Waterfalls

Curative Qualities of Tamil Nadus Kuttralam Waterfalls

If you want a good massage, a bath under a medicinal waterfall, followed by a good south Indian meal and rounded off by a good sleep at a comfortable resting place, visit Kuttralam in Tamil Nadu. The waterfall is certified to have curative qualities by thousands of people who have been vis...

Predators do more than kill prey

...munities impacted by the presence of predators. They settled on Trinidadian waterfalls as study sites because the waterfalls serve as barriers to the upstream distribution of predator and prey fish, t...

Waterfalls in Medical Dictionary

Falls

... The Niagara Falls are voluminous waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. The falls are 17 ...

Waterfalls in Biological News

Laboring without the labor bed: It's a good thing

...ss with several large, comfortable cushions was set up in the corner of the ambient room. Fluorescent lighting was dimmed, and DVDs of ocean beaches, waterfalls and other soothing vistas were projected onto a wall. A wide variety of music was also made available. "The intent was to allow the women the abili...

UCLA scientists discover ultrasonic communication among frogs

...th colleagues, including Albert Feng from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, he discovered a frog species that lives in rushing streams and waterfalls in east-central China called Odorrana tormota (formerly known as Amolops tormotus ). Odorrana tormota, Narins found, could detect and produce ultra...

Transporting juvenile salmon hinders adult migration

...iver to mate, lay eggs and finally die in the same area where they were born. These fish can travel hundreds of miles and make dramatic ascensions up waterfalls and past dams. When dams block rivers, however, the migrating fish especially juveniles can have a tough time traveling between their spawning g...

NC State takes research lead in protecting Puerto Rico's unique freshwater fisheries

...ple, Kwak points to Puerto Rico's native Sirajo Goby a brilliantly colored fish that has evolved sucker-like pelvic fins that allow it to climb steep waterfalls and even the sheer faces of some artificial dams. The Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources funded the research with federa...

Female concave-eared frogs draw mates with ultrasonic calls

...rushy edge of streams in the Huangshan Hot Springs, in central China, where waterfalls and rushing water provide a steady din. The frog has a recessed eardrum, s... likely an evolutionary adaptation to the noisy environment, Feng said. The waterfalls and streams produce a steady racket predominantly in a lower frequency rang...

Montana State researchers study spread of lake trout in Glacier National Park

... BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Natural barriers like waterfalls play an important role in preventing lake trout from spreading through Glacier National Park, so maintaining those barriers should be a priority, Mont...

Rare Chinese frogs communicate by means of ultrasonic sound

...ound waves generally no higher than 20 kilohertz. The frogs studied inhabit Huangshan Hot Springs, a popular scenic mountainous area, alive with noisy waterfalls and wildlife west of Shanghai. "Nature has a way of evolving mechanisms to facilitate communication in very adverse situations," Feng said. "One of...

Frog’s ear canal may provide insights for understanding human hearing loss

... A rare frog that lives in rushing streams and waterfalls in east-central China is able to make itself heard above the roar of flowing water by communicating ultrasonically, scientists reported March 16 in th...