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Her groundbreaking sea floor discovery was dismissed as 'girl talk.' But science proved her right.
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (427+ words) Marie Tharp changed how humanity sees the planet. Yet so many have never heard her name. Most of us learn about the Earth’s shifting tectonic plates by middle school. But in Marie Tharp’s time, this fact we now take for…...
90-year-old explorer to water-bike 104 miles to save Britain's endangered rainforest
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (548+ words) When we think of rainforests, we usually picture tropical rainforests like the Amazon in South America, the Congo in Central Africa, or Borneo in Southeast Asia. We don’t usually (or ever, really) think of the British Isles. But surprisingly, the…...
Ecologist 'bursts into tears' seeing endangered gliders using replacement nests
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (544+ words) No one knew if this idea would actually work. When a team of Australian researchers started checking the high-tech boxes they’d installed to help save endangered greater gliders back in 2023, they weren’t sure what they were going to find. The…...
Wildlife researchers discover tigers doing something we previously thought went against their very nature
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (391+ words) There is still much to learn about these iconic big cats. We’ve been told since the dawn of time that tigers are fiercely solitary creatures. But recent wildlife footage completely challenges that notion…and in the most adorable way, to…...
No one could have guessed that this New York cemetery has been home to 5.5 million bees for centuries
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (410+ words) A few years ago (spring of 2022, to be precise), lab tech for Cornell University’s entomology department Rachel Fordyce had taken her usual morning stroll through East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York, when something altogether unusual happened. Then another, and…...
Viewers thought 100-year-old David Attenborough was finally ready to retire. They were wrong.
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (557+ words) The iconic conservationist shows no signs of slowing down. One of the most famous voices on the planet has had one heck of a career. Sir David Attenborough has been creating and narrating wildlife films and documentaries for longer than…...
An old male bald eagle who adopted a rock as an egg finally got his own real foster baby
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1847+ words) Murphy became a real dad after he spent weeks nurturing his “RockBaby.” On March 8, 2023, a keeper at World Bird Sanctuary in St. Louis County, Missouri, noticed something odd. A male bald eagle named Murphy was guarding what appeared to be…...
Crows are incredibly smart. Here’s how to make friends with one in four easy steps.
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1867+ words) “They are loyal friends and have brought much joy into my life.” Over a decade ago, Alexandra made friends with a crow named Krari. Krari and her friends visit her regularly and are considered part of the family. They also…...
Diver convinces a tiny octopus to trade a plastic cup for a shell in Pixar-worthy video
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1861+ words) The cup wasn’t a safe choice, but the little cephalopod was stubborn. Sometimes taking care of our beautiful home planet looks like big, broad policies tackling issues like plastic pollution and habitat destruction. And sometimes it looks like taking the…...
Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after 150 years. Scientists say it changes everything.
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1793+ words) They’ll play an important role in restoring the ecosystem. Extinction isn’t like leaving for a long trip or studying abroad. When it happens, there’s no coming back. The moment a species disappears, it takes with it millions of years of…...