Ecology & Zoology

Aliens Are Invading Europe

More than 11,000 alien species have been documented by DAISIE (Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventory for Europe), a unique three year research project with more than 100 European scientists, funded by the European Union that provides new knowledge on ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 20 2008 - 4:42pm

'Rurban' Roofs- Sustainable Construction Material For Your New Building

A Spanish research study has tested different combinations of supports and indigenous plants to determine which are the best for reducing energy consumption inside buildings. This type of roof is a “rurban”, sustainable architectural solution that will lea ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 22 2008 - 1:16pm

Gray's Paradox Resolved- Dolphins Can Swim That Fast After All And Here's Why

You've heard it before.   According to the laws of physics, bees can't fly.   Yet fly they do.   And British zoologist Sir James Gray noticed something strange about dolphins in 1936.  He had observed the sea mammals swimming at a swift rate of m ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 24 2008 - 1:49pm

New Frog Species Discovered In Panama

A new frog species has been discovered in Panama and will be announced in the December issue of Journal of Herpetology by a research team led by STRI former visiting scientist Joseph Mendelson, from Zoo Atlanta. The amphibian, a type of tree frog with brig ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 24 2008 - 5:30pm

Biofuel Production Harms Tropical Rainforests, Says Study

Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, according to a new study published in Conservation Biology. The study reveals that it would take at least 75 years for the carbon em ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 1 2008 - 12:46pm

Sex Life Of Killer Fungi Revealed

Biologists at The University of Nottingham and University College Dublin have announced a major breakthrough in our understanding of the sex life of a microscopic fungus which is a major cause of death in immune deficient patients and also a cause of sever ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 4 2009 - 12:29pm

The Mysterious Mobility Of Rooted Plants

The wild pea pod is big and heavy, with seemingly little prayer of escaping the shade of its parent plant. And yet, like a grounded teenager who knows where the car keys are hidden, it manages – if it has a reasonable chance of escape. University of Florid ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 7 2008 - 10:39am

Science as art

Sometimes while doing science, one is struck by something in the same way that one is affected by beautiful art. Not that these are the most amazing images ever (they weren't meant to be artistic, just routine work), but I enjoyed them. They're f ...

Blog Post - T. Ryan Gregory - Dec 12 2008 - 11:58am

Whispering Bats Are Actually Kind Of Loud

Annemarie Surlykke from the University of Southern Denmark is fascinated by echolocation. She really wants to know how it works. Surlykke equates the ultrasound cries that bats use for echolocation with the beam of light from a torch: you won't see mu ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 12 2008 - 1:45am

Dances With Penguins

Last weekend I visited the St. Louis Zoo to witness their first ever Penguin Walk. ...

Article - Justin Gerke - Dec 12 2008 - 12:06pm