Nature : Science World Report

Aug 04, 2015 10:17 AM EDT

Bonobos Have 'Speech' Similar to Humans with Behavioral Contexts Linked to Emotion

It turns out that bonobos may have "speech" that similar to humans.

Aug 04, 2015 07:35 AM EDT

Ancient Fossils Reveal How the World's First Animals Had Sex

A new study of 565 million-year-old fossils has identified how some of the first complex organisms on Earth--possibly some of the first to exist--actually reproduced.

Aug 03, 2015 06:12 PM EDT

Severe Tropical Deforestation in the Amazon Largely Caused by Resettlement Projects

What's driving tropical deforestation? It's all about resettlement projects. Scientists have found that these projects are largely responsible for the disappearance of trees in the Amazon.

Aug 03, 2015 04:18 PM EDT

Honeybees Naturally Vaccinate Their Babies with Their Blood

Bees may be able to naturally vaccinate their offspring. Scientists have found out how bees naturally immunize their babies by studying a bee blood protein called vitellogenin.

Aug 03, 2015 12:48 PM EDT

Climate Change Doubled the Number of Endangered Galapagos Penguins

Shifting winds and ocean currents may have doubled the population of endangered Galapagos penguins.

Aug 03, 2015 11:42 AM EDT

Hurricanes Transport Pollutants: New Study Reveals Storm-Generated Currents

Researchers have taken a closer look at how the downwelling of warm waters in the ocean actually deepens a storm's fuel tank for rapid intensification toward hurricane statues and how that influences currents.

Aug 03, 2015 10:21 AM EDT

Climate Change: Glaciers are Melting Faster Than Ever Before

Scientists have compiled worldwide data on glacier changes for more than 120 years and have found that in the first decade of the 21st century, glaciers have melted faster than ever before.

Aug 02, 2015 11:04 PM EDT

Plants that Eat Other Plants: Why Parasitic Plants Attack

Scientists have learned a bit more about parasitic plants, which leech nutrients from a host plant

Jul 31, 2015 03:59 PM EDT

Climate Change: Bird Species at Risk in Bogs

An entire ecosystem may be threatened by climate change. Scientists have found that several rare upland bird species are being put at risk together with other ecosystem functions in blanket bogs.

Jul 31, 2015 03:13 PM EDT

California Drought: 'Rain Debt' is Now Equal to an Entire Year's Worth of Precipitation

NASA has revealed that the state has accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015, which is the average amount expected to fall in a single year.

Jul 31, 2015 08:24 AM EDT