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Endangered Butterflies

These insects are vital to the functioning of ecosystems worldwide reduce the impact of humans. They are essential for the ecological balance of the nature and they are threatened. Several studies show...

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Best team is decided

Animals may act more quickly and make decisions more accurate when part of a group than when alone. This is demonstrated by an article published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of...

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Frogs with new teeth

A frog who lost his teeth and then recovered, thanks to an evolutionary mechanism that is surprising to scientists. Guentheri is Gastrotheca or toothed marsupial frog. He lives in the forests of...

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The biosphere “biocide”

In 1979 the British chemist James Lovelock published his famous book, Gaia, a new Look at life on Earth, which deployed the basis of his hypothesis, called Gaia hypothesis, which proposed the existence...

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Plants “spiderman” foresee possible infections

As if they had the sense arachnid of Spiderman. Some plants may be able to “anticipate” infections, which can suffer and thus trigger the immune response time. Those responsible for the research, led...

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Radar to forecast earthquakes

Radar seismic activity may help to predict in advance the production of a major earthquake. An article published in the journal Science has launched this possibility after based on data from the large...

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Ant invasion betrayed by their DNA

The ant red, an invasive species that plague several countries including the U.S., hidden in their DNA path expansion. An international group of researchers has put an end to secrecy, and has published...

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Extreme survival: the hardest island on Earth

Volcanoes, tsunamis, long and brutal winters, a completely isolated island… If you appear extreme adventures of Jesus Calleja, imagine how life was in those conditions of the inhabitants of the Kuril...

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Fukushima nuclear catastrophe reaches serious level 7

After a month of fighting against radioactivity, the situation in the nuclear power plant in Fukushima has not been able to control quickly as expected, and the Japanese Government has finally taken...

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How an e-cigarette works?

Electric cigarette are smokeless, and some also call it smokeless cigarettes. The e-cigarette in contrast to the traditional burning cigarette (you know the drill: tobacco + Fire => Smoke) – Let off...

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