Tiny beetle Named after Climate Activist Greta Thunberg
A tiny species of beetle discovered more than 50 years ago has been named after environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg.
Scientists at the Natural History Museum in London have officially called the insect Nelloptodesgretae to honour the 16-year-old Swedish activist's "outstanding contribution" in raising global awareness of climate change.
The arthropod, which has no eyes or wings, is less than 1 mm long and belongs to the Ptiliidae family, which is made up of some of the world's smallest beetles.
Oct 25, 2019
White Bellbird, The World's Loudest Bird
Bellbirds have the loudest bird calls yet documented in the world, according to a study which found that their mating songs pack more decibels than the screams of howler monkeys and the bellows of bisons.
According to the study, published in the journal Current Biology, the male white bellbird's mating call is about three times louder than screaming phias — the previously loudest bird singer.
The researchers, including those from the University of Massachusetts in the U.S., said that the bellbird's calls were so loud that they wondered how the females of the species listened to them at close range without permanent damage to their hearing.
Oct 24, 2019
Melting Glaciers In The Russian Arctic Reveal Five New Islands
The Russian Navy has discovered five new islands in the Arctic after they were revealed by melting glaciers.
The new islands are located near the Vylki glacier off the coast of the remote Novaya Zemlya archipelago, which lies in the Arctic Ocean northwest of the Russian mainland.
They range in area from 900 to 54,500 square meters (about 9,690 to 586,630 square feet) -- as big as 10 football fields.
Oct 23, 2019
Prakash Javadekar Launches First National Protocol To Enumerate Snow Leopard Population In India
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched the first national protocol to enumerate the snow leopard population in the country on the occasion of International Snow Leopard Day.
The Day is celebrated on October 23 every year to protect and conserve the snow leopards and preserve the beautiful wildlife of the Himalayas.
Oct 22, 2019
World's Oldest Known Natural Pearl Discovered On Abu Dhabi Island
The oldest known natural pearl in the world has been discovered by Abu Dhabi archaeologists working at a Neolithic site on Marawah Island, just off the coast of Abu Dhabi.
Dubbed the 'Abu Dhabi Pearl', it was found in layers that have been radiocarbon dated to 5,800-5,600 BCE, during the Neolithic period.
The discovery is a proof that pearls and oysters were being used in the UAE nearly 8,000 years ago, and represents the earliest known evidence for pearling yet discovered anywhere in the world.
Prior to the Abu Dhabi Pearl discovery, the earliest known pearl in the UAE came from a Neolithic site in Umm Al Qaiwain.
Ancient pearls have also been found at a Neolithic cemetery close to Jebel Buhais, in the Emirate of Sharjah.
Radio-Tagged Amur Falcon Heads For Northeast India From China
A radio-tagged female Amur falcon (Falcon amurensis) named Longleng which had reached her breeding area in northern China in May 2019 for the third time since in 2016, is on her way to her roosting sites in Northeast India.
As per Wildlife Institute of India(WII) scientists, Longleng was around Shanghai in China some five days ago (on way her way to Northeast).
Longleng, named after a Nagaland district, was radio-tagged in October 2016 by WII scientists as part of a project to study the flight route of these long-distance migratory birds and the environmental patterns along the route.
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