3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (777+ words) Trees protect wild animals from extreme heat and cold by keeping temperatures inside their cavities more stable than outside. Deep inside the trunk of an old tree, temperatures can remain surprisingly stable, even when the world outside is baking or…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (984+ words) Satellite tracking shows yellow-morph green turtles can remain around the Galápagos for months while moving between nearby islands. Green turtles are known to travel hundreds to thousands of miles across large parts of the ocean to find food and reach…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1053+ words) Large mammals help shape forest floors by changing fallen plant material, soil acidity, and nutrient movement over time. Tropical forests need more than trees to stay healthy. Animals help by moving seeds, mixing the forest floor, and helping nutrients from…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (967+ words) Allowing tropical forests to regrow naturally could deliver major carbon and biodiversity benefits while making restoration far more affordable. Tropical forests absorb vast amounts of carbon and provide homes for more than half of Earth’s land vertebrates. These forests also…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (797+ words) Traits that predicted mammal extinction for 130,000 years are changing, raising questions about how scientists identify species most at risk today. For 130,000 years, certain traits reliably predicted which mammals would go extinct and which would survive. A new study suggests that…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (975+ words) Shrinking Arctic sea ice is pushing polar bears toward seabird colonies, increasing nest losses and pressure on birds. The Arctic is warming rapidly, and summer sea ice is disappearing. This change affects where animals find food and how predators and…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1053+ words) Female Guinea baboons don’t prefer males who are better hunters or meat sharers, revealing surprising clues about mate choice. Sharing a valuable food can do more than satisfy hunger. In many human hunter-gatherer communities, a successful hunter can support close…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (910+ words) Clouded leopards can pass through a forest without leaving anything people notice. A remote camera may catch one long tail crossing a trail at night, then record no sign of the cat for months. That hidden life has shaped the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (831+ words) Most sea turtle bones from old Caribbean sites are small, burnt, and broken. For a long time, that was the end of the road because a broken piece could be called a sea turtle and nothing more. A new protein…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (794+ words) For decades, a coral reef off the coast of Benin was treated as little more than an old mystery. Historical surveys from the 1960s had identified a potential reef present beneath the ocean’s surface at depths of more than 160 feet (50 meters)....