Author: Farmer Dell
Reducing methane is crucial for protecting climate and health, and it can pay for itself – so why aren’t more companies doing it?
Drew Shindell, Duke University Methane, the main ingredient in natural gas, is a larger climate problem than the world anticipates, and cutting its emissions will…
Pollen-starved bumblebees bite ‘half-moons’ into plants to make them bloom
By Nicoletta Lanese – Staff Writer May 21, 2020 Scientists don’t yet know when or how the behavior evolved. When their pollen supply runs short, bumblebees bore tiny half-moon-shaped…
How Gravity Messes with Honeybees’ Waggle Dance
By Jennifer Welsh April 17, 2012 Honeybees are known to communicate in a dance language called the waggle dance to point out the location of resources that…
Fly Parasite Turns Honeybees Into Zombies
By Joseph Castro January 03, 2012 If deadly viruses and fungi weren’t enough, honeybees in North America now must also deal with a fly parasite that causes…
Antenna Antics: Honeybees Are ‘Righties’
By Douglas Main June 27, 2013 Researchers found that honeybees with just their left antenna behaved more aggressively to their own hive mates, suggesting the bees are…
Fruit flies and mosquitos are ‘brainier’ than most people suspect, say scientists
by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 5/14/2021 In research made possible when COVID-19 sidelined other research projects, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine meticulously counted brain…
Head Butts & Waggle Dances: How Honeybees Make Decisions
By Joseph Castro December 09, 2011 Honeybees choose new nest sites by essentially head-butting each other into a consensus, shows a new study. When scout bees find…
Bees Can Solve Math Problems That Would Stump the Average Toddler
By Yasemin Saplakoglu February 06, 2019 Bees don’t just buzz around and make honey; they also do math problems in their free time that would stump the…
Mixed farming could increase food productivity and reduce emissions
By Chrissy Sexton Earth.com staff writer 6/3/2021 In a new study published by PLOS, geophysicist Dr. Gidon Eshel has demonstrated that mixed farming methods could reduce greenhouse…
Lakes are losing oxygen much faster than oceans
By Chrissy Sexton Earth.com staff writer 5/21/2021 Oxygen levels are rapidly declining in the world’s freshwater lakes. This trend, which is driven primarily by climate change,…
