The remote Amazon basin was once home to complex urban communities, according to a study in Science journal.

A new species of wasp which feed on and grow inside maggots is discovered after one hatched on a scientist's desk.

A soldier's family are frightened out of their home by a spider thought to have been brought from Afghanistan.

Tropical Storm Gustav strengthens as it nears Jamaica, while the US city of New Orleans makes evacuation plans.

Researchers in the US say they have solved the mystery of why flies are so hard to swat.

Canada's PM says all large ships entering the Northwest Passage and other Arctic waters must register with its Coast Guard.

John Hutton appears to warn against a windfall tax, saying the "right framework" is needed to attract future energy investment.

Czech power firm CEZ is to build what it says will be Europe's largest onshore wind farm, in a £1.1bn-euro project.

Blütenfarben und -formen sowie Duftsignale locken verschiedene Tiere zum Zwecke der Pollenübertragung auf andere Pflanzen an. Bittere und giftige Bestandteile des Blütennektars sollen dagegen eigentlich "Blütenräuber" verscheuchen. So enthält der Blütennektar des Tabaks neben verschiedenen Zuckern giftiges Nikotin, welches der Abschreckung von Nektarräubern oder Fraßfeinden dient. Wie Wissenschaftler vom Max-Planck-Institut für chemische Ökologie in Jena im Verlauf von Freilandexperimenten mit g

Another piece of the jigsaw in understanding how neutron stars work has been put in place following the discovery by scientists of the origin of the high energy emission from rotation-powered pulsars. Category: PressDate: 26 Aug 2008