Science

Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth which contains abundance of microscopic life. Now researchers have found a rich microbial ecosystem, persisting underneath the thick ice sheet, where sunlight hasn’t been felt for million years.

This wasn’t any ordinary fishing trip. A goliath grouper was caught on camera devouring a four-foot shark in one bite, startling people aboard a nearby boat.

If you think the spiders at the bottom of your garden are getting bigger, you’re probably right. A new study shows that golden orb weaving spiders (Nephila plumipes) living in highly urbanised areas grow bigger, fatter, and are better at reproduction, than those in their native habitats.

A 505-million-year-old fossil worm called Hallucigenia sparsa has been identified as the progenitor of modern-day velvet worms, described by the Christian Science Monitor as “strange, sluglike creatures with centipede-style legss.”

Researchers and scientists from San Diego State University (SDSU) and other higher learning institutions from around the world have succeeded in becoming the first to sequence DNA at sea.

A solar-power generating station in central California is killing birds as they catch fire in the reflection of light from its massive array of mirrors, and now there are concerns that initial estimates of bird losses are too low.

Shama, the mate of famed National Zoo red panda Rusty and new mother to three cubs, is dead. She was seven.

A new electronic camouflage inspired by octopus and squid skin can alter its appearance to match its surroundings. “I think we’ve put together the key elements that are needed,” says John Rogers, head of materials research the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Gators living in a Florida wildlife refuge better watch out because hunters waiting for a decade will be allowed to kill these reptiles in a guided hunt starting Friday evening, according to wildlife officials.

HOUSTON, TX- The Houston Zoo welcomes its latest addition, as a baby giraffe makes its debut Friday. The giraffe which was born on August 3rd joined the giraffe herd at the zoo, frolicking around to the delight of onlookers.

A Winnipeg-based group compiles UFO sighting data to publish annual reports of UFO activity in Canada. A new report issued by this group looks at UFO sighting reports in Canada during the past twenty-five years.