Residents of Mafia Island in Tanzania don’t really eat sea cucumber; they call it jongoo bahari, or “ocean millipede” in Swahili. But sea cucumbers are a prized delicacy in…
Author: admin
-
Astronomers discover the largest comet from the outskirts of the solar system is exploding with jets of gas
Astronomers have discovered that the largest comet from the Oort Cloud, a shell of icy bodies at the very edge of the solar system, is bursting with chemical activity.
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, the…
Continue Reading
-
UN Ocean Conference makes progress on protecting marine waters
- The United Nations Ocean Conference, held June 9-13 in Nice, France, saw some progress on better protecting the hundreds of thousands of species that live in marine waters and the communities that depend on the sea…
Continue Reading
-
Why ancient ‘goblin’ bones found in Utah are a truly monstrous discovery
Back in 2005, the remains of an animal were found in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a vast and rugged landscape in southern Utah, USA. They were put into storage at the Natural History Museum of Utah, where they remained for almost…
Continue Reading
