknull, [...]
New crops needed in case of continued rise in CO2 levels
Washington, June 29 (ANI): A new research has determined that new crops would be needed to be grown in the future if carbon dioxide (CO2) levels continue to rise.
Global food security in a changing climate depends on the nutritional value and yield of staple food crops.
Researchers at Monash University in Victoria, Australia, have found [...]
High ozone depletes productivity in oil seed rape plants
Washington, June 29 (ANI): A new research indicates that high ozone conditions causes a 30 percent decrease in yield and an increase in the concentration of a group of toxic compounds within oilseed rape plants.
Scientists arrived at these findings by combining the [...]
Plants do chat with each other
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London, June 22 (ANI): Plants do talk to one another to warn about predators, and are capable of more sophisticated behaviour than we imagined, according to a new study./pp
Researchers from the University of California and Kyoto University have found that [...]
Plants can engage in self-recognition and warn of danger
Washington, June 21 (ANI): In a groundbreaking research, scientists have determined that plants engage in self-recognition and can communicate danger to their “clones” or genetically identical cuttings planted nearby.
The research was done by Professor Richard Karban of the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, and fellow scientist Kaori Shiojiri of the Center for Ecological [...]
Outbreak of Anthrax in Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam, May 10 (ANI): Outbreak of Anthrax in the remote areas has been reported from Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.
According to the Labburu Primary Health Centre, nearly 51 cases of Anthrax are reported so far. Out of this, 11 people died and five persons are showing the symptoms of Anthrax.
To allay the panic among the [...]
Red flowers use chemical warfare to protect themselves
Sydney, March 19 (ANI): A new study has determined that an Australian native plant is using chemical warfare to prevent its bright red flowers from being eaten, by using some quantity of cyanide.
According to a report by ABC News, the finding challenges conventional thought that flowers evolved as a way for plants to attract birds [...]
Australia and South America need elephants to save their threatened native plants
Sydney, March 18 (ANI): An ecologist has said that large herbivores like elephants need to be introduced in regions such as Australia and South America, which would help save threatened native plants.
According to a report by ABC News, Professor Chris Johnson, [...]
Scientists engineer plant cells to churn out anti-cancer compound
London, January 19 (ANI): American scientists have successfully engineered plant cells to churn out several chemical compounds, some of which are similar to cancer drugs.
“Plants already make compounds for us. The question is can we try to manipulate those pathways a little bit to get them to make variations on some of those compounds,” [...]
