Ants: Jam-free traffic champions
Reading Time: 2 minutesWHETHER they occur on holiday routes or the daily commute, traffic jams affect cars as well as pedestrians. Scientists at the Research Center on Animal Cognition (CNRS/Université Toulouse III — Paul Sabatier) and the University of Arizona (United States) have demonstrated that ant colonies, however, are spared these problems and circulate easily, even in the […]
Crabs can solve and remember their way around a maze
Reading Time: 2 minutesA NEW Swansea University study has revealed how common shore crabs can navigate their way around a complex maze and can even remember the route in order to find food. The team of scientists, led by marine biologist Dr Ed Pope and master’s student Ross Davies, wanted to see if common shore crabs could learn […]
Empowering the importance of forest through education
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY HSARENA UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK hosting the tree planting program at Takasago-UNIMAS Educational Forest in UNIMAS West Campus yesterday. This annual event is an initiative between the collaboration of UNIMAS, Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd and Japan-Malaysia Association. An area of 10 hectare has been allocated for the establishment of educational forest within the campus […]
Biodiversity of insects modeled from space satellite data
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE QUANTITY and diversity of plants and animals, especially insects, are decreasing, also in Germany. For this reason, science would like to see opportunities to document the biodiversity of the planet as extensively and comprehensively as possible. In this way, it could be determined whether measures against the insect dieback are effective or not. Satellite […]
Limestone forest conservation campaign
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY SITI SURIAWATI ISA FACULTY OF FORESTRY, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia conducted a campaign on the awareness and conservation of limestone forests for the third year in Langkawi from September 26 to October 1. The campaign was extended to include Kuala Nerang and Pendang, Kedah from October 1 […]