Category: Science

As African penguin population dwindles, researchers plan new colony

Decoy concrete African penguins, used to encourage the development of breeding colonies, are shown at Seaforth Beach, near Cape Town, South Africa, November 3, 2020. Picture taken November 3, 2020. Photo Courtesy: Reuters

CAPE TOWN (Reuters): South African researchers plan to release scores of abandoned, hand-reared African penguin chicks at the Western Cape’s De Hoop nature reserve, boosting efforts to start a new breeding colony of the seabirds at risk of extinction. The only penguin that breeds in Africa, it was once South Africa’s most abundant seabird. But… Continue reading As African penguin population dwindles, researchers plan new colony

Nepali students win two awards in international astronomy competition

Kathmandu: Nepal has won two awards in an international school level astronomy competition. Rahul Ranjan Sah from St. Xavier’s College Maitighar and Anshuraj Sedhai from Capital College and Research Center Koteshwor have received the Honorable Mention Award for Nepal in this year’s ‘Global e-Competition on Astronomy and Astrophysics’.The team led by Suresh Bhattarai from Nepal… Continue reading Nepali students win two awards in international astronomy competition

Researchers discover fossils of new species in Arizona

A tourist sightseeing Petrified Forest National Park. Photo Courtesy: Petrified Forest National Park Official website

PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Researchers have discovered fossils of a tiny burrowing reptile among a vast expanse of petrified wood in eastern Arizona. The new species has been named Skybalonyx skapter, a part of a group known as drepanosaurs from the Triassic Period, about 220 million years ago.Petrified Forest National Park outside… Continue reading Researchers discover fossils of new species in Arizona