Believed to be extinct until 2004, the ivory-billed woodpecker has again been spotted in remote northwest Florida swamps. Researchers discovered it again on the planet, searching for it there for months.
This large size woodpecker makes a distinct...
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Experts at the Alaska Volcano Observatory fear that an eruption from the vents on Alaska's Fourpeaked Mountain, which have been spewing volcanic gases, is possible in the coming days to weeks.
It is predicted that the explosive eruption could...
Mud, gas and boiling water have been gushing out of the ground in East Java since May. And, in the process, the catastrophic phenomenons are submerging half a dozen villages and 20 factories. But, do you know that such phenomenon could continue for a...
It all started 12,000 years ago! And it is now; the Earth may be experiencing its highest temperatures it has not been in the last million years! It is especially being felt in the part of the Pacific Ocean where potentially birth place of violent El...
Two tornadoes sweeping through parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee Friday and Saturday have left 11 dead, damaging more than 100 homes in the Midwest and South with its subsiding on Sunday.
High waters have shut...
Living for 18 months among 36,000 other birds at Brendle Farms, a chicken with four legs have been spotted there. Named Henrietta, the bird has two normal front legs along with two more feet behind those! And they are of a similar size to her front legs...
It is the average daily amount of air pollution, and not variations in its hourly levels links to the risk of respiratory and cardiovascular problems! A study made in Japan reveals that ‘high hourly rates of particulate matter (in excess of 200...
Do you know trees can water themselves with seasonal fog?! That is exactly what the trees in a rare cloud forest in the desert regions of Oman do! Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists discovered this natural mechanism of the unusual...
After Cyclone Larry struck northern Queensland in March 2006, thousands of flying foxes like this one seemingly disappeared. Locating them now will heolp scientists answer important questions about the protected species.
After Cyclone Larry...
According to the state of California, the cars of the six carmakers -- General Motors, Toyota, Ford, Honda, Chrysler and Nissan – are emitting greenhouse gases to the extent that they are damaging health and environment, hence also the region’s...
Picture: Released by Conservation International, this epaulette shark (Hemiscyillum freycineti), one of over fifty likely new species discovered during the recent CI-led surveys in the waters off Indonesia's Papua province, rests on the sea bottom....
The dust in the air could too trigger rain! And that is just what's bringing rain over South Asia's Tibetan Plateau, according to NASA. This is how it happens:
Very small dust particles called aerosols blow in from desert regions and collect in...
The Indian state of Kerala has decided to celebrate the Wildlife Week next month by paying tribute to the legendary Australian crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin. The Kerala Forest Ministry will name the state-run crocodile breeding centre after the...
“It seemed like the world was ending”, Jesus Javier Quintero said defining the horrifying experience this Sunday on the Mexico's Pacific coast!
Lashing through the region, the powerful Category 3 storm – Hurricane Lane left a trail of...
It would really be mind-blowing for the tourists and a great achievement for ocean scientists. According to Terry Kirby, the discovery in a spectacular Indonesian seascape off the coast of Papua has been hailed as greater even than the Barrier Reef!...
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