A new apparatus automatically applies odors to an airstream, while filming and analyzing the behavior of insects simultaneously. A first series of tests have revealed that male and female fruit flies respond differently to attractant substances. Male flies are no longer attracted to females that already mated with another male ...

Imagine a world where the rooftops and pavements of every urban area are resurfaced to increase the reflection of the sun's light rays. Well, this is exactly what a group of Canadian researchers have simulated in an attempt to measure the potential effects against global warming.

Ecologists in New Zealand have shown for the first time that Marine Protected Areas – long advocated as a way of protecting threatened marine mammals – actually work. Their study, based on 21 years' monitoring reveals that a marine sanctuary off the coast of Christchurch has significantly improved survival of ...

Ryan Parson for RedOrbit.comSome sea turtles appear to be reaping the benefits of government designated areas of bodies of water, known as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).A recent study published in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography suggests that the MPAs are playing a key role in the support and nourishment ...

Marine Protected Areas are providing sea turtles with an ideal habitat for foraging and may be keeping them safe from the threats of fishing. A new study shows that 35 percent of the world's green turtles are found within MPAs. This is much higher that would be expected as only ...

Increase in coastal population puts stress on the environment, according to NOAA.

Using data collected from over 200 baited remote underwater video (BRUV) cameras, scientists have discovered that Caribbean reef sharks are more abundant in marine reserves than in areas where fishing is allowed.The BRUV cameras, affectionately dubbed "chum cams," were placed both inside and outside aquatic reserve areas on the Mesoamerican ...

New hope for threatened freshwater dolphins in AsiaThe Government of Bangladesh recently declared three new wildlife sanctuaries for endangered freshwater dolphins in the world's largest mangrove ecosystem – the Sundarbans, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) whose conservation work helped pinpoint the locations of the protected areas.The sanctuaries, which ...

A new map shows areas where humans have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease in the Eastern U.S.

Five urban counties lead the list of US terror "hot spots" - Manhattan, LA, Miami-Dade, San Francisco and Washington, DC - though smaller, more rural areas have emerged as hot spots in their own right in recent years with an increase in domestic terror there, says new research. The researchers ...

Measuring the level of internal brain communication allows single-subject discrimination between vegetative state patients and patients who recover a minimal level of consciousness, study suggests. Crucially, this can be obtained at the bedside and does not rely on the integrity of sensory and motor pathways nor on the subject’s ability ...

Nebraska state officials said Thursday that a Canadian company looking to build a pipeline across the Great Plains and eventually to refineries along the Gulf of Mexico will need to use a 10-year-old map of the region to avoid environmentally sensitive areas.TransCanada in November agreed to develop a new route ...