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Give Forests Back to Local People to Save

Thursday, October 8th, 2009 - 10:12:15 - Anuradha Menon

Give tropical forests back to the people who live in them – and the trees will soak up your carbon for you. Above all, keep the forests out of the...

Natural-World Finalists Named

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 - 18:11:32 - Anuradha Menon

Researchers collect fish in Brazil's Anavilhanas Reserve in the Amazon Basin, which contains more than half of the planet's remaining rain forests...

Mississippi River Delta to 'Drown' by 2100?

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 - 16:39:41 - Anuradha Menon

The Mississippi River Delta is drowning, according to new research that predicts the surrounding coastline will be inevitably reshaped in coming...

BBC - Science and Nature
Monday, June 15th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili
BBC's Science and Nature website features a variety of multimedia content on subjects such as climate change, prehistoric...

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New Cloud Type Discovered?

Friday, June 5th, 2009 - 12:45:35 - Anuradha Menon

These choppy clouds over Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in an undated picture could be examples of the first new type of cloud to be recognized since 1951. Or...

Metal that Pumps Liquid Uphill

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 - 12:50:36 - Anuradha Menon

In nature, trees pull vast amounts of water from their roots up to their leaves hundreds of feet above the ground through capillary action, but now...

Fish that Triggers Hallucinations Found

Thursday, May 14th, 2009 - 10:10:18 - Anuradha Menon

The species of bream is normally found in the balmier waters of the Mediterranean and South Africa, was found by fisherman Andy Giles in his nets in...

Super-Strong Metallic Spider Silk

Friday, April 24th, 2009 - 16:42:46 - Anuradha Menon

In a number of cases, our finest manufacturing techniques haven't touched the materials that a few billion years of evolution have produced...

Venus Flytrap in Action
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili
The Venus flytrap, or “Dionaea muscipula,” is a carnivorous plant which feeds on the insects it traps between...