Researchers from the University of Alberta claim that an elk's personality is an important factor that determines whether or not it will last through the hunting season.
A new study done on the Arctic suggesting that, increased precipitation and river discharge in the Arctic has the potential to speed climate change.
A team of researchers from the University of Leeds and the NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology have come up with a startling study that states destruction of tropical forest would reduce rain across the Amazon basin by 21 percent by 2050.
Green tea that proves to be good beverage for heart has a lot more to offer. The researchers from the Third Military Medical University claim that the chemical properties present in drink affect the generation of brain cells, that is good for memory as well as spatial learning.
New fungal specie has been discovered during a mushroom hunting excursion to Eskebjerg Vesterlyng in 2009. The team was led by postdoc Jacob Heilman-Clausen from the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate at the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen.
The astronauts aboard the International Space Station are trying to complete its unsuccessful task again during a spacewalk on Wednesday. This task will be taken over the Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams and the Japanese spaceflier Akihiko Hoshide. These two will proceed out of the space st...
NASA has postponed its Jupiter-bound spacecraft Juno's second round of critical engine firings by ten days in order to analyze pressure readings after a change in orbit took place during the first burn session.
The researchers at the Linkoping University in Sweden show how the hen's comb is bound with the ability to lay more eggs. According to the study, the original wild jungle hen, domestic hens have larger combs as well as denser bones.
A study conducted by the researchers from the University of London claims that high dose of Vitamin D in addition to antibiotic treatment helps to cure Tuberculosis and quick recovery.
The occurrences of silent heart attacks in older people are common and often turn fatal. A study carried in the Sept. 5 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association focuses on the older people of Iceland. When diagnosed with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the researchers noticed t...
A new study conducted by the researchers from the University of York, Glasgow and Leeds have contradicted the previous assumptions that warm periods result in excess extinction of species.
The journal PLoS ONE this month focuses on a tough little fish the 'Desert Goby,' that dwells in the deserts of central Australia. The study basically focuses on the aggressive mating behaviour of the smaller nest holding males.
