In Rio favela, hungry caimans complicate water hunt
Residents of a Rio de Janeiro favela face a dangerous challenge in their quest for clean drinking water: a canal infested with hungry caimans, South America's alligator cousins.
View ArticleSpain shoeshine man gifts prized Twitter accounts
Authorities in Brazil have got hold of a valuable Twitter account to publicise next year's Rio Olympics, after a humble Spanish shoeshine man surrendered the rights to it for free.
View ArticleResearchers identify a vital protein that can determine head and brain...
A protein that is necessary for the formation of the vertebrate brain has been identified by researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) and Boston Children's Hospital, in collaboration with...
View Article37 tons of dead fish removed from Rio Olympic rowing venue
Fish continued to die by the ton Thursday in a Rio de Janeiro lake that's slated to host Olympic rowing events, while city authorities and biologists argued about the cause of the die-off.
View ArticleResearch shows how Spanish colonists changed life in the Middle Rio Grande...
Spanish settlement of the Middle Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico changed the way people lived, but a new paper in the journal "The Holocene" by UNM Assistant Professor of Anthropology Emily Jones,...
View ArticlePollution won't sink Rio Olympics sailing: organizers
Sailors at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be protected by a fleet of special trash collecting boats, organizers said Thursday, admitting there is no time to resolve a serious pollution problem.
View ArticleFor Rio's Olympic sailors, it's not safe to go in the water
Here's a piece of advice for sailors at next year's Rio Olympics: think twice before leaping into the water to celebrate the end of a race.
View ArticleRio's polluted waters will be fine for Olympics: IOC
Rio's polluted waters where Olympic sailing will take place next year will be in good shape by the time the Games start, IOC President Thomas Bach said Tuesday.
View ArticleBrazil probes contagious horse disease near Olympic site
Brazilian officials said Wednesday they are investigating an outbreak of the highly contagious disease glanders among horses stabled close to the site of next year's Olympic riding contests.
View ArticleDrilling for data: Simulating the search for life on mars
Toiling in barren rock fields in southern Spain under temperatures as high as 108 degrees Fahrenheit, a team from NASA's Ames Research Center, Honeybee Robotics, and Spain's Centro de Astrobiologia...
View ArticleTrash forces Olympic sailing test venue switch
Floating trash in Rio de Janeiro's picturesque but polluted Guanabara Bay has forced organizers to switch venues for an Olympic sailing test event.
View ArticleHumans may be culprit in latest South Texas invasive insect problems
An insect considered beneficial in many parts of the world is causing havoc on vegetable crops in South Texas, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist in Weslaco.
View ArticleNASA snow data that helps California put to work in Colorado
NASA is providing drought-stricken California with valuable data about how much water is locked up in the scant Sierra Nevada snow, and now Colorado is trying the technique in the mountains where the...
View ArticleAustralia riding coal train despite climate pleas
It is a battle being played out around resource-rich Australia.
View ArticleAerial surveys can spot boll weevil hideouts
U.S. cotton growers spent $20 million to monitor and control boll weevils in 2015, and the pest continues to infest cotton in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the southernmost cotton-producing region in...
View ArticleRare, blind catfish never before found in US discovered in national park cave...
An extremely rare eyeless catfish species previously known to exist only in Mexico has been discovered in Texas.
View ArticleDon't believe the doom mongers – the Olympics have changed Rio for the better
No sooner had the 2016 Olympic Games finished than commentators were lamenting their negative impacts on the host city, Rio de Janeiro. Many have concluded that a sustainable Olympic legacy is either...
View ArticleCoffee farm thriving in the Rio Grande Valley
A South Texas scientist is amazed that coffee plants from all over the world are growing so well in the subtropical conditions of the Rio Grande Valley.
View ArticleRio takes dive into South America's biggest aquarium
The great skeleton of a humpback whale will greet visitors to the opening next month in Rio de Janeiro of South America's biggest aquarium—with sharks waiting for them inside.
View ArticleEnglish learners treated differently depending on where they go to school
As the number of English learners continues to grow across the nation, new research indicates these students are being treated differently depending on where they go to school.
View ArticleForeign bidding war for Rio's Australia coal mines
A multi-billion dollar bidding war for most of Rio Tinto's Australian coal mines has broken out between China-backed Yancoal and Glencore after the Swiss commodities giant made an unexpected offer.
View ArticleBirds get new wings at Brazil rehab center
Not a single wing flutters in the Seropedica aviary near Rio de Janeiro, where aras and others parrots are learning how to fly again after they were rescued from traffickers.
View ArticleNew robot speeds sampling of ocean's biogeochemistry and health
The world's first underwater vehicle designed specifically to collect both biological and chemical samples from the ocean water column successfully completed sea trials off the coast of New England on...
View ArticleAncient DNA used to track Mesa Verde exodus in 13th century
Ancient DNA used to track the mass exodus of Ancestral Pueblo people from Colorado's Mesa Verde region in the late 13th century indicates many wound up in the Northern Rio Grande area north of Santa...
View ArticleTurkey bones may help trace fate of ancient cliff dwellers
Researchers say they have found a new clue into the mysterious exodus of ancient cliff-dwelling people from the Mesa Verde area of Colorado more than 700 years ago: DNA from the bones of domesticated...
View ArticleStudy links groundwater with surface water in Devils River
A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) study provides detailed models linking groundwater in a Texas aquifer to the surface flows in one of the state's most pristine rivers. The study shows how karstic...
View ArticleHelping in the fight against illegal gold mining in Colombia
A University of Portsmouth disaster specialist is helping with the fight in Colombia against illegal gold mining and its impacts, from deforestation and toxic pollution, to socio-economic pressures on...
View ArticleNew citrus planting method stops bugs, yields additional benefits
A planting design that outwitted a weevil in Texas citrus groves has yielded numerous other benefits for growers and brought better quality oranges and grapefruits to consumers, experts say.
View ArticleDead whale surprises swimmers at iconic Rio beach
The decomposing body of a dead humpback whale surprised swimmers when it washed up on Rio de Janeiro's iconic Ipanema beach Wednesday.
View ArticleVirus cause of more than 170 dolphin deaths in Brazil
Brazilian scientists say a virus is the main cause for the death of close to 200 guiana dolphins in little more than 40 days on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state.
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