Science News

Collaborations with various media allow us to create a bank of science news of relevance to the Puerto Rican and Hispanic communities and give a venue that our scientific members can use to keep their communities informed and engaged with science.

Also, the news archive can be used as a resource for students and educators

In this section you can find: news written by members of the CienciaPR team and written by other news media and which are reproduced with permission from the original source.

If you want to collaborate with CienciaPR in writing an article, please read this writing and editorial guide and then contact us.

Showing 31 - 38 of 38
To prevent automated spam submissions leave this field empty.

Challenging to protect the National Forest El Yunque

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

CienciaPR Contribution: 

No

By: 

Osman Pérez Méndez / osman.perez@gfrmedia.com
Engineer Pablo Cruz Morales speaks about the challenges to protect the National Forest El Yunque. To read the full article, visit the Spanish version of this site.

Tags: 

Looking for volunteers for diabetes research

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

CienciaPR Contribution: 

No

By: 

ElNUEVODIA.COM

The Medical Sciences Campus at the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras is looking for volunteers to understand the automanagement of Diabetes type 2. The research is conducted by professor Nancy Dávila. For interested people, please call 787- 501-0271 the Diabetes Center at 787-773-8283, ext. 221/250.  

 

 

Tags: 

Enormous fire ball seen over Puerto Rican sky

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

CienciaPR Contribution: 

No

By: 

ElNUEVODIA.COM

An enormous colorful fire ball was seen over Puerto Rico on Friday night. The Society of Astronomy of the Caribbean announced that it was a spatial rock. 

To read the full article, visit the Spanish version of this site.

 

 

 

 

Tags: 

Millionaire conservation effort for the monarch butterfly by the federal government

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

CienciaPR Contribution: 

No

By: 

ElNUEVODIA.COM

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has announced that it will invest up to $3.6 millions in 3 years to preserve the monarch butterfly. In Puerto Rico there is endemic subspecie of this butterfly: Danaus plexippus portoricensis.

To read the full article, visit the Spanish version of this site.

 

Tags: 

Mediterranean fruit fly detected in Cabo Rojo

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

CienciaPR Contribution: 

No

By: 

Antonio R. Gómez

The Department of Agriculture announced that the Mediterranean fruit fly, one of the most damaging agricultural pests, has been detected in Cabo Rojo.

 

To read the full article, visit the Spanish version of this site.

Tags: 

Boquerón Forest will not recover after fire

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

CienciaPR Contribution: 

No

By: 

Cristina del Mar Quiles

Nature will never fully recover from the damage caused by an intentional fire on March 12, 2015 at the Boquerón State Forest in Cabo Rojo which consumed 30 acres covered by native species and trees, said Carmen Guerrero, Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources. 

 

To read the full article, visit the Spanish version of this site.

Tags: 

Messenger of environmental wisdom

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

CienciaPR Contribution: 

No

By: 

Azyadeth Vélez Candelario

Dr. Jane Goodall recently visited Puerto Rico and offered a talk titled We can't Wait for Environmental Education.

 

To read the full article, visit the Spanish version of this site.

Tags: 

Monkeys can recognize paternal relatives they've never met

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

CienciaPR Contribution: 

The Professional is a member of CienciaPR

A group of scientists, including researchers at the University of Puerto Rico's Caribbean Center for Primate Research, found that monkeys are able to recognize paternal blood relatives, even if they've never seen them before. The results of their study were published in the peer-reviewed journal Current Biology.

To read the full article, visit the Spanish version of this site.

Tags: 

Pages

Subscribe to Noticias