Anyone who's ever visited a penguin exhibit at the zoo probably knows the cute little sea birds have a distinct, shall we say pungent, smell to them. But new research indicates that they while they ...

Dicraeosaurus dinosaur via Shutterstock Huge dinosaurs stored vital minerals in bones under their skin (osteoderms) to help them survive, a study has found. These 'skin bones' helped some of the ...

Panthera leo - Looks like these two lions have had a tiff! - Lions image via Shutterstock Some images of big cats from the genus Panthera - the tiger, lion, jaguar and leopard, defined as great cats ...

Every cow, on average, produces 80kg to 100kg (CH4) of methane per year, a gas that has the nasty habit of depleting the ozone layer. The reason for this is enteric - in other words, it's related to ...

Elephants have evolved a novel strategy for regulating body temperature, which allows them to endure soaring temperatures during the day without succumbing to heat stress. Scientists at the University ...

Delicate fluttering wings, fascinating hovering motions, dainty, beautiful yet extremely precious in indicating the health of ecosystems, and overall environmental quality, dragonflies are one of ...

The South China Morning Post 's take on their local pollution headache is full on. As lungs blacken, a Chinese lung expert, Zhing Nanshan says, "People's lungs are turning black as early as their 40s.

Download free power management software; Credit: Shutterstock Save power - and help support an eco website - with a new free Green PC power management download from The Earth Times. The innovative ...

The field of Soft Nanotechnology moves in devious ways with natural and artificial fabrics. Titanium of course is expensive, with this hoarding costing £100 extra to have the coating. The ...

Darwin's bark spider; Credit: GalliasM (Creative Commons license) etadshow468 --> The latest State of Observed Species (SOS) 2011 report was published this week. All of the species discovered in 2009 ...

Biodiversity improves water quality and helps ecosystems to withstand pressures from pollution, according to a new study published yesterday in the journal Nature. The new study is the first to ...

Oceanic Conveyor Belt; Credit: UNEP Think island, think nature, think ocean, think tranquillity and think pristine. Natural islands have always been escape destinations from the concrete jungle chaos ...