5+ hour, 6+ min ago  (980+ words) My reaction was this: "Not this same old yarn again." The company promoting its supposed breakthrough is Colossal Biosciences. That's the Dallas business that created a PR-fueled frenzy last year with an announcement that it had brought the dire wolf…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (954+ words) STOCKTON, Ill. -- All of Greg Thoren's cows are technically identified by the number on their ear tag. But when he drives around his pastures checking in on his animals, they go by another name: Sweetie. "Hey, sweetie," he reassured one cow…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (295+ words) A grisly investigation is underway in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, after nearly three dozen federally protected birds were killed and "dumped" along a scenic parkway, according to the National Park Service. The birds have been identified as black vultures,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (732+ words) Turkey season is in full swing across the Midwest. From the rolling hills of southern Missouri to the agriculture fields of Wisconsin and hardwoods of Minnesota, gobblers are doing their thing. Hunters across the heartland are crawling out of bed…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (556+ words) The 2026 spring turkey season is in full swing, and there are some new regulations that were approved this past December. The spring season runs until May 10. As of Wednesday, 14, 803 turkeys had been harvested by hunters throughout Missouri, according to William…...

1+ year, 1+ week ago  (76+ words) Commonly known as milkweed, Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial plants in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) plant family. Named for Asclepius, the Greek god of healing, plants exude a sticky, milky substance where cells are damaged. Asclepias: The Monarch Magnet…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (108+ words) Turkey season is approaching fast. Across the Midwest, most turkey hunters are less than two months away from early-morning drives fueled by gas station coffee. If things go well, strutting gobblers. .. Driftwood Outdoors: Now is the time to prepare for…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (217+ words) Long before technology became the primary means of measuring bird populations, a handful of conservation-minded folks set out to record and monitor species with their eyes and ears. On Christmas Day in 1900, ornithologist Frank Chapman and 26 others put down their…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (124+ words) LONDON -- In a fast-paced screen-saturated world, could setting your phone aside and picking up some binoculars to appreciate nature be the perfect way to slow down? New research by excursion booking platform Get Your Guide certainly seems to suggest so....

1+ year, 1+ week ago  (75+ words) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. The discovery suggests that after the. .. Ancient reptile footprints helping rewrite history of when animals evolved to live…...