1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (413+ words) Today is World Elephant Day, and if you're wondering why an entire day gets set aside for one species, the numbers behind it make the case pretty clearly. Held every on Aug. 12, the observance exists to keep global attention on…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (521+ words) The world remains significantly behind schedule in meeting its global biodiversity commitments, with businesses failing to move fast enough to identify and manage nature-related risks, according to a draft United Nations assessment released ahead of the COP17 biodiversity summit. The report,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (958+ words) The newly identified species, named Tametara mirim, is important because most ancient snake fossils are crushed flat over millions of years. The new specimen remained preserved in three dimensions, giving researchers a rare look at the senses and behavior of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (155+ words) Scientists have documented a startling new orca hunting behavior in which killer whales work together to ram giant sunfish with such force that the animals shatter into fragments, a rarely captured display of the raw power and coordination behind one…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (474+ words) Great Barrier Reef at Risk of 'Ecosystem Collapse' As Scientists Warn of Severe Coral Bleaching International Business Times, Singapore Edition Great Barrier Reef at Risk of 'Ecosystem Collapse' As Scientists Warn of Severe Coral Bleaching The Great Barrier Reef has…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (786+ words) A network of TikTok and Telegram accounts, allegedly used to market and sell smuggled tortoises operated openly in Singapore for more than a month before the social media profiles, were removed, raising fresh concerns about the growing use of online…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (585+ words) Human activity is driving biodiversity loss at a pace comparable to past mass extinction events, but scientists say there is still time to change course. Rather than trying to save every threatened species individually, conservation experts argue that protecting large,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (615+ words) Bottlenose dolphins in Italy's Adriatic Sea are increasingly feeding alongside commercial fishing boats instead of hunting on their own, according to a new study that links the behavior to decades of overfishing and habitat damage. The research, published in Frontiers…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (457+ words) Paleontologists are rewriting the evolutionary story of raptor-like dinosaurs after two recent fossil discoveries suggested the family that includes Velociraptor spread across much of the ancient supercontinent Pangea before continental drift separated the world's landmasses. The latest discovery comes from…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (595+ words) In eastern Angola's Moxico Province, on a plateau so remote it has been inaccessible to scientists for decades, rainfall collects, filters through peat and woodland, and flows outward in four directions at once. The water that leaves the Lisima plateau…...