Are there snakes in Hawaii? Hawaii is not home to any native snakes, but invasive species are a continued concern for the state.
Anticipating changes to ecosystems is often at best an educated guess, but what if there was a way to better tune into possible changes occurring?
The state Legislature has appropriated close to $20 million to bolster the state’s fight against invasive pests.
Spongy moths are an invasive moth species that eats at trees and ultimately
Hundreds of community members gathers along the Makiki Stream Saturday to fight invasive species in an annual Earth Day clean-up.
Greening the way we eat needn't mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is to adopt a flexitarian diet where seafoods add umami to "boring" vegetables. University of Copenhagen gastrophysicist Ole G. Mouritsen puts mathematical equations to work in calculating the umami potential of everything from seaweed and shrimp paste to mussels and mackerel.
This Friday, a public hearing will be held to determine the ban of two invasive plant species from being sold in Massachusetts.
Many of us would love the superpower to fly, and for good reason: Flight offers a crucial evolutionary advantage. Flying enables an animal to travel large distances quickly, in search of food and new habitats, while expending far less energy than walking. Through flight, insects colonized the planet and fostered the massive diversification of flowering plants by acting as efficient pollinators. They also enabled the evolution of other creatures like reptiles, birds, and mammals by serving as...
Species of Micropsalliota (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Agaricales, Agaricaceae) are mainly distributed in tropical and /or subtropical regions. These fungi are saprophytic in general and can decompose lignin and cellulose, and thus have significant value in ecosystems. Research on the Micropsalliota has a long history of more than one hundred years. However, the molecular phylogenetic study on this genus is very limited and the phylogenetic relationships of species within this genus remain...
Can the Pill - and the synthetic hormones it contains - really influence a woman's sexual preferences? There is little research in this area, but the internet is awash with anecdotal evidence.
Two congressmen from Cagayan province have called the attention of national authorities regarding the presence of a reported 4,000-plus Chinese nationals allegedly enrolled in three-month short courses in various private schools, mostly in Tuguegarao City.
Thousands of ‘Velella’ jellyfish, small hydrozoans, have inundated the Levante Almeriense coast, driven ashore by strong winds. This phenomenon left Vera Playa locals astounded on Tuesday, April 23 as they discovered numerous blue jellyfish sprawled on the sand. One concerned resident posted on social media, ‘We alerted the Guardia Civil, and then 112 in case […]