8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (647+ words) ustralia's famed Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record. Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, according to a government report released Wednesday that warns the natural wonder…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (547+ words) Penguins are bringing forward their breeding season at record rates as Antarctica rapidly warms due to climate change, according to research published by a global team of scientists on Tuesday. The unprecedented shift observed over a decade in penguin breeding…...

5+ day ago  (494+ words) Dragonflies possess a "superpower'seeing deeper into red light'and this discovery could inspire next-gen medical tech. Dragonflies see the world in a way beyond human limits. Scientists discovered that these insects can detect extremely deep red light, even edging into near-infrared,…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (483+ words) The world is getting brighter at night but some places are going dark. An assessment of detailed satellite analysis, from Ruhr-University Bochum, shows these shifts happening faster and more unevenly than expected. Data was collected from the VIIRS DNB instrument,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (384+ words) Q: Your book began with a very specific dream about a polar bear. Can you describe that dream and how it evolved into a narrative for children? Then, Esther Meerschaut entered my life by a coincidental meeting at a market in…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago  (303+ words) An Australian dog credited with saving over 100 koalas from bushfires is retiring after a decade of service. Bear, an 11-year-old Australian Koolie, was one of the first dogs in the country to be trained on the scent of koala fur....

3+ week, 21+ hour ago  (439+ words) The dramatic decline of giant otter populations stems primarily from historical overhunting for their pelts coupled with ongoing habitat loss and fragmentation, compounded by pollution and competition with humans for fish stocks. Giant otters are endangered primarily due to'habitat destruction,…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (739+ words) A record-breaking marine heat wave in 2023 left two ecologically vital coral species "functionally extinct" in Florida's Coral Reef, a study said Thursday, highlighting the growing dangers a warming climate poses for the world's oceans. Elkhorn and staghorn corals, which take…...

4+ week, 23+ hour ago  (783+ words) From sea turtles to birds and'the gentle dugong, the Persian Gulf's diverse but fragile marine life is threatened by the bombs and oil of the war in the Middle East. The ecosystem was already under pressure from climate change and…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (280+ words) A red fox that managed to slip onto a US-bound ship in Britain was discovered by customs officers in the Port of New York, a zoo in the city has said. The animal that zookeepers believe to be around two…...