A school of bottlenose dolphins have figured out how to enjoy a free meal with the whelk waste from a seafood factory, marine researchers believe. Previous research had suggested that the discharges may have been driving dolphins away because the piles of whelk shells were changing the nature of the seabed. But Ms Denton's work [...]
Leaders of the global science community have issued joint statements to world leaders meeting at the G8 summit later this month in the US. National science academies from 15 countries have called on the leading industrialised economies to pay greater heed to science and technology. The academies include those from the US, China, India and [...]
Marine experts are calling on the public to report sightings of basking sharks in UK waters this summer. "They're here for most of the summer," said Dr David Gibson, managing director of the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth. "We're asking people to let us know whenever they see one of these fantastic animals. It is [...]
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida | Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:08pm EDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA on Monday cleared a cargo ship owned by Space Exploration Technologies for a test flight to the International Space Station that is scheduled to launch on April 30, NASA officials said. The Dragon mission would be [...]
A Nasa spacecraft has found further tantalising evidence for the existence of water ice at Mercury's poles. "MDIS images show that all the radar-bright features near Mercury's south pole are located in areas of permanent shadow," said Dr Chabot, from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL). "Near Mercury's north pole such deposits are also [...]
A wild brown bear has been photographed using a barnacle-covered rock to exfoliate in the first recorded act of tool use by the species. Brown bears live quite solitary lives and it had been thought that species living like this were unlikely to generate that level of skill, says Dr Deecke, a senior lecturer at [...]