Crazy ants are making the U.S. Gulf Coast go, well, crazy. Officially known as ‘Tawny crazy ants’ or Rasberry Crazy Ants and discovered in the U.S. in 2002 in Houston. They have now since then spread to 21 counties in Texas, 20 counties in Florida and in southern Mississippi and Louisiana. It wasn’t until 2012 that the ants were formally identified as Nylanderia fulva, which are... 

Researchers have found how cicadas keep their wings clean, dew drops. Dew drops “jump” on such surfaces, and carry away contaminants. The researchers used a high-speed video imaging system to capture the jumping dew drops onto a cicada wing.  The team from the universities of Duke and James Cook revealed dew drops are beneficial not only in cleaning cicada wings, but other water-repellent, or... 

If you are in the area of Willamette Valley, Oregon hiking is permitted at several of those refuges, but once you cross over to jogging or running within the areas of Baskett Slough, Ankeny, and William L. Finley not so much. It’s prohibited in those refuges and considered “incompatible use” of the trails. Miel Corbett, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service deputy assistant regional director... 

The New England cottontail’s habitat is disappearing and conservationists are trying to prevent the rabbit from becoming endangered. More than 80 percent of their habitat disappeared over the past 50 years, according to the nonprofit Wildlife Management Institute. Conservationists, scientists and private landowners are working together to restore the cottontail rabbit’s habitat, according... 

Source: NotTheSingularity.com The actual bill signed into law is H.R. 933 which has been referred to as a “Farmer Assurance Provision.” You see, inside of the bill are great things for farmers that are “farmer friendly.” The problem is that hiding deep in the FY2013 Agriculture Appropriations bills is (Section 733 / Section 735) which is around 78 pages into the bill. The... 

Two new species of a mouse lemur are so similar, it’s impossible to tell them apart without a genetic analysis. Study researcher Rodin Rasoloarison of the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar discovered the new species of lemur on the African island of Madagascar in 2003 and 2007. The researchers named one of them the Anosy mouse lemur, or Microcebus tanosi. Anosy mouse lemurs are close... 

Loggerhead sea turtles are about to get U.S. government help for protection along beaches. Three environmental groups sued the U.S. government in January, accusing it of failing to take steps ensuring the survival of loggerhead turtles, as specified by the Endangered Species Act. The lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana Inc and Turtle Island Restoration said the turtles survival... 

Polar Bears only have a limited time for hunting on sea ice and they are now shifting their migration patterns due to the global warming climate change. A team of researchers studied the migration patterns of 109 female polar bears in Hudson Bay, Canada, using satellite-tracking data collected between 1991 and 1997 and 2004 and 2009. Male bears can not be tracked with the radio collars as their necks... 

In a new study conducted by scientists from Boston University, Harvard University, and the University of Wisconsin, they found that flowers are blooming earlier than any point recorded in history of more than 160 years. Researchers compared records of two iconic American naturalists, Henry David Thoreau and Aldo Leopold historical data with the recent record setting high temperatures in Massachusetts... 

People are all a buzz about the massive power outage that just hit Annapolis Maryland in Anne Arundel County. So far the total number of people without power in Maryland is up to 46,000 people. The specific timing of the power outage has people speculating and making jokes about the end of the world on December 21st, 2012 coming early to Maryland. UPDATE: Baltimore Sun is now saying that the number...