Maine Lobstermen Give Farming Sea Scallops A Try. Hide captionAs lobster prices plunge, scallops offer fishermen an alternative to make money.
Levi Bridges for NPR As lobster prices plunge, scallops offer fishermen an alternative to make money. If you don't love scallops, you probably just haven't had one that's cooked properly. That is, pan fried with some garlic and butter and herbs. Water supplement for bees is claimed to prevent Colony Collapse Disorder. Around the world, honey bees have been vanishing at an alarming rate.
Since bees not only provide honey, but are also vital for pollinating crops, this is not only distressing, it also puts agriculture at risk. The reasons for this decline are still unknown, but a Florida-based company claims to have found a solution in the form of a concentrated organic feed supplement. BeesVita is purported to not only protect bee colonies in danger of collapsing, but actually causes them to grow and thrive.
The mysterious, wholesale vanishing of bee colonies leaving behind deserted hives is called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). It affects the common European honey bee (but not the Mason bee) and was named in 2006, though reports of CCD go back to at least 1900. Dead Reefs Can Come Back To Life, Study Says. Hide captionCoral polyps feed in the plankton-rich waters by Santa Catalina, Panama.
A new study of coral reefs off the Pacific coast of Panama shows that dead coral reefs may be able to recover from rising ocean temperatures and other environmental disasters. laszlo-photo/Flickr Coral polyps feed in the plankton-rich waters by Santa Catalina, Panama. A new study of coral reefs off the Pacific coast of Panama shows that dead coral reefs may be able to recover from rising ocean temperatures and other environmental disasters. Coral reefs may be able to recover from disaster, according to a study that provides a bit of reassurance about the future of these endangered ecosystems. Coral reefs around the world are at risk as the ocean's temperature continues to rise. 'Shocking' Reef History. Museum of Endangered Sounds. Lending a Helping Paw: When Animals Cooperate [Slide Show] Color This Chimp Amazing.
Killer Insect Virus Helping to Decimate World's Bee Population. A new study published in the journal Science has revealed that, in addition to the destruction of natural habitats and the widespread use of industrial chemical pesticides, the global bee die-off witnessed in recent years is also caused by a deadly virus carried by bloodsucking parasitic mites.
Ancient Birds Wiped Out Huge Insects. The Crow Paradox : Krulwich Wonders... Here's a surprise: Wild crows can recognize individual people.
An all-natural animal orchestra. 31 May 2012Last updated at 16:27 ET By Alastair Leithead BBC News, Los Angeles Bernie Krause records the sounds of a tide pool.
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Things I wouldn't, couldn't, shouldn't expect, sometimes happen. Whales have a sensory organ unlike anything we've ever seen. Scientists Find Thousands Of Previously Undiscovered Species Cowering In Amazon Rainforest. MANAUS, BRAZIL—A team of scientists studying the Amazon Rainforest announced the remarkable discovery this week of thousands of previously undiscovered mammals, reptiles, birds and other species desperately cowering for dear life under rocks and assorted foliage.
According to biologists, the 16-month expedition in search of new indigenous lifeforms in the Amazon River basin was a remarkable success, uncovering over 2,300 varieties of heretofore unclassified lemurs, tarantulas, and porcupines as they convulsed in terror under flora and frantically scrambled up trees for safety. "Our expedition has shown that the Amazon Rainforest is simply teeming with a multitude of creatures never before glimpsed in this region," said lead researcher professor Courtland Gere, who personally observed a rare form of spider monkey as it huddled, shaking, inside the stump of a freshly felled tree. Kakha Bendukidze Holds Fate of Gene-Engineered Salmon. Sandy Huffaker for The New York Times Jars of zebra fish are stacked on shelves at a lab in San Diego.
Sandy Huffaker for The New York Times Xavier Lauth, a scientist, working with zebra fish in a lab at the Center for Aquaculture Technologies. That man, Kakha Bendukidze, holds the key to either extinction or survival for AquaBounty Technologies, the American company that is hoping for federal approval of a type of salmon that would be the first genetically engineered animal in the human food supply.
But 20 months since the Food and Drug Administration tentatively concluded that the fish would be safe to eat and for the environment, there has been no approval. Utah paleontologists discover new raptor dinosaur. Learning from foul eating habits. Down in the dark, with the mud and the dead fish, lives a quiet eel-like creature called the hagfish, also known as the slime eel.
Apart from having a less-than-attractive name and a not-so-attractive exterior, the hagfish is a carrion-eater with special food preferences. About 50 cm long, the hagfish eats by swimming into a dead animal and then slowly consuming its way out of the carcass after it has covered the whole of its coming meal in a thick slime excreted though pores in its skin. This prevents other animals from eating the prey. Rare meal When the hagfish is about to devour its prey, it ties itself into a knot that it presses up towards its jawless mouth. A hagfish can eat several times its own weight – an important ability, says Henrik Carl of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, a biologist and fish expert. Better Bird Nesting Also Good For Giant Manta Rays. Map of Life. Map of Life shows distribution of any species throughout the world. Map of Life is a new Google Maps-based website, which indicates the distribution of almost every species of vertebrate animal in the world (Photo: Shutterstock) Image Gallery (2 images) Ever wondered if a certain species of animal can be found where you live?
The Map of Life website aims to answer this question. Early-Adopting Dolphin Uses iPad Touchscreen to Communicate with Humans. Steve Jobs promised us the iPad would change our lives, and while it hasn't been all things to all people – what about that front-facing camera, Steve? – the beauty of such a device is that developers (to the extent that Apple will allow them, anyhow) are free to get as creative as they want with the device. Just ask Merlin the bottlenose dolphin. He loves the iPad, and thanks to a symbol-based human-dolphin communication interface being developed for the iPad's ample touchscreen, he could one day be able to tell you so himself.
Talking to Dolphins: New "Dolphin Speaker" Produces Full Range of Dolphinese Sounds. Communication with dolphins is getting better all the time — they've been using iPads, for one thing, and humans have been working on a type of Rosetta Stone-like two-way translation device. A new gadget could improve matters even further, by allowing humans to produce the full range of dolphin sounds.
The acoustics researchers who developed it call it the Dolphin Speaker. Patterns from space: beautiful satellite images of river deltas around the world. We lose control of our DNA at age 55. Carnivorous killer algae found in Danish waters. Biologist Terje Berge compares the killer algae to carnivorous plants. DATA GARDEN QUARTET – LIVE AT THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART. Listen + Purchase 01 Intro (02:15) 02 4/14 (56:41) 03 4/15 (55:48) 04 Credits (00:53)
Amid Rural Decay, Trees Take Root in Silos. Bacteria, Insects Join Forces Against Pesticide. Lack of oxygen led to first mass extinction. A fall in oxygen concentration is not only a result of warmer weather – it can also occur when the temperature falls. Polar Bears Older Than Previously Thought. Insects Covered In Tough Stuff. Baboons Show Their Word Skills. Forage Fish Catches Should be Reduced, Report Says. “The message is, if you cut back on harvesting of forage fish, there will be benefits,” said Ellen K. Pikitch, director of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University and chairwoman of the task force that produced a report on the issue that was released Sunday. The report, “Little Fish, Big Impact,” financed by the Lenfest Foundation through the Pew Charitable Trusts, details how fishing has increased for these fish, which now account for 37 percent, by weight, of all fish harvested worldwide, up from about 8 percent half a century ago.
The consumer market for forage fish is relatively small; most of the fish are ground and processed for use as animal feed and nutritional supplements and, increasingly, as feed for the aquaculture industry, which now produces about half of all the fish and shellfish that people eat. The Black Queen Hypothesis: Basis of a new evolutionary theory. Microorganisms can sometimes lose the ability to perform a function that appears to be necessary for their survival, and yet they still somehow manage to endure and multiply. ‘Creatures of Light’ at American Museum of Natural History. International Shark Attack File. Rachel Graham - The Aquatic Jane Goodall, Speaking Up for Sharks. But Dr. Researchers Discover the First Known Virus That Preys on Other Viruses. The Yin And Yang Of Male Pattern Baldness. Industrial Roar Changes Nearby Plant Reproduction. Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections - StumbleUpon.
Corpse Flower Blooms At Cornell University, Causing Stink And Spectacle. By: OurAmazingPlanet Staff Published: 03/19/2012 12:25 PM EDT on OurAmazingPlanet. Harmful bacteria invade the groundwater. Feral Pigs Plaguing Upstate New York. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years : Krulwich Wonders...
The curious seeds of an invasive tree - Imprint. Sardine Fishery May Be In Peril. Creatures of the deep: terrifying macro pictures of polychaetes or bristle worms. Massive dolphin party caught on video off California coast. Cheers! Fruit Flies Drink To Their Health, Literally. Hier das zweite ND (Forum für Naturfotografen) 'Fountain of youth' enzyme lengthens mouse life - life - 22 February 2012.