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Birds use cigarette butts to ward off insects
5th February 2014 – 20:37
Birds have worked out that by using cigarette butts in their nests they can keep away unwanted insects. A good example of how animals adapt to their environment.
The Fence
4th February 2014 – 02:37
What is it with humans and destroying nature? “If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.” Jonas Salk
More than 3/4 of Large Carnivores to go Extinct
21st January 2014 – 06:00
A recent study has found that more than three quarters of large carnivores are declining in population. If this trend continues then many nature’s most beautiful animals will eventually go extinct.
Good News, Everyone! It’s The 10 Best Inventions From Futurama
1st May 2013 – 17:20
Invented by the Professor to give animals super intelligence, the Electronium Hat was a wearable device introduced in the season one episode “Mars University.” It used sunspots to produce “cognitive radiation,” whatever that means. The monkey Guenter gets uplifted by the hat and spends much of the episode quarrelling with Fry and lamenting the fact […]
Slavery in the Chocolate Industry
25th April 2013 – 16:55
The next time you bite into a chocolate bar or enjoy a hot cup of cocoa you might want to consider a secret horrible ingredient — child slavery. All food has some dark side we’d rather not think about. Eating meat involves killing animals, and that’s not pleasant. Eating tuna kills dolphins that get caught […]
Hemp Can Repair DNA!
9th April 2013 – 10:55
by Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Did you know that DNA can be damaged…and repaired? DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the hereditary material found in humans, animals, and organisms. DNA is in every cell in our bodies. Each cell’s nucleus has DNA, which is rolled into structures that are our chromosomes (23 pairs). “ Most genes contain […]
Cats killing billions of animals
30th January 2013 – 13:33
ats are one of the top threats to US wildlife, killing billions of animals each year, a study suggests. The authors estimate they are responsible for the deaths of between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds and 6.9-20.7 billion mammals annually. Writing in Nature Communications, the scientists said stray and feral cats were the worst offenders.