Ecology & Zoology

Want More Milk? Name Your Cow, Says Study- And They're Serious

Name it and the milk will come, say scientists at Newcastle University.  It's not "Field of Dreams" it's Milk of Dreams.   Or whatever analogy you want to use for a correlation-causation fantasy that leads to a conclusion that a cow wit ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 27 2024 - 11:08am

Why Some Female Whales Live So Long: Menopause

Humans and five whale species are the only mammals known to go through menopause. Why is unclear but a new study sought answers. Scientists found that females of short-finned pilot whales, false killer whales, killer whales, narwhals and beluga whales and ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 13 2024 - 2:16pm

First Nation Shell Middens And True Oysters

One of the now rare species of oysters in the Pacific Northwest is the Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida, (Carpenter, 1864). While rare today, these are British Columbia’s only native oyster.  Had you been dining on their brethren in the 1800s or earlier, it w ...

Article - Heidi Henderson - Mar 24 2024 - 10:40pm

Study: Fish With A Mirror Check Their Body Size Before Fights With Bigger Opponents

Researchers in Scientific Reports are claiming the first non-human instance of an animal possessing some mental states (e.g., mental body image, standards, intentions, goals), which are elements of private self-awareness. They show that Labroides dimidiatu ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2024 - 9:32am

Honeybees Are Boutique Agriculture: Here's What Keepers Want Almond Farmers To Do

Despite nearly two decades of marketing campaigns insisting bees are in decline and science is to blame, the data show otherwise. Bees are not entirely irrelevant in the food supply, and do valuable pollination work in nature, but there are 25,000 other sp ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 13 2025 - 2:46pm

Bathynomus Vaderi: The Sea Bug Of Your New 'Star Wars' Nightmare

If a giant bọ biển (“sea bug”) in Vietnam hasn't been 'named' by an academic in a journal, does it really exist? Yes, because they are impossible to miss. Isopods of the genus Bathynomus are 10 inches long so they are hard to miss, but disco ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 15 2025 - 2:49pm

Use DEET: Half Of Adult Ticks Carry Lyme Disease Bacteria

If you want to avoid ticks in the woods, wear long clothing or use a scientifically-proven repellent like DEET,  IR3535, or picaridin. Forget products claiming they are 'green' or have citronella, there is a reason that people who buy alternative ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2025 - 10:57am