Screening smoke

Unexpected photography from aboard a space shuttle reveals patches of sulphate aerosols which keep some industrial pockets cooler

Perfect but not quite

Computer models like the ones that recently simulated conditions in the Chesapeake bay in the US could alter opinions regarding the nature of …

Tryst with the Triassic

The Triassic has been brought into sharper focus, thanks to fossilised evidence found in the US

Disarming the disastrous

Attempts are on to convert ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons into more innocuous substances like table salt

The lesser evil

Attempts are on to find replacements for deadly ozone depleting substances (ODS) such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

A problem of choice

Behavioural ecologists study the roles played by biology and culture in the process of mate selection among animals and humans

Above suspicion?

The conviction that humans are responsible for changes in the world's climate, is in contention

More the merrier

The Darwinian theory on biodiversity which advocates the planting of more species of grass to achieve higher yields, has been upheld by a recent …

Resin truths

Amber, a dehydrated tree resin, can literally capture scenes from the animal and plant world's past. A large volume of the resin, procured from …

Deep in pursuit

The giant squid, a deep sea tentacled monster, may no longer be able to play hide and see with the scientific community. A team of biologists are …

Beetles go wild

There's a dark side to biological weed control -- as the attack on non-target plant species by the Eurasian weevil in North America shows

Disastrous blooms

Nitrogen floating in Florida Bay in the US is fueling algal blooms and killing coral reefs

A hunter called seal

Intelligent butterfly

Cabbage butterflies remember flowers that provide maximum nectar

Subterranean farmers

Ants invented agriculture some 50 million years before the humans

New house? Will dance

Lobster casualties

Giants in the mist

Giant redwood trees seem to water their own habitat

A victim of bad publicity?

Masters of survival

Greet the oldest living being on its 250 millionth birthday

Busybee's decline

Sunlight woes

Stepmotherly tree(tment)

Survival instincts

Fig facts