Endangered Kittens Produced by In Vitro Fertilization

 

Scientist hoping to help along endangered species have had luck breeding kittens for African black-footed cats. The sperm was taken from a male in 2003 and then an egg was fertilized in 2005 but then the embryo was kept frozen until just recently when it was placed in a surrogate mother who gave birth successfully [...]

Looking for Antarctic Life in Vostok Lake

 

The Russians are about to conduct some very serious research on an Antarctic sub-glacial lake. At least, they will try and get down to this lake while they have time this year when conditions are good.

 

 

It was discovered that there was a freshwater body there 10 years ago and scientists thought it would be [...]

The Months the Falls Stood Still

 

 

The Niagara falls were once “turned off” or else it was taken down for regularly scheduled maintenance, for six months in 1969! The idea was to clear out a bunch of the loose rocks at the base of the waterfall. This proved to be very expensive so they didn’t complete the job but in [...]

From the Highest Heights to Deepest Depths of the Planet

The largest animal on this earth?The blue whale or perhaps but probably not a colossal squid. Both are animals that might be found at the some of the deepest depths, the squid sometimes fighting it out with the sperm whale.