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In 1998, about 1,000 truckloads of orange peels were dumped on a barren pasture used for grazing livestock in Costa Rica, and what scientists discovered 15 years later was so unexpected that they had trouble recognizing the place
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (1006+ words) Orange peels cover a degraded Costa Rican pasture in 1998, years before the site developed into a young secondary forest. By ECONEWS · Editorial process In 1998, roughly 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and pulp were spread across 7.4 acres of damaged cattle pasture in…...
A handful of wild guanacos can block 100 sheep from a single water trough in Patagonia, so Argentine researchers built two simple fences to stop it
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (854+ words) A dozen wild guanacos can block a hundred sheep from a single trough, so Argentine researchers built fences sized to each animal. By Adrian Villellas · Editorial process In the dry ranchlands of southern Argentina, a small group of wild guanacos…...
New York City sank more than 2,500 retired subway cars off the Atlantic coast, and the ones that survived became a surprisingly rich artificial reef
2+ day, 1+ min ago (872+ words) New York City sank thousands of retired subway cars into the Atlantic, and most became a thriving reef, though some designs failed. By Sonia Ramírez · Editorial process Thousands of New York City subway cars that once carried packed rush-hour crowds…...
Steep waterfalls blocked a Norwegian mountain lake from all fish for thousands of years until 5000 BC, when hunter-gatherers made a choice that fed the region for 7,000 years
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (841+ words) Hunter-gatherers stocked a Norwegian mountain lake with fish in 5000 BC, a practice that fed the region for 7,000 years. By Adrian Villellas · Editorial process A mountain lake in Norway was not always full of brown trout. New archaeological evidence suggests hunter-gatherers…...
A British farmer drove a 20-metric-ton excavator into a protected river, uprooted 71 mature trees, and the damage he caused in just a few days could take 50 years to disappear
6+ day, 6+ min ago (647+ words) Farmer uproots 71 trees after driving an excavator into a protected river, leaving damage that could take 50 years to heal. By ECONEWS · Editorial process Price hired a roughly 20-ton bulldozer and directed workers to move gravel from the riverbed. The machinery…...
Satellite images are reading penguin droppings across Antarctica, and the color of the stains is revealing how climate change is reshaping their food web
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (876+ words) Satellite images of penguin guano reveal how shrinking Antarctic sea ice is reshaping food webs and changing what Adélie penguins eat. By Kevin Montien · Editorial process From the ground, an Adélie penguin colony can look like a noisy blur of…...
Scientists are testing “flying doors” that keep trawls above the seabed, and the result could change how fishing scars the ocean floor
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (884+ words) Scientists are testing "flying" trawl doors that stay above the seabed, aiming to reduce damage to the ocean floor without lowering commercial fish catches. By Sonia Ramírez · Editorial process A trawl “door” is not a door in the household sense....
A monkey with orange lips was hiding in Congo’s rainforest, and scientists say its discovery is rare enough to change what they knew
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (1196+ words) Scientists identified a rare new monkey species with striking orange lips hidden for decades in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. By Sonia Ramírez · Editorial process Deep inside the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,…...
An AI analyzed 170,000 bird bones from more than 2,000 species, and the result pushes Darwin’s idea one step further – ECOticias.com
1+ week, 1+ day ago (850+ words) AI analyzed 170,000 bird bone measurements and found that evolution advanced through rare bursts of innovation rather than a steady pace. By Adrian Villellas · Editorial process Those bursts often appeared near the origins of major bird groups and aligned with periods…...
A GPS collar on a young bull elephant in Zambia recorded 7,400 miles across four countries and six national parks, tracing ancient routes that border fences now block
1+ week, 1+ day ago (847+ words) GPS tracking revealed an elephant traveled nearly 7,500 miles across four African countries, highlighting ancient migration routes and the challenge fences pose to wildlife corridors. By Kevin Montien · Editorial process In June 2023, conservationists placed a GPS collar on a young bull…...