Environment

Global warming has a positive effect on asexual reproduction. Higher temperatures work wonders when it comes to certain organisms, and in some cases, it leads to higher rates of reproduction.

May 8, 2020 09:20

Phototropism, thigmotropism, gravitropism, hydrotropism, and thermotropism are common tropic responses in plants.

May 8, 2020 06:52

Thankfully, volcanologists now have a variety of tools at their disposal that can help them foresee a volcanic eruption before it happens. Here is how they do it. 

May 7, 2020 02:27

There is no reason to panic when it comes to "murder hornets". It is more likely to die from a bee sting than from a murder hornet.

May 6, 2020 17:17

Atmospheric dust is actually quite important for the climate of our planet. For the most part, it consists of small pieces of clays, carbonates, and metal oxides.

May 4, 2020 07:33

The Earth has an atmosphere much different than those on the other planets in the solar system, and our atmosphere can be divided into specific layers.

May 4, 2020 07:05

Plants are, as are all the other living beings on this planet, sensitive to the changes that happen in the environment.

May 4, 2020 06:38

What if you fall into some quick sand one day? How will you escape?

May 3, 2020 16:12

It does not sound very exciting, but it is true: rhino horns are actually made of the same stuff as your hair and fingernails.

May 3, 2020 14:56

As we deploy from the Earth's surface, we will travel through several different layers of the atmosphere. We want to make it to and beyond the one layer that stands between us and outer space: Exosphere, the final frontier.

May 2, 2020 09:02

Simply put, natural resources are the ones that would exist without any human intervention. Our need for intervention is, in most cases, unstoppable, and the way we handle and deplete resources available on Earth is one of the most vital questions in recent years.

May 1, 2020 11:01

Here is a list of eight animals that can definitely see better than you, once the night falls.

April 29, 2020 14:00

Today, although we are witnessing the destructive elements of global warming, there are some species that have lived through the turmoil and evolved along with all the problems that were, almost exclusively, caused by the human race. 

April 28, 2020 07:42

How many species are now in the ocean, and have we found them all? It is not a game of Pokémon, and to discover all marine life that lives below, we still have a long way to go.

April 28, 2020 07:40

Polar bears can be found around the Artic Circle and 60-80% of them are in Canada, but let's have a look at where exactly they can be found.

April 27, 2020 05:05

Currently, vegetarians make up around 7.1% of Canada’s population.

April 21, 2020 13:38

Answering the question of which marine animal is the oldest is not the simplest task. The answer may surprise you, but the oldest living marine animal is the Antarctic sponge.

April 21, 2020 09:30

Although dinosaurs, along with many other prehistoric creatures went extinct millions of years ago, there are some creatures that walked the Earth with them that still live today.

April 21, 2020 09:29

Although 70 percent of our planet’s surface is covered with the ocean, we still have not explored almost 95 percent of the ocean floor. The mysteries hidden in the ocean depths have been the source of many myths and legends, and will probably continue to do so for quite some time.

April 21, 2020 09:28

According to a 2018 Gallup poll, about 5% of US adults consider themselves to be vegetarians.

April 20, 2020 04:06