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At first glance, Australia and Canada could not be more different. They are separated by more than 7,500 miles (12,000 km). One country is known for its hot, dry lands and kangaroos, and the other is known for its cold, wet forests and caribou. ADVERTISEMENT <!–/* * Replace a

Mercury pollution can be a serious health threat as once mercury enters our body, it acts as a neurotoxin, interfering with the brain and nervous system. Mercury is emitted to the air by power plants and other industrial facilities and becomes a serious threat when it settles into oce

Most of us fear bees, always juking and jiving away from them in fear of getting stung by their painful stings. But what about the bees themselves? Knowing that they have the power to sting as a last resort, are these bees fearless creatures? ADVERTISEMENT Turns out, honey bees have m

ENN Twitter   <!– –> Iceland’s economy runs hot and then cold—and then hot and cold again! And Icelanders like it that way. Created from a volcano more than 50 million years ago, Iceland’s environment is one of the harshest yet one of the kindest when it

If you, or someone you know, owns a freshwater aquarium, chances are you have seen the peculiar little creature attached face-first to the glass in effort to find a morsel of algae. This algae eater, popularly known as the sucker fish, is the sailfin catfish, or plecos. It is one of t

ENN Twitter   <!– –> Using two drilled core samples from northern Switzerland, researchers from the University of Zurich have unearthed flowering plant fossils dating back 240 million years. These are now the oldest known fossils of their kind. The pollen grains prov

ENN Twitter   <!– –> Up until now, on a scale of 1 to 10, practical pest control management ranks about a “1″ with regard to the availability of information on scale insects in Iran! Yet even the most basic tool for pest control management in Iran has bee

ENN Twitter   <!– –> An 18-month study funded through a grant from the Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) and the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland is now underway in the area in and around the Naval Air Station (NAS) Pax River, Ma

ENN Twitter   <!– –> A new initiative launched today will raise money for community projects in Kenya by protecting and restoring the country”s dwindling mangrove forests. ADVERTISEMENT The plan is to sell carbon credits earned by preserving the mangrove swamps

ENN Twitter   <!– –> We all know the benefits of aluminum cans; they are light, easily moldable and can be held in a soft grip. But are they always responsibly disposed of? Can we do more to safely protect our green spaces from these metal objects? This article explo