A 12-kg ‘monster lobster’ caught off US coast
February 24th, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 24 (IANS) A 'monster lobster', weighing over 12 kg and a metre long, caught off the coast of Maine, US, by a fisherman has been released ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Ancient animals could see in dark
July 1st, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 1 (IANS) Scientits have discovered 515-million-year-old eye fossils which prove that ancient animals had excellent vision and could even see in the dark.Resembling "squashed eyes from a recently ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Walking patterns of spiders, crabs inspire robot locomotion
March 27th, 2011 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 27 (ANI): European researchers have said that the walking patterns of crabs, lobsters and spiders walk are helping to inspire novel ways to get robots moving around.Closer study of the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Huge lobster saved from the pot
March 16th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Mar 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) One very lucky lobster has been saved to live another day. The massive creature was caught in Britain and officials have taken the creature to an aquarium.The ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Venezuela confirms 239 cases of cholera
February 4th, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) --Venezuela's Health Ministry on Thursday confirmed 239 cases of cholera in the country, after a group of nationals contracted the disease during a trip to the Dominican Republic ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Young fish take cues from noisy neighbors before settling down
January 10th, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Jan 10 (ANI): An international team of marine biologists has discovered that young fish looking for a reef to make a home take help from noisy neighbours.Researchers from Auckland University and ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
5-Year Ban On Lobster Fishing Could Come In The Way Of The American East Coast
July 21st, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 21, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The population of the lobsters is at such miserably low levels along the American East Coast that a regulatory bureau has demanded a five-year ban ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Lobster ban on its way to the East Coast?
July 21st, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, July 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A proposal has been sent to the Atlantic Commission to place a 5-year ban on lobster harvesting between Cape Cod and Virginia.The technical committee of ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
East Coast Might Suffer Five Year Lobster Harvest Ban
July 21st, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Guilford, July 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The population of crustaceans or lobsters along the East Coast has dropped to such a low level that a committee of the Atlantic States Marine ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Barack Obama and his family enjoy their Maine vacation
July 19th, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Maine, July 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) US president Barack Obama has taken some time off his busy schedule to holiday with his family along the beaches of Maine.The first family is apparently having ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Lobster-like creature feasts on wood to survive in deep sea
January 4th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 4 (ANI): A team of scientists has found that food in the deep sea has become sop scarce that a lobster-like creature has to eat wood to survive.According to a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Hallucinogenic drug made Jean-Paul Sartre ‘fall in love’ with lobsters
November 22nd, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 22 (ANI): A new book has revealed that European thinker Jean-Paul Sartre used to have hallucinations of lobsters, which once even chased him down the Champs Elysées.New York professor John ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Scientists uncover proteins that produce larger pearls in less time
August 17th, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, August 17 (ANI): Scientists have discovered two new proteins that are responsible for the iridescent beauty of pearls, and allow for the production of larger pearls in less time.Pearl and nacre, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Jeff Koons unveils his works on cartoon character Popeye in London
July 1st, 2009 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jul 1 (ANI): American artist Jeff Koons will be holding a major solo show featuring work from his Popeye series in London.The work will go on public display at the Serpentine ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Stone, Gere, Jones, Carey gather for opening of Europe’s most expensive hotel
May 25th, 2009 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 25 (ANI): Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Sir Tom Jones, and Mariah Carey were among celebrities who played guests at the opening of the 800 million pound Mardan Palace resort ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
4000 portions of caviar and 8000 lobsters at Mugabe 85th birthday bash
February 28th, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Harare, Feb.28 (ANI): Zimbabwe maybe facing a huge financial crisis, but this hasnt stopped its President, Robert Mugabe, from ordering caviar and lobsters for guests attending his 85th birthday celebrations.
According to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Mugabe prepares for lavish 85th birthday bash as Zimbabwe starves
February 11th, 2009 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Harare, Feb.11 (ANI): President Robert Mugabe is planning a lavish 85th birthday feast, even as millions of Zimbabweans starve.
According to The Sun, Mugabe has demanded 2,000 bottles of Moet and ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Species have come and gone at different rates than previously believed
July 4th, 2008 - 10:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 4 (ANI): An international team of researchers has determined that species over the years have come and gone at different rates than previously believed.John Alroy of the University ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Barnacles can drastically change penis size to have sex
February 7th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): Barnacles can totally change the size and shape of their penises to battle the waves and have sex, a new study has found.Graduate student Christopher Neufeld and Dr. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Even prawns do feel pain
November 14th, 2007 - 10:17 am ICT by admin
Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Fisherman catches 63-stone shark by mistake!
November 14th, 2007 - 2:49 am ICT by admin
Read more...
Posted in World |
150 mln-year-old Jurassic era crab species discovered in Eastern Romania
November 14th, 2007 - 2:27 am ICT by admin
Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |