1+ week, 3+ day ago  (292+ words) The Karst Canyon Preserve will open Friday near Wimberley, offering new public access to trails and open space in Hays County. The 175-acre property sits near Jacob's Well and was previously slated for residential development. Karl Flocke, director of the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (210+ words) This program originally aired on April 7, 2024. One of the handiest tools in our immune system is an enzyme called apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide " better known as APOBECs. "So from the virus perspective, these enzymes protect us," said Reuben…...

4+ week, 23+ min ago  (1209+ words) Nothing stops a chat between birders faster than a flash of feathers in the sky. Just a few steps into their stroll through Sax Zim Bog, three naturalists go hush at the sight of a Canada jay, a gray-and-white songbird…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (783+ words) In 2017, a wildfire raged across a drought-sick mountain in Southern Arizona and nearly wiped out a subspecies of red squirrel found nowhere else on the planet. In the aftermath of the Frye Fire " which destroyed a large swath of forest…...

2+ mon, 16+ hour ago  (644+ words) It's that time of year " when hordes of noisy grackles show up everywhere. Sometimes frightening, sometimes fascinating, there's more to grackles than most people know. The great-tailed grackle " the bird many love to hate " is native to Central America and…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (262+ words) The injured red-tailed hawk that landed in my Phoenix neighborhood has died. The rescue organization that found the bird suspects she was electrocuted by a power line. The hawk was nicknamed Feral because a colony of cats had her cornered…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (76+ words) Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath. This week in science: Swearing, bird bills and the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (508+ words) In ancient times, people thought moist-skinned salamanders could survive in fire. That's not true, of course, but some salamanders have a surprising ability to deal with another temperature extreme: freezing cold. In fact, blue-spotted salamanders can remain active even when…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (486+ words) Scientists believe they have discovered at least 20 new species in a deep part of the Pacific Ocean. The discoveries were found after researchers from the California Academy of Sciences retrieved 13 reef monitoring devices that had been placed in deep coral…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (620+ words) The story of Rockalina the turtle " who was rescued after nearly a half-century of neglect " now has a new character. Enter an Oreo-sized baby turtle, who will be Rockalina's new friend and who represents a turning point in her recovery....