Omar Tonsi Eldakar of the University of Arizona’s Arizona Research Laboratories conducted a study of what type of male that female water striders mate with. The experiment showed that the female water striders mated more with subtle males rather than the sexually aggressive males. This new finding is exactly the opposite of what Eldakar from [...]
Entries from November 15th, 2009
Climate Change, Nitrogen Loss Threaten Plant Life in Arid Desert Soils
November 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Biology
Deserts already have few plants, but it is now getting harder for plants to live in deserts. So deserts may become more sparse because plants are facing new challenges. Nitrogen is one of the main things keeping biological activity from occurring in arid deserts. Researchers have found a mechanism that balances the nitrogen in deserts. As [...]
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New Species Of Giant Rat Discovered In Crater Of Volcano
November 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Biology
A new creature, the Bosavi woolly rat, was recently found in an extinct volcano called Mount Bosavi. This is a volcano has a very huge crater. It is 2 ½ miles wide topped with walls that are close to a half miles high. It has trapped these new spices of rats there. The Bosavi woolly [...]
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