Aug 07 12 Facts About Hellbender Salamanders By Leah Clapman List compiled by Rebecca Jacobson. Read our full Science Wednesday report. They have lungs, but they breathe completely through pores in their skin. Their name Cryptobranchus means “secret gill.” They are the third largest species of salamanders in… Continue reading
Aug 07 Rustling River Monsters for Science It takes six scientists to catch one hellbender salamander: three to lift the rock, two to hold the fishing nets, and one to dive underwater and grab the creature. Then, holding on is its own challenge, because the animals ooze… Continue reading
Aug 07 Ancient, Slippery, Enormous ‘Snot Otters’: Looking for Hellbender Salamanders By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Hellbender salamanders are as old as the dinosaurs, but scientists know very little about these ancient amphibians. Scientists need to know how many live in the Midwest and Appalachian regions of the United States and how healthy the population is,… Continue reading
Aug 05 How the World’s ‘Most Biodiverse Place’ Could Be Ransomed for Oil Money Huaorani Indians in Yasuni National Park carry the bushmeat they've killed with their blowgun -- including three howler monkeys and one coati. Photo by Danita Delimont via Getty Images. Editor's note: This piece is part of a collaboration on… Continue reading
Aug 05 Snapshot of Species in Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park By Larisa Epatko Yasuni National Park in western Ecuador hosts a vast variety of critters from carnivorous caterpillars to pygmy monkeys as small as your hand. The Ecuadoran government is hoping the park's unique quilt of animal and plant species, not to mention… Continue reading
Aug 05 Mars Rover Mission Team Celebrates One Year The Mars Curiosity Rover team celebrates on Aug. 5, 2012, inside the spaceflight operations facility at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the first pictures appear on screen after a successful landing on Mars. Photo by Brian van der Brug-Pool/Getty… Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch Researchers Steer Off Course to Show Potential Power of ‘GPS Spoofing’ Researchers Steer Off Course to Show Potential Power of 'GPS Spoofing'… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch Pacific Northwest Weighs Environmental Risks of Cashing in on Coal Export Market Pacific Northwest Weighs Environmental Risks of Cashing in on Coal Export Market… Continue watching
Jul 31 Unlocking the Secrets of a Swimmer’s Scourge, the Jellyfish Sting Updated: August 5 | On the morning of July 29, 1997, while swimming off the shore of Waikiki, a throng of box jellyfish stung Angel Yanagihara along her neck, arms and ankles. She swam back to shore… Continue reading
Jul 29 Oceans Rise With Every Liter of Fuel Burned, Study Warns A new analysis released today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences includes these mind-numbing statistics: One single liter of petroleum gas burned may add 647 liters of sea volume. One ton of coal… Continue reading