Nature : Science World Report

Oct 03, 2013 11:36 AM EDT

First Sumatran Tiger Cub Born at ZSL London Zoo in 17 years

The rare Sumatran unsexed cub was born on September 22 to a five year old mother Melati, a Sumatran tiger. Born at 9.22 p.m. the birth lasted for only six minutes.

Oct 03, 2013 09:00 AM EDT

Ten Thousand Pacific Walruses Gather on Island on Alaska's Nnorthwest Coast Due to Sea Ice Loss

A surprising number of Pacific walruses were spotted hauling out of the ocean on a remote barrier island in the Chukchi Sea.

Oct 02, 2013 10:21 AM EDT

Melting Arctic Sea Ice Impacts Greenland Caribou

As Arctic sea ice shrinks, all manner of animals are being impacted. Yet you wouldn't necessarily think that caribou in Greenland are being affected. Now, researchers have discovered that the melting ice may be indirectly causing fewer caribou to give birth to calves every spring.

Oct 02, 2013 07:43 AM EDT

Flowers Evolved 100 Million Years Earlier Than Thought

Flowers are some of the most beautiful parts of nature. Their petals can be vibrant and their smells sweet. Yet flowering plants weren't always around; their particular evolution occurred millions of years ago. Now, researchers have uncovered that they first evolved 100 million years early than prev...

Oct 01, 2013 02:17 PM EDT

Giant Anteaters Welcomed at Nashville Zoo

Tennessee residents have flocked to the Nashville Zoo thanks to a baby boom of giant anteaters.

Oct 01, 2013 11:14 AM EDT

The Pace of Climate Change

How fast is climate change happening? That's a good question. Now, scientists have uncovered what this pace is, revealing that about half of the warming occurs within the first 10 years after an instantaneous step increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration.

Oct 01, 2013 05:45 AM EDT

NASA’s Kepler and Spitzer Space Telescope Help in Creating First Cloud Map

Astronomers have revealed the weather report of a sizzling Jupiter like world 'Kepler-7b' that is beyond our solar system that has high clouds in the west and clear skies in the east.

Sep 30, 2013 11:24 PM EDT

Sub-Zero Heroes: Extremophiles Call Salty Antarctic Lakes Home

Imagine a lake so salty its water exists in a liquid state at -20 °C – then picture something thriving in that seemingly lethal environment.

Sep 30, 2013 11:00 PM EDT

El Niño Cycle Has a Big Effect On a Major Greenhouse Gas

Nitrous oxide emissions decrease during El Niño, increase during La Niña.

Sep 30, 2013 12:35 PM EDT

Immense Prehistoric Ice Sheets Discovered in Arctic

Massive ice sheets spanned the world during the ice ages during the Pleistocene. Now, scientists have discovered that one of these ice sheets was located on a seamount off the north-eastern coast of Russia. The findings reveal for the first time that within the past 800,000 years that ice sheets als...