1 of deep ocean's most turbulent areas has big impact on climate
... mountain range much as winds gust between a citys tall buildings is generating one of the most turbulent areas ever observed in the deep ocean. In fact, the turbulence packs an energy wallop equal to about five million watts -- comparable to output from a small nuclear reactor, according to a landmark...Measuring nectar from eucalypts
...e effect of logging on canopy nectar production in tall forest trees has for the first time been investigated by NSW DPI researchers, with funding from the Honeybee Program of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation and Forests NSW. State forests provide the major honey resource for th...Waters off Washington state only second place in world where glass sponge reefs found
...ve the seafloor. The sponges on the mounds grow as tall as 1 feet. The mounds off Grays Harbor have the same trio of glass sponge species as the reefs discovered in Canadian waters. The reefs in the Georgia and Hecata straits are in relatively protected marine waters, causing scientists to previously sp...Camera-shy deer caught for first time
...s by biologists, stands approximately 25-30 inches tall (65-80 cm) and weighs up to 110 pounds (50 kilograms). Its namesake antlers are significantly larger than other muntjac species found in Indochina. The photographs were taken using camera traps set in Laos Nakai Nam Theun National Protected Area (......of the new species, Icadyptes salasi, stood 5 feet tall and lived about 36 million years ago. The second new species, Perudyptes devriesi, lived about 42 million years ago, was approximately the same size as a living King Penguin (2 to 3 feet tall) and represents a very early part of penguin evolutionary...International team to honor 30th anniversary of deep-sea vent discovery in Galpagos
...deep and wide as the Grand Canyon in places and as tall as Mount Everest in others, he said. Roughly 550 vent species have been discovered living in extreme temperature and pressure conditions, and new vent species are discovered at a rate of nearly two per month, Tyler said. "Vent science has dominate...Researchers demonstrate way to control tree height
...al years of growth may range anywhere from 50 feet tall to a few inches. This is a proof of concept that...d grow to 100 feet or more that is only five feet tall at maturity, a charming addition that would fit nicely on a backyard deck. Or a 30-foot version that...Rare soft-shell turtle, nesting ground found in Cambodia
...turtle was discovered as a near pristine region of tall riverine forest, waterways and island archipelagos where further exciting biological discoveries will almost certainly be made. He said a further survey of the area by an international team of flora and fauna experts was planned for July 2007. The ...Tropical plants go with the flow ... of nitrogen
...rom small floor-dwelling shrubs, to tree ferns, to tall canopy trees. In dry areas, nitrate was most readily available, while in wetter areas, ammonium was the dominant source. The plants made use of whichever of these two sources was most common in their native soil. Dissolved organic nitrogen was plen...8 plants from South Africa may hold potential for treating high blood pressure
... as Asiatic pennywort Ceratotheca triloba, a tall annual plant that flowers in summer sometimes referred to as poppy sue Chenopodium album, also called lamb's quarters, this is a weedy annual plant Emex australis, commonly known as southern three corner jack Galinsoga parviflora, c...Crane hatching marks a first for Smithsonian's National Zoo
...000 in the wild. Adult wattled cranes stand 6 feet tall and weigh approximately 14 pounds. In the wild, their primary diet consists of aquatic plants and insects. Wattled cranes are listed as "vulnerable" by The World Conservation Union....Ancient coral reef tells the history of Kenya's soil erosion
...m two large coral colonies, each more than 12 feet tall and about 15 feet wide. To find out how sediment flux has varied over the years, Dunbar's team measured the ratio of two elementsbarium and calciumin the coral skeleton, which is composed of calcium carbonate. "It turns out that there is a lot of bar...Robotic cameras join search for 'Holy Grail of bird-watching'
...h Commission. The bird, standing 18 to 20 inches tall with a wingspan of 30 to 31 inches, was considered the largest woodpecker north of Mexico when it vanished more than six decades ago. It feasts on beetle larvae that inhabit the dead or dying trees of the bottomland wilderness - or what remains of it...Plant biologist seeks molecular differences between rice and its mimic
...nd behave like cultivated rice. The plants are as tall as cultivated rice and flower at the same time. These "crop mimics" are difficult to spot. Olsen hopes understanding trait differences can lead to eradication of red rice. "We're looking for anything that exploits the difference ...Ancient ape ruled out of man's ancestral line
...opithecus walked on two legs, but stood just 130cm tall and had a brain comparable in size with a modern chimpanzee. As Dr Walker explained: In many of these finds, the smallest bones have disintegrated, but here the feet and hands are well preserved - and these could enable researchers to show how well a...Varied diet of early hominid casts doubt on extinction theory, says Colorado U study
...onheimer said. Paranthropus stood about four feet tall and probably weighed less than 100 pounds, and its pelvis and leg structure indicate it was bipedal. Although the brain to body-size ratio in Paranthropus robustus is slightly larger than that of chimpanzees, "Paranthropus was not a mental giant," S...New dwarf buffalo discovered by chance in the Philippines
...raw, is also a dwarf, although at about three feet tall at the shoulder and 500 pounds it is considerably larger than the newly discovered species. The highly endangered tamaraw lives only on the Philippine island of Mindoro. Two poorly known species of the genus Bubalus from the Indonesian island of Sul...With record resolution and sensitivity, tool images how life organizes in a cell membrane
...veloped for other purposes in earlier work. ''The tall guys tend to like each other and the short guys te...ike likes like.'' Kraft had labeled the short and tall lipids with isotopes-elements that compare exactly in chemical properties because they have the same...Trap-jaw ants have fastest recorded strike in animal kingdom
...ters. That roughly translates, for a 5-foot-6-inch tall human, into a height of 44 feet and a horizontal distance of 132 feet, an aerial trajectory likely to be the envy of circus acrobats and Olympic athletes. The jump's trajectory depends on the purpose of the mandible's strike. When the ant, either a...Case Western Reserve University paleontologist discovers South American mammal fossils
...ut may have burrowed into holes like rabbits. The tall teeth suggest it probably fed on abrasive foods like grasses and other plants close to the ground. This new animal belongs to a particular family of notoungulates known as hegetotheres. Hegetotheres are relatively rare fossils in the northern part...