| Observatory: In a Fight for a Tree, Ants Thwart Elephants Ants live in the bulbous swellings of a tree known as the Acacia drepanolobium and feed on a sugary solution it produces, and in return they attack any creature that approaches it. feeds.nytimes.com |
Personal Health: Parents, Relax. Don’t Keep Them From School. It’s Just Lice. Besides a sometimes itchy scalp from an allergic reaction to their saliva, scientists say, lice cause no physical distress and transmit no diseases. feeds.nytimes.com |
Remote Hawaii atoll corals suffer some bleaching By AUDREY McAVOY 2010-09-30T05:03:23ZHONOLULU (AP) -- Corals at remote atolls northwest of the main Hawaiian islands suffered some bleaching this summer as ocean temperatures rose to higher-than-normal levels for a couple of weeks, but they were spared the large-scale mass bleaching observed this year in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia, scientists said Wednesday.... hosted.ap.org |
Whale of a Trip: Humpback makes record migration By RAPHAEL G. SATTER 2010-10-13T22:03:15ZLONDON (AP) -- It wasn't love. It could have been adventure. Or maybe she just got lost.... hosted.ap.org |
Summit agrees tiger recovery plan Governments of 13 countries where tigers still live have endorsed a plan to save the big cats from extinction. bbc.co.uk |