Every cow, on average, produces 80kg to 100kg (CH4) of methane per year, a gas that has the nasty habit of depleting the ozone layer. The reason for this is enteric - in other words, it's related to ...

What is Sustainable Transport? Sustainable Transport is sometimes known as Green Transport and it is any form of transport that does not use or rely on dwindling natural resources. Instead it relies ...

Dicraeosaurus dinosaur via Shutterstock Huge dinosaurs stored vital minerals in bones under their skin (osteoderms) to help them survive, a study has found. These 'skin bones' helped some of the ...

An elusive species of feline has been discovered to inhabit a much bigger range than was ever previously imagined. The rare and enigmatic Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita) was once thought to be ...

Air India has announced significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions after using engine washing technology developed by an American company. The airline says that it has performed 124 washes ...

Montastrea coral from the relatively unaffected Curacao area plays host to many organisms such as this tiny sharknose goby - Boulder star coral image; Credit ...

Elephants have evolved a novel strategy for regulating body temperature, which allows them to endure soaring temperatures during the day without succumbing to heat stress. Scientists at the University ...

Panthera leo - Looks like these two lions have had a tiff! - Lions image via Shutterstock Some images of big cats from the genus Panthera - the tiger, lion, jaguar and leopard, defined as great cats ...

Image Caption: Disease-free coral colonies are rare during a white pox disease outbreak, but some colonies (such as those shown here from Molasses Reef) may have natural resistance to this bacterium ...

You get heat, you get wild fires, whether in Australia, Spain. Portugal or southern France. The West Coast of the USA has become, more and more, one of the prime candidates for these extensive fires, ...

Golden Birdwing butterfly (Troides aeacus) via Shutterstock A butterfly flaps its wings - and production of hydrogen could double. Scientists have developed pioneering technology that doubles hydrogen ...

Anyone who's ever visited a penguin exhibit at the zoo probably knows the cute little sea birds have a distinct, shall we say pungent, smell to them. But new research indicates that they while they ...