When to Seal New Concrete: The Smart Decision for Any Surface - Shield Insight Hub
Applying concrete sealer to driveways or walkways can help stave off long-term damage from moisture and chemical intrusion, but there are different types available, and some perform better than others ...
After 3 Weeks of Hands-On Testing, Here Are Best Concrete Sealers to Protect Against Stains
Seals are pinnipeds, a group of animals with three separate families—phocidae, otaridae, and odobenidae—that are the only mammals that feed in the water and breed on land.
New research shows Weddell seals avoid making extreme dives for prey during midday, allowing the seals to keep diving over and over without having to pause for long. This allows them to spend almost all of their time underwater, foraging under high-light conditions, which is best for visual hunters. (Michelle Shero, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
The night approaches quickly. A harbor seal plunges into the water, diving deep as the sunlight recedes. Through the dark, turbid waters, she searches for fish. Suddenly, the whiskers on her right cheek begin vibrating. And she’s off. Heather Beem is closely examining seal whiskers for insights to design new…
A female grey seal nursing her pup on the beaches of Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Gray seals give birth once a year and females will quickly lose ~30% of their body mass while the pup triples in size during a short nursing period of only 15-20 days.
Studying how seals adapt to extreme environments could lead to benefits ...
Heart Monitors for seal pups are helping scientists track animal health Images and captions, credits are here Woods Hole, Mass. () -- Every winter, about 300,000-400,000 grey seals congregate on Sable Island - a remote location off the coast of Nova Scotia. They breed and give birth to pups, who stay with their mothers while they nurse for only 15-20 days and then must learn ...
