Don’t worry: the fish is fake. Or do worry — because it could show up one day at a beach near you. A team of researchers is preparing to release a school of mechanical, remote controlled fish in a Spanish Port within the next two years, to send information via a wireless signal about water [...]
Colony Collapse Disorder, the mysterious syndrome that causes the crash of whole colonies of honeybees, has plowed through the nation’s beekeeping operations for the past two years. While over-winter loss statistics won’t be in for another few weeks, early indications are the disorder hasn’t yet run its course. Meanwhile, federal biologists are making slow, halting progress toward [...]