Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY

Bees Can Say ‘Stop’

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Honeybees don’t only waggle dance to tell hive-mates the whereabouts of good eats, they also bump and beep to warn others when big trouble awaits at some of those floral diners. Bees can tell others in their colony to avoid … Continue reading →

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New Initiative:Website to track endangered koalas

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

A Website from Australia, koaladiaries.com.au, that lets everyone from school children to senior citizens track koalas in live time has become the latest weapon in the fight to save the furry creatures from extinction.It introduces the latest GIS technology to … Continue reading →

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Deep Sea Creatures Build Their Homes from Materials That Comes from the Ocean Surface

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Evidence from the Challenger Deep — the deepest surveyed point in the world’s oceans — suggests that tiny single-celled creatures called foraminifera living at extreme depths of more than ten kilometres build their homes using material that sinks down from … Continue reading →

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Saturn’s moon ‘may contain life’

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Scientists at NASA have claimed that Saturn’s moon Enceladus “may contain life”, after they discovered new evidence suggesting presence of “liquid water” beneath its surface.According to the scientists, the Cassini spacecraft flew through icy plumes created by ice volcanoes on … Continue reading →