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For the first time, an invasive species capable of destroying freshwater ecosystems in just a few months has been detected in Northern Ireland, and no one knows how to stop it
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (787+ words) Home - Environment - For the first time, an invasive species capable of destroying freshwater ecosystems in just a few months has been detected in Northern Ireland, and no one knows how to stop it Tiny shellfish that most people would never…...
For the first time in global legal history, a country has recognized the legal rights of insects, and it is the stingless bees of the Peruvian Amazon that are taking the first step toward a new model of coexistence between nature and the law
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (783+ words) Home - Environment - For the first time in global legal history, a country has recognized the legal rights of insects, and it is the stingless bees of the Peruvian Amazon that are taking the first step toward a new model of…...
A biologist gets her fingers stained with berry juice... and accidentally discovers a species of bee that was believed to have been extinct in the region since 1904
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (680+ words) Home - Environment - A biologist gets her fingers stained with berry juice" and accidentally discovers a species of bee that was believed to have been extinct in the region since 1904 Last summer, a scientist walking through a campus orchard in Syracuse…...
A giant tortoise, extinct for over a century, has reappeared alive after several failed expeditions, reviving a historic plan to save the species, a symbol of evolution
1+ week, 1+ day ago (822+ words) Home - Environment - A giant tortoise, extinct for over a century, has reappeared alive after several failed expeditions, reviving a historic plan to save the species, a symbol of evolution A giant tortoise that scientists once filed under "extinct for more…...
A nearly neon-orange nurse shark was accidentally caught off the coast of Costa Rica, and scientists believe it may be the first documented case involving a “double” pigment change
1+ week, 2+ day ago (402+ words) Home - Science - A nearly neon-orange nurse shark was accidentally caught off the coast of Costa Rica, and scientists believe it may be the first documented case involving a "double" pigment change A group of sport fishers off Costa Rica's Caribbean…...
Extinct for more than 300 years, the dodo could walk the Earth again: science is seriously attempting to do so with an unusual biotechnological experiment that promises to resurrect a species extinct since 1681... but with an unexpected twist
1+ week, 2+ day ago (453+ words) Home - Science - Extinct for more than 300 years, the dodo could walk the Earth again: science is seriously attempting to do so with an unusual biotechnological experiment that promises to resurrect a species extinct since 1681" but with an unexpected twist An…...
Language is not only human: Bonobos surprise us by combining sounds into meaningful phrases
2+ week, 1+ day ago (769+ words) Home - Science - Language is not only human: Bonobos surprise us by combining sounds into meaningful phrases A team from the University of Zurich and Harvard University recorded hundreds of vocal exchanges in the Kokolopori Community Reserve, a community managed forest…...
For 2,000 years, no one could fully explain why chameleons' eyes seem to live separately, and the answer was coiled inside the skull in the form of an old telephone cable
2+ week, 5+ day ago (401+ words) Home - Science - For 2,000 years, no one could fully explain why chameleons" eyes seem to live separately, and the answer was coiled inside the skull in the form of an old telephone cable Have you ever watched a chameleon in a…...
A couple found a white lump among some branches and rails on a trail in New York and thought it was trash next to the tracks, but it was a swan trapped far from the water
2+ week, 6+ day ago (371+ words) Home - Environment - A couple found a white lump among some branches and rails on a trail in New York and thought it was trash next to the tracks, but it was a swan trapped far from the water In Massapequa,…...
From 15 survivors to more than 2,300: giant tortoises have returned to Española and are now “reprogramming” the island, slowing down scrub growth and pushing the landscape toward a more open savanna
3+ week, 1+ day ago (809+ words) Home - Environment - From 15 survivors to more than 2,300: giant tortoises have returned to Espa'ola and are now "reprogramming" the island, slowing down scrub growth and pushing the landscape toward a more open savanna For decades, conservationists hoped that putting giant tortoises…...