Tag: crustaceans

Leaf-Cutter Ants Have Rocky Crystal Armor, Never Before Seen in Insects

Leaf-cutter ants are named for their Herculean feats: they chomp foliage and carry unwieldy pieces, like green flags many times their size, long distances to their colonies. There they chew up the leaves to feed underground fungus farms. Along the way, the insects brave all manner of predators — and regularly engage in wars with other ants. But these insects are…

This could be the longest ocean creature ever recorded

Scientists have discovered a 150-foot (46-meter) example of a siphonophore, a string-like deep-sea predator in Australian waters. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/longest-ocean-animal-ever-recorded…

Study examines effects of nuclear war on Earth’s oceans

Researchers concluded that even a contained nuclear conflict would take a toll on Earth’s oceans and potentially disrupt the human food web. “The impacts are huge,” a scientist said. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/study-toll-of-nuclear-war-earths-oceans…

Walking sharks discovered in tropics

Researchers have discovered 4 new species of sharks that use their fins to walk, in waters off northern Australia and New Guinea. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/new-spacies-walking-sharks-discovered-in-tropics…

Humpback whale population on the rise

After a near-miss with extinction, a population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/humpback-whale-population-on-the-rise…

‘We Can’t End Climate Change Without Changing Our Eating Habits’

Saturday the Guardian published a call to action by the author of the new book, We are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast: [W]e cannot save the planet unless we significantly reduce our consumption of animal products. This is not my opinion, or anyone’s opinion. It is the inconvenient science. Animal agriculture produces more greenhouse gas emissions than the…

Ghost crabs use teeth in their stomach to growl at their enemies

Many crustaceans have teeth inside their stomachs but ghost crabs are the first to be found to use them for making a growling sound for warning off threats Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215997-ghost-crabs-use-teeth-in-their-stomach-to-growl-at-their-enemies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Corals spreading to subtropical waters

While coral populations are declining in tropical waters, scientists have just detected an increase in subtropical areas, which could be good news for corals. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/corals-spreading-to-subtropical-waters…

PlayStation Gamers Are Now Authoring Their Own Games With ‘Dreams’ For PS4

dryriver explains the new buzz around “Dreams” for PS4 (now in open access). Created by the studio that made PS4’s Big Little World, Dreams “is not a game. It is more of an end to end, create-your-own-3D-game toolkit that happens to run on PS4 rather than a PC… essentially an easy to use game-engine a la Unity or UnrealEngine.” Dreams lets…