News tagged with rare sighting

First albino buffalo spotted in Kenyan park

Rangers in Kenya's Hellsgate National Park have spotted an albino buffalo, the first of its kind ever recorded in the wildlife rich country, park officials said Friday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3




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Solar storm sparks dazzling northern lights

A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an ever-changing and awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Solar storm expected to fire up northern lights

Stargazers were out in force in northern Europe on Tuesday, hoping to be awed by a spectacular showing of northern lights after the most powerful solar storm in six years.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cruise ship threatens marine paradise

(AP) -- Stone fortresses and watchtowers which centuries ago stood guard against against marauding pirates loom above pristine waters threatened by a new and modern peril: fuel trapped within the capsized ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The night after Christmas sky show

T'was the Night after Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Discovering Autism: Homing in on the right label

When autism researchers arrived at Norristown State Hospital near Philadelphia a few years ago, they found a 63-year-old man who rambled on about Elvis Presley, compulsively rocked in his chair and patted the corridor walls.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using many instruments to track a comet

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 16 years of data observations, the Solar Heliophysics Observatory (SOHO) -- a joint European Space Agency and NASA mission –- made an unexpected claim for fame: the sighting of new comets at an alarming ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Is the end of polio truly in sight?

Declaring the eradication of polio will be far more difficult than it was for smallpox, according to a review published in the Journal of General Virology. Further research into the complex virus - host i ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quack medicines, insect immigrants, and what eats what among secrets revealed by DNA barcodes

The newfound scientific power to quickly "fingerprint" species via DNA is being deployed to unmask quack herbal medicines, reveal types of ancient Arctic life frozen in permafrost, expose what eats what in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

St Maarten finds local lionfish tainted with toxin

(AP) -- Conservationists in St. Maarten are warning islanders not to eat lionfish after tests found a naturally occurring toxin in the flesh of the candy-striped invasive species, officials said Thursday.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

'Extinct' frog hops back into northern Israel

(AP) -- A frog species believed to be extinct has hopped back into sight in northern Israel.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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