TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| Illegal pet trade devastating population of endangered Philippine forest turtles No one knows how many Philippine forest turtles (Siebenrockiella leytensis) are left in the wild, but however many there are, the number is rapidly shrinking thanks to illegal trade, says Pierre Fidenci, President of Endangered Species International in San Francisco. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Animals of the Disappearing Mangroves In the watery limbo between sea and river, where salt and fresh water mingle in the roots of mangrove trees, a handful of uniquely adapted species--terrestrial and aquatic--have evolved to fill the novel niche. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Slow hurricane season so far, but new tropical depression looms in Atlantic As Typhoon Morakot slammed into Taiwan over the weekend triggering massive mudslides and leaving hundreds missing, Americans along the Gulf Coast may have thought they were getting off easy this storm season. That could change. The National Hurricane Center issued a warning this morning that a tropical depression is forming in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa and has a chance of moving west and turning into the U.S.'s first tropical storm of the season, to be named Ana, in the next day or two. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Solar Decathlon Promotes Sunnier Future [ Below is the original script. But a few changes may have been made during the recording of this audio podcast. ] Homes are rising on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. No, it's not a return of Hoovervilles thanks to the Great Recession. These are solar homes competing in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon , which starts October 8. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Shining Examples: 10 Bioluminescent Creatures that Glow in Surprising Ways [Slide Show] Beetles whose flashes punctuate summer skies; killer fish that lure prey with an enticing light; algae that rat out their attackers with a telltale glow. These ominous organisms might seem like creatures from out of this world, but thanks to some clever chemistry , such beings are in fact abundant on our planet. Examples of creatures that generate their own light--a capability known as bioluminescence--are especially common in the ocean, where filmmaker James Cameron purportedly drew inspiration for the glimmering alien life in his new sci-fi flick Avatar . [More] rss.sciam.com |