All posts tagged with animals
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-(Natural News) The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak has claimed another victim — the honey industry. Travel restrictions have been enacted across China, as a preventive measure against the spread of the new, dreaded disease. The restrictions, which some have decried as “hardcore,” include sealing off roads and implementing approval systems for interregional transportation. Other containment measures include shutting […]
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-(Natural News) We are in the middle of an extinction phase. The animals in danger of extermination? Flying insects. This is according to entomology enthusiast Martin Sorg, president of the Amateur Entomology Society of Krefeld, who, over the last 37 years, collected 80 million insects from the German countryside. And while the Society’s collection is […]
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-(Natural News) Researchers trying to figure out how extraterrestrial life may think are starting to look in different places. In one study, presented at the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference, a group of researchers from the University of Washington (UWash) in Seattle believe that the way the arms of a cephalopod like the octopus “think” can be a model […]
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-(Natural News) A typical beach stroll usually ends with someone finding a few pretty seashells, coral fragments and colorful beach glass. One man, however, found something prehistoric after going on what was supposed to be an ordinary beach stroll with his family. According to Harvey Wall, he and his family were looking for seashells when […]
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-(Natural News) Is the world ready to enter the gates of a real-life Jurassic – or in this case, Cenozoic – Park? An international team of scientists seems to think so. The idea stems from an announcement made by scientists working deep in the frozen Siberian tundra concerning the successful extraction of liquid blood from the frozen […]
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-(Natural News) Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women in the United States. There are several types of lung cancer, but non-small cell (NSCLC) is the most common form. Since NSCLC is so deadly, early detection is vital if a […]
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Bee warfare: Domesticated honey bees spread viruses on plants, driving wild bumblebees to extinction
-(Natural News) If you’re buying your honey from domestic apiaries and suppliers, there’s a high chance that you are contributing to the continued eradication of wild bumblebees, according to scientists. According to a group of scientists from the University of Vermont (UVM) and the University of Florida, a spillover of viruses from domesticated honey bees […] -
-(Natural News) It turns out that honking cars aren’t just bothersome to humans, but are also potentially harmful to the robin population of Britain. Man-made noises, such as from traffic or construction, are hampering the ability of robins to communicate with each other, as these noises mask the sounds of each other’s birdsong. Robins use their birdsong for […]
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-(Natural News) According to Japanese folklore, deep-sea fish such as oarfish, ribbonfish, dealfish and crestfish appearing in shallow waters foretells of an impending disaster, such as a tsunami, an earthquake or both. However, a statistical analysis of deep-sea fish sightings in Japan has now proven that this is not true. In a study published in the Bulletin […]
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-(Natural News) Perhaps due to its lackluster appearance – wrinkly, with a body reminiscent of a pale, leathery sausage – the naked mole rat is the last animal you’d think to possess abilities akin to superpowers. But they do. Known for its long lifespan, relative immunity to most cancers, ability to survive more than 18 […]
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