2+ week, 1+ day ago  (549+ words) The colony stretches about 364 feet long, about the size of a soccer field, covering more than 4,000 square meters. In a remarkable display of "people power," a mother-daughter team of citizen scientists has identified what researchers believe is the world's largest…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (511+ words) The MinKav project uses high-speed cameras to visualize bubble collapse, aiming to make silent propulsion a standard for the global fleet. German researchers are launching a new project to tackle one of the ocean's loudest problems. Ship propellers create massive…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (624+ words) The researchers found that the year-round reproductive cycle of radioactive domestic pigs is passed down through maternal lineages, causing hybrid populations to breed much faster than typical wild boar. In the ghost towns surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (590+ words) A new study has challenged assumptions about livestock intelligence by documenting the first known instance of a cow using tools. Veronika, a pet Swiss Brown cow, whose clever use of tools suggests cattle are far more intelligent than we've given…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (550+ words) AI and robotics protect nature amidst Hong Kong's massive urban expansion. The technologies are currently being tested at Hong Kong Wetland Park in Tin Shui Wai, where authorities are preparing for future development linked to the Northern Metropolis project. The…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (445+ words) Amazon stingless bees now hold legal rights in Peru as climate threats, pesticides, and invasive species endanger pollinators. Stingless bees in the Peruvian Amazon have become the first insects anywhere in the world to receive legal rights. The unprecedented move…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (478+ words) A major review warns beaver-mimicry projects are spreading faster than research can confirm their benefits across different ecosystems. Once numbering as many as 400 million in North America, modern Castor canadensis'the North American beaver'has been reduced to just 10 million due to…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (609+ words) With no food and no water, the hobbits abandoned the Liang Bua cave around 50,000 years ago. New research suggests that climate change was a primary driver in the disappearance of Homo floresiensis, the small-statured human relative known as the "hobbit....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (518+ words) Researchers used decades-old air filters to map biodiversity shifts using airborne environmental DNA. The air around us is quietly recording life on Earth, and scientists have just learned how to read it. In a breakthrough that turns routine radiation monitoring…...

3+ mon, 21+ hour ago  (569+ words) Repeated mass die-offs since 2022 have left sea urchin populations across the Canary Islands near local extinction. Sea urchins help shape marine ecosystems by controlling algae growth on reefs. By grazing on seaweed and seagrass, they protect corals and other slow-growing…...